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Social Responsibility

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Can you think of a time when you made a difference in someone's life, perhaps by helping them at a difficult time? What was the situation? What did you do? How did it make you feel? Were there obstacles to face? How did you overcome them? Think, Write, Pair/Share

Essential Question
What is social responsibility? Think, Write. Pair/Share

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Definition: "Social responsibility-that is, a personal investment in the well-being of others and of the planet-doesn't just happen. It takes intention, attention, and time." //-- Sheldon Berman, "Educating for Social Responsibility,"// Educational Leadership, //November 1990// =====

Being socially responsible means that people must behave ethically and with sensitivity toward social, cultural, economic and environmental issues.

Social Imagination:
Maxine Greene (1995) defines "social imagination" as "the capacity to invent visions of what should be and what might be in our deficient society, on the streets where we live, and in our schools".

Maxine Greene means that as a society we can envision the poor being helped, sick children receiving medical care, or polluted water systems being treated for bacteria. Social Imagination is empowering, If people can imagine world change, it can happen!

I See/ It Means: Why do the following images represent "social imagination"?



Questions to Consider for Discussion Why is it important for people to be socially responsible? Can the actions of a few people or a small group make the world change? Are all people socially responsible? Be prepared to explain your answer. What are some ways people can be socially responsible? media type="custom" key="12712610"media type="custom" key="12717994" media type="custom" key="12713692"media type="custom" key="12718984"