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Imagining Alternatives

Emma Kilroy — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 14:11:48 -0400

Projects/TeacherTrainings/ImaginingAlternatives

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, gun violence and hate crimes in New York City continue to increase, disproportionately impacting poor and working-class Black, Brown, and immigrant communities. The mayor’s office has responded by increasing police budgets, while continuing to systematically underfund social services and community programs. How could the city respond to hate crimes in ways that actually address the causes of violence? Developed for a three-day workshop at Forsyth Satellite Academy, this public curriculum is for educators and anyone interested in using art education to think collaboratively about defunding the police.

You can download this curriculum for free by filling out this short survey here.

Whos An Essential Worker

Marisa Hetzler — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 14:09:11 -0400

Projects/TeacherTrainings/WhosAnEssentialWorker

Who’s an essential worker? Who decides?

This curriculum guide uses design and art as tools for research and investigation.You can use these lessons to explore how essential workers are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, who benefits from their work, and how they can have more of a say over their working conditions.

This curriculum is designed for educators and students engaged in distance learning. Each lesson can be easily adapted for different levels of access to technology. You can use these activities individually, or as a series.

These activities have been designed with high schoolers in mind, but many of these activities can be adapted for younger students.

You can download this curriculum for free by filling out this short survey here.

I Vote Every Day

Fielding Hong — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:57:49 -0400

Projects/TeacherTrainings/IVoteEveryDay

I Vote Every Day! ¡Yo Voto Todos los Días! 我每天都投票! 나는 매일 투표해요!

When we talk about voting, we often think about elections. Casting a ballot is really important and elections have huge impacts on our daily lives. But, these are not the only times that we have a say on what happens in our communities. In fact, it’s like we vote with our actions every single day. Even if you’re not old enough to cast a ballot or elections have ended, we can still make an impact on the issues and people that matter the most to us!

We created a simple activity to encourage students to think through how their daily actions impact the people, places, and causes they care about.

You can download this worksheet for free by filling out this short survey here.

Taking Action Beyond The Ballot

Fielding Hong — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:32:21 -0400

Projects/TeacherTrainings/TakingActionBeyondTheBallot

As educators, how can we empower students to take on the issues that mean most to them? At CUP, we believe that civic engagement means more than casting a ballot. We start from the belief that the places where we live are the products of decision-making and power.

For educators looking for new ideas for the summer or planning ahead for next fall, we’ve created three resources to help you build community from afar, uplift young voices, and channel student creativity into informed and empowered civic action!

We’ve created three different educator guides to get you going. You can download them below by clicking on the PDF icon for each.

Taking Action Beyond the Ballot! breaks down creative approaches to civic engagement for remote learning.

Breaking News provides activities to help students think more critically about media coverage.

Who’s Got the Power? adapts a community organizing tool called a power map to help students identify the stakeholders involved in issues that impact their communities.

If you do any of these activities we’d love to know. Email us at info@welcometocup.org so we can amplify your students’ creativity!

Teacher Trainings

Mark Torrey — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:14:26 -0400

Projects/TeacherTrainings