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
K-5 Card Deck Activity: Courage
Tool
10 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
Logical fallacies
Video
7 minutes
By: Mometrix Academy
Seven practices for active listening
Tool
10 minutes
By: Greater Good Science Center
The Empathy Handbook
Tool
60 minutes
By: Humanities Lab (Fall 2025)
Empathy expert teaches how to understand others even when you politically disagree
Article
15 minutes
By: ASU, Elizabeth Segal