Resources for NUS 102 Instructors
The library has acquired the documentary on Lost Boys of Sudan; it will be available for check-out to show to your classes. If enough instructors are interested, we may also arrange a showing on campus.
Teaching Guides and Resources
How does Escape from Slavery support Niagara University’s General Education Goals?
The General Education Curriculum follows from Niagara University’s Mission and is designed to meet three goals:
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To help students to develop the educational foundation for graduate and professional school and careers in the 21st century. |
- Will give students an opportunity to learn about another culture, a serious human rights problem, and the immigrant experience.
- Will augment students’ knowledge about modern-day slavery. This knowledge may affect them as citizens and voters and impact their communities and workplaces where they may encounter refugees or immigrants from countries where slavery occurs.
- Is an important book for students in majors such as education and social work, where they may encounter people who have been directly or indirectly affected by modern-day slavery.
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To assist graduates to have a lifelong commitment to learning. |
- Will expose students to a shocking practice in today’s world. This may encourage students to ask questions and seek to learn more about very serious issues. It may also inspire them to work for change.
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To assure that all students develop the values and ethical foundation to be contributing members of the local and global community. |
- Will encourage students to consider the profound moral implications of enslaving another person.
- Will prompt students to consider the indelible consequences of hatred and discrimination.
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To achieve these goals, the General Education curriculum is designed to help students develop these four skills:
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Critical Thinking Skills - The ability to ask questions, seek answers and develop logical arguments. |
- Will encourage students to think critically about a difficult and, for some, the unfamiliar subject of child slavery.
- Will encourage students to think about themselves in new ways as they compare their own childhood to that of a child slave.
- Will prompt students to ask questions about the underlying causes of slavery.
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Information Literacy Skills - The know-how to access, evaluate and use information from a variety of sources to answer questions. |
- Will be read and discussed in NUS 102.
- Will be the catalyst for researching a related topic during the NUS 102 library visit.
- Will expose students to the issue of modern-day slavery and may prompt them to do independent research to learn more about a topic with which they may be unfamiliar.
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Communication skills and the ability to work effectively with diverse groups - The ability to communicate well and work with diverse groups of people in the local and global world. |
- Will be discussed in NUS 102.
- Will prompt students to consider questions to ask the author after his September 28 talk.
- Will expose students to the reality of modern-day slavery, which can prepare them for future encounters with people who may have been affected by this problem.
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A strong Ethical and Values Foundation - Building on the knowledge of one’s own and other cultures, the ability to form and follow well-developed ethical and moral values including a passion for social justice and a willingness to follow the model of St. Vincent de Paul by serving all members of society, especially the poor and oppressed, in the local community and in the larger world. |
- Will expose students to another culture.
- Will prompt students to consider the moral and ethical implications of slavery, in a modern-day context that may be more relevant to students.
- May inspire students to follow in the example of St. Vincent de Paul by doing volunteer or activist work around the issue of human trafficking and modern-day slavery.
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