Youth Changemakers: Students Educate Others About Slavery, Bullying

Images courtesy of Slavery Still Exists.

At the Institute for Humane Education, we believe the purpose of education should be to graduate a generation of solutionaries who are equipped with the knowledge, tools, and motivation to become effective, engaged changemakers for a better world for all. So we're always excited to see examples of students engaged in real life learning. Here are two recent examples we discovered.


High school Language Arts teacher, Shelley Wright, uses project-based learning in her classroom in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. After reading a fiction book about child slavery, her students were inspired to teach others about the issue of modern-day trafficking. As part of their work, they created images and videos -- as well as a social media campaign -- to inform and inspire others. You can see some of the images and photos here.

Students at Tualatin High School in Oregon were so shocked and motivated by a recent documentary about bullying in schools, that they launched an anti-bullying poster contest. The contest was part of an effort to reduce bullying in their own school community. You can see some of the posters here.

These two examples not only demonstrate the importance of integrating real-life learning into schooling, but highlight how powerful art and media can be as tools for positive change.

~ Marsha

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