The following websites provide information to spark classroom discussion:
Unpacking the Heterosexual Knapsack
Unpacking the Middle Class Knapsack
The Heterosexual Questionnaire
The following speeches start a discussion about human rights and social justice:
Hillary Clinton’s Remarks to the U.N. 4th World Conference on Woman
Violence Against Women TEDx Talk
The following articles/books provide the vocabulary to begin discussions about social justice:
Getting to Know You: The Prospect of Challenging Ableism Through Adult Learning by Margaret A. McLean
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
On Violence by Hannah Arendt
(Suggested reading Arendt pg. 35-47)
Los Viajes from POOR Magazine
bell hooks Editorial: Sexism and Misogyny: Who Takes the Rap?
Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
Say it Loud I’m Black and I’m Proud – Black Pride Survey 2000 by Battle, Cohen, Warren, Fergerson, and Audam and The Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
The Cultural Representation of People with Disabilities Affects Us All by Michael Bérubé
Dyslexia Toolkit by the National Center for Learning Disabilities
The following are lesson plans on a variety of topics and sample syllabi:
History of Rhetoric Beyond Greece
Age and Ability Lecture by Holly Gates, ABD
Public Speaking and Civic Engagement Syllabus Example
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