So, I was talking with Garofano and Kronzer yesterday, and they do a ton of work throughout IB with incorporating Social Justice into the curriculum and being very up front with it being the backbone of what they do. The terminology, using multiple case studies, and having assignments investigating issues relating to social justice. The CIS Literature is a modern, multicultural literature course (if you didn't know) and many issues relating to social justice will be discussed. But, the subject areas and ideas you guys are investigating for your Trend Essays are surprising me with how in tune they are with the topics being investigated in IB and the teacher led approach to social justice education.
You guys are attacking issues like The Achievement Gap in Education, Attitudes Towards Muslim Americans, Affects of the Media on Teens and Body Image, Gay Marriage & Gays in the Military...and so many more.
So, where did this come from?
Ideas planted there by other teachers? Previous English classes giving you ideas for research projects? Crazy progressive parents? Changing attitudes in the educated youth of today? Guessing what topics I'd give a better grade to? ;)
Whatever the case, I'm happy to see the variety of options you are investigating. End even those non-social justicy ones are neat - like the phenomena of Life After Death in pop culture and such. Very cool. I can't wait to see your final work.
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