teaching dissent
Where social change begins: Empowering students to advocate through education
Discover teacher resources that empower high school students to advocate for social change.
From Critical Thinking to Social Change
Critical thinking isn’t just an academic exercise—it’s the foundation of meaningful youth dissent. By engaging students in social justice issues through structured analysis, we prepare them to be thoughtful activists and engaged citizens. Every lesson connects classroom skills to real-world impact.
Decolonize the process of knowledge production
Who?
Go beyond token representations that merely “diversify”: challenge who is represented and how in the stories we tell our young people… as well as by whom.
Every child deserves to see themselves and their people not only represented, but honored and respected as positive and capable forces.
What?
What constitutes “knowledge” and “truth”, and where does that come from?
This means reconsidering the stories we tell. What constitutes significance must be part of the learning process, whether it is a skill, a historical process, or which authors merit our attention. There is always more to the story than what first appears.
How?
Unpack and challenge the power differentials and hierarchies within your own classroom, the school; the community.
We must practice what we teach. For how can we expect a kid to believe their voice matters, they can make change meaningful in their world if they can’t make changes in their own classroom?
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