Our own past failures to act with moral courage can drive our empathy for others and stir us to future action. In this viewing, students respond to Irshad Manji’s description of how a failure of courage created a lifelong desire to speak up in the face of bigotry.
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Swastikas in the classroom
The power of empathy
Video
17 minutes
By: Helen Riess, TEDx
K-5 Card Deck Activity: Courage
Tool
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By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
Overcoming the empathy gap: overcoming a societal lack of empathy
Video
14 minutes
By: Fareeha Quayyum, TEDx
Values
Video
2 minutes
By: Center for Leadership and Ethics, UT Austin
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Article
20 minutes
By: Greater Good Science Center, Kristen Renwick Monroe