Current events lesson: El Salvador
Science, Politics, Education, and Society
Speciety
Perspectives on science, politics, education, and society from a social scientist and educator
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Speciety is managed and edited by Dr. Shane Markowitz (PhD, Political Science, Central European University). The site provides a space for analysis and discussion of developments in the areas of science, politics, education, and society. It also serves as a platform for sharing teaching materials that motivate curiosity, critical engagement, and understanding of phenomena in the world.
Geography lesson plan: the legacy of European colonialism
Geography lesson plan: Lebanon's sectarianism, turbulent governance, and Hezbollah
Geography Lesson Plan: Borders in South Asia
Geography Lesson Plan: the Ice Stupas of Ladakh
Lesson Plan: the Gender Fishbowl
Lesson plan: Turkification, prejudice, and integration in Germany
Lesson plan: Understanding the danger of the single story
Lesson Plan: Hurricane Katrina, Race, and an Unequal Recovery
Contemporary Issues in China and Japan Lesson Set: Political, Economic, and Environmental Patterns
Enhancing student resilience through collaborative activities during pandemic
European leaders get approval spike during pandemic, once in generation opportunity to transform EU
Contemporary Issues in South Asia: Political and Economic Patterns, Nature, and Society
Global Poverty and Sustainable Development Lesson Set
Stereotypes, prejudices, and gender roles lesson set: power and change
No approval bump for Trump during pandemic — and it’s not simply because of perceived inept response
An Environment and Climate Change Lesson Set: Causes, Consequences, Solutions, and Youth Engagement
Lesson Plan: Hurricane Katrina, Its Impact and the Physical and Social Vulnerability of New Orleans
Lesson Plan: Hurricanes as Natural and Social Disasters
Populism's Global Rise: How globalization can be used to curtail rather than feed the phenomenon