Final School Day 2009 - Ideas for 2009-2010

Ideas from different sections on topics/aspects-of-life/issues that would be good to explore using some of the skills and techniques we've developed in the last year.

Internet & Identity
Open discussions - Getting out of classroom
Masks - Projects - Online aspects
World of Lies - How do we know what is true? What do we do with lies we've seen through?
Self/Society
Perceptions of others - social roles
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Our rights - rights - gay rights
What is a genuine person? Masks?

Conformity Unknowingly
Life itself
Living in the U.S. - our advantages
Education & Schooling
Historical Perspective on Preferences and how they change and how they ultimately appear insignificant (dress, music, etc)
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Personal Health & Feelings
Personal Experiences
What is Meaningful? Outside and real life are better places to ask than the classroom
Music
Hidden messages of ads
Life is a big lie
Virtual Worlds
At home environments
Reading Techniques
Life is a game? Why is this perspective so common?

School
Animal Cruelty
Manufacturing
Religion
Marketing & Advertising
American Dream
Ocean Life (Sardines)
Sex
Race & Culture
Double Standards & Misogyny & Sex
Hip Hop
Life is a game
Technology
Fashion
Touching & Feelings
Listening & Communication
Music
Celebrity & Fame
Trends, Fads, & Conformity
Acceptability of Queerness
Public Transportation
Sex After Prom

American Way of Music
Education
Media & Advertising
Sleep
Critiques of Socialism
Sports
Clothing companies
Transportation
Crime & Punishment
Justice
News - Free Press?
Communication & Expressing Thoughts
Literature
Sex
Hands-on - Outside classroom world - reduce length of units

Bold indicates topics I can easily imagine building enjoyable and powerful units from.