For Teachers
At SPI, we believe the best learning starts where students already are. Our Curriculum and Pedagogy Development team reimagines familiar lessons in history, English Language Arts, social studies, and civics—creating powerful opportunities for young people to dive into philosophical reflection alongside their peers. Along the way, students not only deepen their understanding of key content and underlying values, but also build essential skills in civil discourse, reading comprehension, persuasive speaking and writing, and metacognition.
Lesson Plans
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Justice
This lesson can integrated into history lessons that focus on (in)justice: Consider lessons on antebellum America, the Reconstruction, and the Civil Rights Movement. In English classes, consider books such as George Orwell’s Animal Farm and Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird.
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Equal Protection
This lesson can be tied into history lessons that focus on constitutional law and American civil rights; consider lessons on the Civil War, Jim Crow Laws, Japanese Internment, anti-miscegination laws, etc.
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Utilitarianism
This lesson can be tied into history lessons that focus on democracy and governance principles as a central concept; consider lessons on Jim Crow Laws, Japanese Internment, The Civil Rights Act, vaccination (and other considerations of personal liberty vs. majoritarianism), etc.
