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Life-Altering Experiences Overview

Course Schedule

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Objectives:

        Instructional

• Student will recognize the effects of apathy, indifference, and prejudice

• Student will recognize the importance of exercising social responsibility

• Student will gain an impressionistic understanding of the basic features of Jewish life within the context of pre-World War II Europe

• Student will investigate continued acts of prejudice in modern society

        Performance

• Student will maintain a journal based on readings and films, responding to provided prompts

• Student will discuss his/her understandings, as well as misgivings of human nature, related to "life-altering experiences"

• Student will work in small group to examine hate crimes in the United States

• Student will present results in a research paper