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Teaching Why believing in ghosts can make you a better person

Why believing in ghosts can make you a better person

Halloween is a time when ghosts and spooky decorations are on public display, reminding us of the realm of the dead. But could they also be instructing us in important lessons on how to lead moral lives?

Tok Thompson Associate Professor of Teaching, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The Conversation

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Do ghosts "guide us to lead moral and ethical lives"?
STANDARDS:
RI.2 - Main Ideas, RI.8 - Evaluate Argument

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

1,2,3
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