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-====== CCBR Classroom ======+====== Updating the Pro-Life Classroom  ====== 
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 +===== Current CCBR classroom: ===== 
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 +  * 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 
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 +==== 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 
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 +==== 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 
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 +=====  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. 
  
-FIXME program outline of core versus recommended versus elective courses, which to polish for Summer 2017