"Voices in Wartime" curriculum at Bellevue and Shoreline Community Colleges
Shoreline Community College;
This fall, a class at Shoreline Community College in north Seattle is using the Voices in Wartime Education Project to spark deep discussions about a painful topic. To the complete surprise of the teacher, almost every student is attending every session of a class at 7:30 AM. For many, this is the first time they have been prompted to think seriously about a subject they have previously avoided.
Bellevue Community College; my added note; Voices in Wartime is a Seattle based enterprise and let's hope it serves as a prototype for schools all across the country - kudos and way to go Seattle - way to go Washington state! We have some very dedicated people at work in this state in different venues trying to bring attention to Iraq war, help our military and their families in what continues to be an uphill climb. Pushing that rock up the mountain has to be a better alternative than sinking in hopeless futility into the cesspool. (click on full story to read more detail below fold)
at Bellevue Community College (continued)
* Teachers from a broad mix of arts, humanities, and social sciences will be using the Voices in Wartime DVD, Anthology, and Curricula in their classes, including English composition, literature, sociology, history, political science, communications, drama, and English as a Second Language. The Voices in Wartime Education Project is using art, dialogue, and education to create healing and social change - in the midst of an ongoing war. Our focus this year is to build a powerful and successful model - an educational program using the Voices in Wartime DVD, Anthology, and Curricula that can have a deep and lasting affect on thousands of students and teachers nationwide. A Teachable Moment in America? Three and a half years after the invasion of Iraq, I believe our country is nearing an historic "teachable moment" when we may be open to new insight into how we can live in a more sustainable and peaceful world. Out of the chaos and wreckage of war might come a new understanding of the terrible human cost of war, and the legacy of trauma created by war. And we might arrive at new wisdom that will help us discover peaceful alternatives to war
Voices in Wartime, Home - http://voicesinwartime.org About the Movie - http://voicesinwartime.org/movie.htm About the Education Project- http://voicesinwartime.org/about.htm
Contact Us - http://voicesinwartime.org/contact.htm Voices in Wartime is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that aims to transform how we respond to, engage in, and recover from conflict, through education and the arts. The Education Project offers tools, philosophies, and learning methods that can help us transform the conditions under which conflict becomes intractable and violent.
"Voices in Wartime" curriculum at Bellevue and Shoreline Community Colleges | 2 comments (2 topical)
"Voices in Wartime" curriculum at Bellevue and Shoreline Community Colleges | 2 comments (2 topical)
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