INQ-110 | Making a Difference

Full Title: The Inward Life and Outward Life: Making a Difference in the World

Topic Description:

How do people create their positive impact on others? We will explore writings by individuals who have made an important, positive impact in recent history. We will ask questions about their motivations, concerns, methods of working, and why they had such a positive impact. We will look at their original context and the conversations in writing that they prompted. In the process, we will think about narrative and argument, autobiography and biography, and the creative ways that people use their energies and change the world. All of this is part of what it means to become an educated person -- adept at reading, writing, speaking, and thinking critically about various kinds of texts.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: April 2009