Lift More Voices
Throughout many curriculums, some voices are silenced. In order to engage students in a well-rounded education, teachers, curriculum writers and educational leaders must be intentional about centering diverse voices in the curriculum.
Source Process Ideas - When selecting sources consider:
❤️ Heart
- How does this image make me feel?
- What emotion is it evoking?
- Where is the emotion coming from?
- How does the emotion connect to the people or items in the image?
- Where does this image take me?
🧠 Mind
- What does this image say about our humanity?
- Whose voice is lifted in this source?
- Whose voice is silenced?
- How might this image be different if roles and identities were changed?
- What issue is presented in this image?
⛓ Connections
- In what ways do the people or items connect?
- What kinds of connections can you make with this source?
- How are the sources related to each other?
- How do these sources connect to your experience(s)?
- How does this issue connect to our society today?
How can I incorporate these sources?
You can incorporate these sources into the opening of a lesson, use them to stimulate discussions, or as a writing prompt. You can add the images to your lesson slide show to evoke a feeling or emotion to prompt students' thinking about diverse perspectives and experiences different from their own. Adding the sources to homework questions can also stimulate connections and critical thinking.
Don't know where to start?
Get inspired by the curriculum resources below. Use some of the content or methods to add to your toolbox of teaching techniques.
Curriculum Resources
Set #1: Her-Story
Set #3: Art as Activism (Coming Soon)
Set #2: Youth and Youth Activism
In this set, we lifted the voices of women and girls across cultures.
Set #2: Youth and Youth Activism
Set #3: Art as Activism (Coming Soon)
Set #2: Youth and Youth Activism
This source set is about youth activism and the foundations of youth activism. In the K-2 band, the sources focus on the children's games and how these games build leadership and voice for youth activism. In the 3-5 and 6-12 bands, the materials shared explore youth activism.
Set #3: Art as Activism (Coming Soon)
Set #3: Art as Activism (Coming Soon)
Set #3: Art as Activism (Coming Soon)
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