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- James Oveson created a curriculum unit which requires
the students
- to compare various political philosophers (Locke,
Montesquieu, etc) on how
- their positions would espouse various positions for
the societal treatment
- of vice and personal morality (abortion,
homosexuality, gambling, dugs, etc.)
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- Elizabeth "Nancy" Odasso created a curriculum unit
which focuses on
- a number of contested topics in law and morality and
public health, and
- requires students to examine issues, find data, and
elaborate positions
- carefully. She has a special emphasis for the unit on
teens and smoking. Her
- aim is to further develop critical thinking skills
among her students.
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- Cynthia Holland teaches accounting, and has used the
topics of the
- course as a start to develop a list of youth-oriented
topics to be
- incorporated with process work on constructing a
student newsletter through
- desktop publishing.
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- Marion Tarbox teaches junior high math, and has used
the topics of
- the course -- and the finding of data and
presentation of arguments -- for
- chart and graph making in her class.
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- Roy Matthews, who teaches American History and World
History,
- created a curriculum unit which takes the issue of
civil liberties during
- wartime as a way to bridge two discrete area --
issues of war, which he
- teaches, and information on civil liberties and the
law.
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- Kathleen Antrim created a unit which examines gender
issues
- surrounding toy production and selection. Her
creative unit involves
- students around Christmas and holiday season, and
causes them to discuss
- gender difference, societal treatment, and economic
arrangements.
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- Deborah Crough created a masterful unit which
examines a wide range
- of forensics issues, and brings together scientific
inquiry (with
- outstanding hands-on experiments and journals) and
presentation of evidence
- in court by expert witnesses.
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