Find a Changemaker Working on Your Issue
Time: 45 minutes
Standards: Common Core ELA and CASEL
Students will search for and study the work of successful human rights defenders who have championed a cause similar to or the same as the students’ issues of choice.
After this lesson, students will be able to...
- identify a creative changemaker whose area of cause or use of medium match their own.
- explain why the creative changemaker of they selected resonates with them.
- make comparisons and find contrasts between their own work and those of others.
- identify what makes a creative changemaker’s work effective.
Guiding Questions
- Who else cares about my issue?
- What can I learn from other human rights defenders?
- How will I apply what I learned from my human rights defender of choice to my own campaign?
- How will my campaign differ?
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Required Materials & Technology
Computer with internet connection
Writing utensil
“My Changemaker and Me” handout