Through this activity, students were challenged to think critically about the rhetoric which drove the events of the Peloponnesian war.... Read more about Micropolitan Dialogue
A three day simulation of the Parliament of World Religions teaches students about the role of faith groups in addressing climate change.
Goals:
to provide an opportunity to study religious teachings related to nature and the environment
to investigate ways these teachings might contribute to practical policies and actions by persons and communities of faith in the face of destructive climate change
to intensify the learning experience by simulating the work of delegates to a real world...
Students travel back in time to 19th-century Japan, assuming the roles of advisors to the Tokugawa shogunate. They must synthesize primary readings on social and political unrest to propose reforms that could prevent the regime from collapsing.
