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Curricular Competency
Make reasoned ethical judgments about actions in the past and present, and assess appropriate ways to remember, reconcile, or respond (ethical judgment)
Elaboration
- Key questions:
- What is the difference between implicit and explicit values?
- Why should we consider the historical, political, and social context when making ethical judgments?
- Should people of today have any responsibility for actions taken in the past?
- Can people of the past be celebrated for great achievements if they have also done things considered unethical today?
- Sample activities:
- Assess the responsibility of historical figures for an important event. Assess how much responsibility should be assigned to different people, and evaluate whether their actions were justified given the historical context.
- Examine various media sources on a topic and assess how much of the language contains implicit and explicit moral judgments.
keywords
Make reasoned ethical judgments about actions in the past and present, and assess appropriate ways to remember, reconcile, or respond