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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Students discuss contemporary situations in which governments mistreat people. They examine real-life instances in which people break the law for what they believe is a higher good. They role play a variety of human rights injustices.
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Bioethics of Stem Cells
Learners complete a variety of activities as they examine the ethics behind stem cell research and use.
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A Picture's Worth 500-700 Words
Young scholars write a narrative or short story of 500-700 words based on an assigned work of art.
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Gender Roles in the Mid-Nineteenth Century What Fiction Tells Us
High schoolers read and discuss a book on etiquette. They create their own book of etiquette.
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OK in Oklahoma? All-Black Communities
Students read to discover the African-American migration to Oklahoma following the Civil War and the eventual settlements of thirty-two all-black towns. To present their findings, students will write position papers and participate in...
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Fair Housing and Diversity
Students study the civil rights law of the fair housing act and reinforce learning by playing different intriguing games like Minority Monopoly, which teach diversity adn equality.
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Paradox Worlds
Students view and analyze "Still Life," by Cornelis de Heem. They answer discussion questions about the painting, write similes, discuss symbolism, create a still life sketch, and create a paint box poem.
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What Would You Do? A Discussion About the Ethics of War
Students examine the process of ethical decision-making during wartime. They read three case studies from World War II, and in small groups discuss, debate, and present their findings to the class.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Science Can Answer Moral Questions
Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life. [23:27]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Jonathan Haidt on the Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives
In this video, Jonathan Haidt explores the moral values that influence and guide people's political choices. [18:40] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
PBS
Pbs: Endgame: Ethics and Values in America
At this interactive site from PBS, viewers enter the lives of fictional characters who are forced to make critical decisions about their roles in a fatal car crash. A variety of media--video, polling, and audio interviews with an expert...
Live Wire Media
Good Character: The Socratic Approach to Character Education
A how-to article that illustrates how teachers can educate students about making choices that are consistent with their ethical values. A comprehensive plan for using the venerable Socratic method to reinforce critical-thinking skills by...
Other
Santa Clara Univ.: Framework for Ethical Decision Making
A discussion on how to recognize a moral issue and how to make decisions that are ethically sound.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Companies: Critical Thinking Exercises
10 valuable critical thinking exercises ranging in subject matter. Includes questions and exercises regarding biological development, language usage, morals, values and ethics, and thought cycles.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Traditions: Book of Wisdom Project [Pdf]
This is a one-page PDF outling a Book of Wisdom project which requires students to write two 300-500 word original fables with all of the characteristics of a fable including a moral or lesson. The second part requires students to find...
Other
Santa Clara University: Markkula Center for Applied Ethics: Thinking Ethically
This article explores how to think "Ethically," and how to develop a framework for moral decision making. Content focuses on a variety of approaches that appeal to values in how to deal with moral issues. (Aug 1, 2015)
Other
Loyola Marymount University: Ethics Incorporated
A scholarly article discussing how corporations in the United States are making sure ethics and moral values guide their actions. The article is in PDF format.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Lying, Cheating, Stealing
A four part NPR series on contemporary ethics, one part talks starts with whether one should eat a grape in the supermarket without paying for it, and then expands the topic. The second part is corporation/business ethics. The third is...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Fable and Trickster Tales Around the World
The lessons presented in this website "introduce children to folk tales" and how these folktales are changed and affected by generational and cultural values. Includes several links to further related information on folktales, fables,...
Other
In Character: A Journal of Everyday Virtues
In Character is an online journal that examines a single virtue--compassion, creativity, purpose, modesty, loyalty, or thrift, for example--from different perspectives. Articles are written by noted scholars, journalists, and critics,...
Media Smarts
Media Smarts: Promoting Ethical Behaviour Online: My Virtual Life Lesson
In this lesson, students learn about ways to manage their privacy and reputation online by exploring their digital presence and to make good choices about sharing other people's content online. Students explore how they are portrayed...
Digital History
Digital History: Explorations: The Puritans
No group has played a more pivotal role in shaping American values than the New England Puritans. The seventeenth-century Puritans contributed to our country's sense of mission, its work ethic, and its moral sensibility. Today, eight...
University of Florida
U of Florida: Baldwin Library of Children's Literature
Digitization of Ruth Baldwin's 40-year collection of children's literature provides the user a glimpse into childhood memories. Literature primarily from the 19th and 20th century. Searching on a vast array of titles, such as Alice in...
Brown University
Brown University: The Decameron Project
Few great books like the Decameron have shaped our very notion of storytelling and its crucial role in the negotiation and production of shared social and cultural values. In its hundred stories, shared in ten days by ten young people...