Discussion Prompts
Prompt #1
Pick any two areas of sustainable development goals (SDGs) listed in this unit and discuss them thoroughly. Were you aware
... [Show More] of the goals before this unit? Next, connect the global goals to the U.S. context and discuss how we are addressing them? Use facts and data from authoritative sources to support your arguments.
(USLO 11.1)
Prompt #2
Take any two areas of SDGs, seemingly unrelated to each other, and critically evaluate the intersectionality. For example, how do gender inequalities and climate action intersect? How do inequalities and inequities in the context of gender identities impact global climate change? And in what ways addressing climate change might diminish gender inequalities?
(USLO 11.1)
Prompt #3
Reflect on the essential nature of the global perspective to social justice issues. Why is it important to get a macro perspective on what might seem like a local issue? For example, how does helping the world achieve quality education for all impact our efforts to attain the same at the national level, or vice versa? Take any one of the SDGs you read in this unit to respond to this discussion prompt.
(USLO 11.2)
Prompt #4
“Our most serious shortcoming – and here I refer to the entire international community – is our inability to prevent crises. The United Nations was born from war. Today we must be here for peace.” – Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General, UN. (January 2019).
Pick any one of the SDGs to support Mr. Guterres’s statement or argue against his perspective. Use data or authoritative sources as the basis of your response.
(USLO 11.2)
Prompt #5
There is a tremendous push for diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at global, national, state, and community levels and in all areas of life and for all identities. Take any one of the SDGs included in this unit and discuss a couple of challenges leaders face in achieving optimum and sustaining results for equity and inclusion. Are the challenges individual or institutional? Examine the challenges at the international, national, state, and organizational levels.
(USLO 11.3)
Prompt #6
As we end the course, examine your growth on the diversity, equity, and inclusion topics discussed in the eleven units. How would you summarize your awareness of the issues? Are you curious to know more? Which topics inspired your interest, and why? Did any material disrupt your way of thinking? If yes, which content was new to you? Lastly, list three values that you think are essential for peaceful, just, and inclusive societies and explain why.
(USLO 11.4) [Show Less]