Community Engaged Learning Module Library

The purpose of the Community Engaged Learning Module Library is to engage students in materials, events and projects that promote community learning and action to address pressing social issues.  Each module contains the equivalent of a week's content for an academic course. The library will grow over time as modules on new topics are added.  This initiative enables faculty to access germane instructional material that contributes to the public good.  This module library was inspired by Northeastern's Pandemic Teaching Initiative Module Library, and our long held belief that we must empower and develop students as critical, informed and engaged members of a democratic society.

Each faculty member's original module includes:

• Learning objectives
• Introductory video by the faculty member who developed the curriculum
• Academic readings
• Topical video or film
• Experiential opportunities for the application of learning and specific relevant action
• Assignments that enable students to integrate knowledge gained from course materials and applied opportunities

• Social Media and Social Action (SMSA) Module

  • by Dr. Ellen Middaugh & Dr. Mark Felton

    We have been collaborating to conduct research on how young adults use social media to learn about, discuss and act on social issues. Based on this work, we designed the course ChAD 156: Social Media & Youth Civic Engagement (Links to an external site.) to teach undergraduate students about the role of social media in youth civic identity development as well as to teach them skills of being more thoughtful and informed users of social media for social action.

    This module provides and abbreviated overview of the topics addressed in that class through the lens of the issue of climate change.

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• Why Do We Work?

  • by Rebecca Chan

    I want to invite y’all to think through one that I’ve been thinking about since I was a child: why do we work? 

    To help you on this journey, I’ve prepared a series of activities, short lecture videos, and a curated reading list. In the end, I don’t promise that we’ll arrive at a definitive answer to our question. That’s largely up to you! However, I do promise that you’ll have the resources to achieve the following objectives of this module--and think more deeply about the question of why we work.

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• Gender and Sexuality Module

  • by Dr. Robert Marx

    In this module, we'll be learning about gender and sexuality, with a focus on how we can incorporate our knowledge into our daily practices, interactions with others, and current and future work.

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• A Decade of DACA

  • by Nisha Garud Patkar

    This module address the contentious issue of DACA and immigration. It is important for students to analyze and address the DACA issue to understand the importance of inclusive representation of immigrants. Students should understand stereotypes that undocumented students have to fight so that they can advocate for equal status for these individuals to create a better world. Additionally, the mental stress, challenges, and triumph over these challenges should be documented and the stories of success need to be told to the new generations.

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• Understanding Food Justice

  • by Dr. Andrew Carter

    Module Learning Objectives

    1. Understand and contextualize the role of food justice in the alternative food movement
    2. Identify the different actors in food politics and the varying/conflicting ideas and intentions around food production, distribution, and access as it relates to equity
    3. Critically examine the social, public health, and environmental implications of the food system

     

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• Food Waste and Food Security Module

  • by Dr. Yinghua Huang

    In this module, you will learn how you – as a consumer – can act and engage others to reduce food waste effectively and sustainably. You’ll learn what food waste is, and why it matters, and gain knowledge on how to tackle the problem on personal, community, and policy levels.

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