Celebrate Immunization Awareness Month with The Invisible Shield

August is National Immunization Awareness Month. Teach about the impact of disinformation, science skepticism & government distrust on vaccination efforts with The Invisible Shield. This four-part documentary series  highlights public health’s major successes and the heroes who make them possible every day 

From the early days of inoculation in the late 1700s through the rapid development of the COVID-19 vaccine, scientists have achieved extraordinary feats to combat, contain, and eradicate disease — but solutions only work if people trust the science. The Invisible Shield explores how disinformation, science skepticism, and government distrust impact vaccination efforts. It highlights how historical injustices and inequities lead to apprehension, forcing public health to refine its approach.

The Inoculation, Inequity, and Public Trust section of our free Discussion Guide for The Invisible Shield focuses on the connection between public trust and public health. This section explores historical factors leading to the erosion of trust in public health, particularly regarding vaccines, and looks at the importance of community outreach to improve trust. It’s a great way to get students in grade 11 through higher education and public health career candidates excited about careers in epidemiology and related fields.

Celebrate Immunization Awareness Month with this powerful teaching tool for individual learners, classrooms, and community education. Learn more about The Invisible Shield and our free Discussion Guide.

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The Invisible Shield

 

National Inventor’s Month

August is National Inventor’s Month and we’re celebrating The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. This Netflix film is based on the true story of William Kamkwamba, whose creativity, persistence and courage as a schoolboy provided a solution to devastating drought for his family and eventually many others in his country of Malawi and beyond.

We offer a Discussion Guide and a Curriculum Guide with classroom-ready lessons for this film, to make it easy to work with in different settings. Students can learn more about wind power and the physics of generating electricity, as well as lessons in English Language Arts, Social Studies, Film Studies and more. These are powerful resource to inspire young inventors in your classroom!

Learn more about teaching with with The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

American Artist Appreciation Month

August is American Artist Appreciation Month! We’re celebrating Corita Kent, also known as Sister Mary Corita! The acclaimed artist and teacher used painting and calligraphy to convey ideas about peace, racial harmony and social justice.

Lesson 3 The Power of Corita Kent’s Calligraphic Art in our free Rebel Hearts Curriculum Guide features a hands-on Visual Arts lesson suitable for grades 9-12 based on Sister Mary Corita’s artwork. It’s a powerful tool to help students find their voice through multi-media artwork.

You and your students can learn more about Sister Mary Corita / Corita Kent, her revolutionary protest art, and her time as a nun in the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary with award-winning documentary Rebel Hearts and the Rebel Hearts Curriculum Guide.

Rebel Hearts

PS If you’re teaching about Art, Artists and Art History, you might also like the lesson about The Hudson River Painters in our Walden, A Game Curriculum Guide.

Walden, A Game

 

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