Each volume in the Great Conversations series provides a rich collection for your humanities course or book group. Readings and accompanying questions deliver enough content for 15 discussions or class sessions. Includes works by Aeschylus, Joseph Conrad, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sigmund Freud, Henrik Ibsen, Carl Jung, Michel de Montaigne, Alice Munro, Tillie Olsen, Blaise Pascal, Henri Poincaré, Alexis de Tocqueville, Thorstein Veblen, and Walt Whitman. Includes discussion guides for Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass and Seize the Day by Saul Bellow.

Great Conversations 1

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The concept of human rights is a revolutionary idea still in the making. In recent times it has become an urgent idea as well, especially in an age of global terrorism and the attendant debates about national security, detention, interrogation methods, and differing national and international concepts of justice. Citizens of the World is a comprehensive anthology for readers interested in how the concept of human rights has developed throughout history, and it vividly portrays some of the specific conflicts and flash points that have shaped the dialogue about human rights that we carry on today. Thirty-four different selections, ranging from memoir and fiction to legal and historical documents, help readers understand how abstract concepts such as the rule of law, freedom, and human dignity have evolved. These selections can also point the way to how such legal concepts might guide democratic decision-making now and in the future. The discussion questions accompanying each selection will stimulate vibrant and meaningful dialogue. Highlights include the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights (selection), The Social Contract (selection) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the Declaration of Independence, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln, Independence v. Swaraj by Mahatma Ghandi, Letter from Birminham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr., Red Scarf Girl (selection) by Ji-li Jiang, and much more.

Citizens Of The World: Readings In Human Rights

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Politics & Government

Vol 1 (Yellow): The Black Hen's Egg, The Mouse and the Wizard, Imagination; Vol 2: Rumpelstiltskin, Eeyore Had a Birthday and Gets Two Presents; Vol. 3 (Red/Pink): The King of the Frogs, Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs, Mysterious Animals.

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Each volume in the Great Conversations series provides a rich collection for your humanities course or book group. Readings and accompanying questions deliver enough content for 15 discussions or class sessions. Includes works by Raymond Carver, Rene Descartes, John Donne, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, Nadine Gordimer, Friedrich Hayek, Herman Melville, Frank O'Connor, Max Planck, Edgar Allan Poe, John Rawls, Christina Rosetti, and John M. Synge. Includes discussion guides for Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt.

Great Conversations 2

Daniel Born

REVIEW 
"We all know that reflection is a key component of effective service and civic engagement. This book is a must-have resource, a compendium of writing from diverse times and voices guaranteed to stimulate lively conversation and hard thinking." -- Elizabeth Hollander, executive director, Campus Compact This book is for anyone who has ever tossed a dime in a panhandler's cup--or had one tossed in his own. It's for anyone who has ever served at a soup kitchen, volunteered to bake cookies, tutored a child, or fought a war. Admittedly, it raises as many questions as it answers and complicates as much as it simplifies. But if you've ever considered the possibility of a better world, and reflected on how you might take part in such a place, this is the book to take along for the journey." -- Billy Lombardo, author of The Logic of a Rose: Chicago Stories and former Service Learnign Program director at the Latin School of Chicago The Civically Engaged Reader assembles more than forty provocative and diverse readings that range across literature, philosophy, and religion. These selections invite reflection on all kinds of civic-minded activities--from giving and serving to leading and associating--and on the vital connections between thought and service. The selections in The Civically Engaged Reader will stimulate both individual contemplation and lively group discussion and debate. Appendixes with questions for discussion and tips for making those discussions meaningful make this anthology a ready-to-go resource for service and volunteer groups, as well as college classrooms. Published with support from the Project on Civic Reflection.

The Civically Engaged Reader: A Diverse Collection of Short Provocative Readings on Civic Activity

Davis, Adam

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An Introduction to Shared Inquiry

The Leader's Guide includes tips on answering a prereading question, reading twice and taking notes, sharing participants' questions and notes, textual analysis, Shared Inquiry discussion, and post-discussion writing. Perfect for teachers or book group leaders. Companion to Introduction to Great Books, First Series (sold separately).

Introduction to Great Books, First Series, Leader's Guide

The Leader's Guide includes tips on answering a prereading question, reading twice and taking notes, sharing participants' questions and notes, textual analysis, Shared Inquiry discussion, and post-discussion writing. Perfect for teachers or book group leaders. Companion edition (sold separately) to Introduction to Great Books, Third Series.

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