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
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Article
10 minutes
By: Holly Korbey, KQED
K-5 Card Deck Activity: Empathy
Tool
15 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
Sense of purpose—the most important strength?
Article
12 minutes
By: Psychology Today, Sherry Hamby
Overcoming the empathy gap: overcoming a societal lack of empathy
Video
14 minutes
By: Fareeha Quayyum, TEDx
Emotional intelligence
Article
10 minutes
By: Character Lab