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Social Awareness and Activism Through Music

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Social Awareness and Activism Through Music

Music is the universal language. Music has many messages. Music has been used as a means to combat social injustice and inspire social reform. Middle school students are mature enough […]

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

In this lesson students will explore the power of images. Beginning with the hook exercise students will begin to understand the role that confirmation bias, stereotyping, and other cognitive biases […]

“To be a Stronger Tree”: Understanding Hate Crimes & Resisting Hate

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on “To be a Stronger Tree”: Understanding Hate Crimes & Resisting Hate

This lesson contains three parts, which help students to understand: the Tree of Life attack, hate crimes in a larger sense, and how they can take action to enduringly resist […]

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

On October 27, 2018, the Pittsburgh community was the victim of the deadliest Anti-Semitic attack in the United States. Even as the tragedy was continuing to unfold, the entire Pittsburgh […]

Antisemitism, Past to Present: Activism to Create a Change

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Antisemitism, Past to Present: Activism to Create a Change

This unit was designed to immerse students in the history of the Holocaust and national, ethnic, racial, and religious intolerance. This is to communicate the impact of personal responsibility, civic […]

Social Awareness and Activism Through Art

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Social Awareness and Activism Through Art

Art is one of the greatest means of communication. Art has many messages. Art is and has been used as a means to combat social injustice and inspire social reform. […]

It Seems Like We’ve Been Here Before

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on It Seems Like We’ve Been Here Before

My title draws on the Harry Chapin song “Circle”, and its signature line, “It seems like I’ve been here before, I can’t remember when.” Though a song about love, it […]

Holocaust Literature Themes – How can they inform action against injustices in today’s world?

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Holocaust Literature Themes – How can they inform action against injustices in today’s world?

Students will take the role of “preservationists” of history in order to inform and impact the present and future. As they read Refugee, by Alan Gratz, Holocaust-related memoirs, diaries, and […]

Caring for Hate

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Caring for Hate

Hate has plagued mankind since the beginning of recorded history and has powerful consequences. Before we can properly combat its existence or treat its effects, we must be able to […]

Hope, Hate and Humanity—What is Your Role?

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Hope, Hate and Humanity—What is Your Role?

Everybody plays a role in social justice and/or injustice. What role do you play in the cycle of hate and/or the cycle of hope? Are you a victim, are you […]

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