Description In this course, students will explore the connection between personal care products and disproportionate rates of harm toward People of Color. Using a systems thinking approach, students will learn how beauty injustices, such as colorism, skin color, and hair discrimination, lead to higher chemical exposure and higher rates of asthma, cancers, and endocrine disorders. Students will use consumer product safety databases to screen their personal care products. They will analyze … [Read more...] about Green Chemistry: Environmental Injustice in the Beauty Industry
Grade 10
Civic Engagement in Our Democracy
Description How can we, as educators, engage students in deeper civic learning to become authentic, informed, and skilled changemakers? Civic Engagement in Our Democracy is a high school course that seeks to help students identify what they value, deepen what they understand, and develop what they can do to be self-caring, reciprocal, and self-confident changemakers. This course provides students and teachers with the tools they need to experience deeper civic learning to support students’ … [Read more...] about Civic Engagement in Our Democracy
Social Protest and Civil Liberties: Examining United States History Through Rights Movements
Description This course provides an in-depth exploration of how various groups within our nation have historically advocated for and either achieved or been denied access to civil, political, and legal rights. Beginning with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, the course traverses into an analysis of multiple social protest movements. Through this examination, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the diverse methodologies, approaches, and overall effectiveness employed by … [Read more...] about Social Protest and Civil Liberties: Examining United States History Through Rights Movements