====== Updating the Pro-Life Classroom ====== ===== Current CCBR classroom: ===== * Strengths: good material, probably the best out there of any pro-life group * Weaknesses: * Essay format= not ideal for self-study or group study * How to present the material in a more effective, more engaging way? * Too linear, not ideal for group use or for an individual who wants to dive deeper into 1 topic ===== Updated Classroom ===== * Polished version of the UTSFL Classroom * Keep the university course code system - a good format * Lesson/seminar-style modules * Polished content that can be easily added to in future * lesson-plan style: something that works well for both self-study and for leading group discussion * Footnotes or links for deeper self-study e.g. “click here for the whole documentary on Emmett Till” or something * Ideas to __increase engagement__ with the content and website: * Quizzes * Add a gamification element - *see if the apologetics exam has some stuff we could pull * Stack exchange * *would need to be monitored for pro-choice trolls * Future Wishlist * Videos * Practice dialogue, e.g. role-playing examples * **For Gerrit to record**--> should all be under 1 min.? * Testimony of just HR argument :!: * Kerri-Ann * Polaroid analogy * Tikvah * CG/A/Q: :!: * Circumstances - general (ex. poverty) - Craig * "Choice"/bodily autonomy e.g. drunk driving analogy or something - Emily * The rape exception - Kim * Embryology * Before/at/after: can someone explain it quickly? * embryo vs. amoeba - Oriyana * one of the SLED categories - me, if time * ==== Content ==== * First objective: polish up the core of it enough to make it useful for people with a moderate knowledge base e.g. campus leaders * **“Program requirements”** * Prioritize: **Apologetics** and **Strategy** first (we have the content but need to polish) * Heart Apologetics and Politics: Have some content, but need more :. Can start fleshing out 100-level but less of a priority * **Seminars to Update/Polish:** * Apologetics * 100 * PBA100Y * Maybe: move PBA202H to 100 level? I.e. “what is abortion?” Surgical methods, plus video? * Move “PBA120Y why victim photography” to strategy? * Recommend bringing back [[utsfl:classroom:seminars:pba105h|PBA105H]] as a Personhood 1.0 seminar * 200 * PBA 201H - embryology * PBA205h: update to start with a more general seminar on personhood? * responding to challenges re: personhood of the pre-born (e.g. discriminatory history of personhood) -- or would this be more appropriate in the 100 level? * Functionalism can then fall under this as extended reading? * Other things re: personhood? * PBA203Y - medical dilemmas * Link to further reading re: maternal health in countries with stricter abortion laws vs. in countries with more liberal abortion laws * PBA210H: Bodily autonomy 1.0 * 300 * PBA303H: double-effect reasoning * PBA305Y: Peter Singer’s philosophy - speciesism and functionalism * PBA310: Violinist (bodily autonomy 2.0) * Strategy * 100 * PBS100Y * Move PBA120Y here as first one? * PBS120Y * CCBR’s material can be pretty easily slotted in here * 200 * PBS200Y * but break this down a lot, into 2-3 seminars? * Reforming our movement... * Theory of change * EndTheKilling plan ==== Layout ==== * How will website be organized? * By stream? * By “playlist” of recommended viewing? * Default setting is important as most will opt for this setting * How should we organize it by default? What are alternatives? * Separate page with a “guide to the classroom”? E.g. self-study vs. group study...recommend different “batches”... * Photos to highlight--featured presentation of certain, more important seminars ===== Sources for Content (Internal and External) ===== * UTSFL classroom and CCBR classroom * **Websites** * Secular Pro-Life http://blog.secularprolife.org/ * Pros: there’s a ton of good content in here. Great links for further reading - they have short-and-sweet blog posts that explore 1 issue helpfully e.g. http://blog.secularprolife.org/2016/12/response-to-argument-from-investigation.html * Cons: it’s not topically organized, have to really hunt for stuff; also, because they have *so many* contributors, the content can vary in quality and/or in “purity” (e.g. some of the contributors support the rape exception, I think some support health-of-mother exceptions, but if we’re linking to specific posts then this shouldn’t be an issue) * LTI http://prolifetraining.com/resources/ * Pros: some really good articles e.g. constructed vs. developing. Draw from the content but update the format * Cons: quite dated, has a biblical focus that isn’t as relevant to CCBR’s website * Equal Rights Institute https://blog.equalrightsinstitute.com/ * Pros: has heart apologetics and dialogue strategies, unlike many other groups; one of the only groups to take relational/heart apologetics seriously; website is well-organized and has a variety of learning formats (videos, podcasts, articles) * Cons: the ERI approach doesn’t work as well in an activism/AVP context. They can be almost...too nice. Very focused on building friendships/relationships with pro-choicers, which is important in our daily lives but is impractical in say, a CC * **Books** * Love Unleashes Life (SG) * Case for Life - Klusendorf-- need to give this a skim-through * Booklet: https://prolifetraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/46966-Advanced-PL-Apologetics-Biola.pdf * Trent Horn: Persuasive Pro-Life (skim through) * Beckwith: Defending life (Is this one too philosophical…?) **Misc**. * feedback from group leaders -- over the summer and/or in the fall? * Ex, beyond UTSFL/TAA and Lifeline/LAA: would NAA like to test out the content and give feedback? Tikvah for Ottawa group? Other campus leaders who’d be willing to provide feedback (Talia, Paul, etc.)? * have 3-4 modules which, when grouped together, could function for an intro apologetics workshop? Useful for XAA groups, campuses, etc.