THE VARIETY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE
We learned to understand and appreciate the many different ways that people approach their world. We learned about different cultural and ethnic perspectives, and about the relationships between poor and rich, between men and women, between gay and straight, and between people of different physical and mental abilities.
FALL TERM
Definition of Community
Ethnic perspectives: Iraq, Denmark, Southern US, Ancient Greece
Poor / Rich: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Men / Women: Guests of the Sheik
WINTER TERM
The Fall of Communities
The Plague of London
Auschwitz death camps
Genocide of Rwanda
SPRING TERM
Rebuilding Communities
Gentrification
Asset Mapping