EDUC 283 - Our Lives and the World: Teaching and learning about human rights alongside local youth

0.5 unit(s)

• Vassar students create a human rights club curriculum for high-school youth that teaches about and for human rights in their localized and global contexts. We consider how curriculum must be both a mirror of students’ own experiences and a window into the experiences of others, and use this  a catalyst for social change and action. Vassar students and I then implement the curriculum with HS youth.

• Fall of 2019:  Students meet with me once a month for 2 hours. They read broadly about social justice, culturally sustaining pedagogies, popular education, and human rights education and consider ways to design multi-model curricula.

• Spring 2020.  We implement the curriculum with HS youth with during school (depending on teacher partner) or after school.