I do not really want to have a conversation about curriculum with someone unless I already know where their minds are in relation to the two previous posts. I believe discussing curriculum before having the discussion about educational beliefs and ideals is putting the cart before the horse and results in ineffective curriculum that is more interesting than it is useful or beneficial.
That said, I needed to create a placed holder for ideas that might be discussed so here it is.
What are some curriculum ideas that might be deserving of exploration?
That said, I needed to create a placed holder for ideas that might be discussed so here it is.
What are some curriculum ideas that might be deserving of exploration?
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WWI-WWII with a focus on two Jewish men who played instrumental roles in the wars and our greater world.
Fritz Haber, a German Jew who won the Noble Prize for Chemistry. He developed Chlorine gas for use in WWI and supported it's use as a tool for death. He died in 1934 but his son struggled with his father's role in chemical warfare particularly in light of the fact that the Nazi's took some of his later work and used it for the poisonous gas used to kills Jews in the Holocaust.
Oppenheimer's story is better known.
Never won the Noble Prize, but was thrice nominated for physics. Lead the team that developed the first atomic bombs. After their use, he became an outspoken critic of atomic and other radioactive weapons. As a result, the US government made life difficult for him but he held stedfast against the use of science for the purpose of destruction.
The unit could be paired with a unit in English that includes any number of foci. I am thinking of stories like Tell Tell Heart, Crime and Punishment, Hamlet (or a number of other Shakespeare options), Picture of Dorian Gray, or any of the countless science fiction options (I dislike science fiction so I could not name any for you).
Regrettably, Haber was a Chemist and Oppenheimer a Physicist so I am not sure how we could connect tit to biology. It might fit with a look at the GMO discussions.
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