About the Course
Bridging the Divide:
Race, Community, and Religion
An Inquiry-Led Curriculum for Building Understanding, Challenging Division, and Leading Change
Course OverviewBridging the Divide is a 24-week project-based learning programme designed to help young people confront prejudice, explore diversity, and create solutions that build unity in a fractured world. Through an interdisciplinary approach — combining history, geography, social studies, psychology, and philosophy — students investigate the roots of division and design real-world initiatives that promote understanding, dialogue, and inclusion.
What Students Will Do
Identify an issue in their community, nation, or world that causes division and needs change.
Explore case studies from history (slavery, genocide, civil rights), geography (migration, segregation), psychology (bias, prejudice), and philosophy (ethics, justice).
Conduct inquiry and research through interviews, surveys, and local/global analysis.
Design and implement solutions such as campaigns, community conversations, digital media projects, or events.
Showcase their learning through a final presentation to peers, community stakeholders, or a wider audience.
Skills Students Will Gain
Critical Thinking & Ethical Reasoning
Empathy & Intercultural Understanding
Research & Media Literacy
Collaboration & Communication
Leadership & Civic Responsibility
Who This Course Is ForThis programme is ideal for upper secondary students (ages 14–18) who want to go beyond traditional learning and become active leaders in creating social change. It is suitable as:
An IB Career-related Programme Core supplement or replacement (PPS + Service Learning)
A GCSE Citizenship Studies extension
An EPQ-aligned project pathway
A sixth form elective, enrichment, or Future Skills block
Why It MattersAt a time when societies are increasingly polarised, Bridging the Divide equips students with the knowledge, tools, and courage to challenge division and build bridges. They don’t just learn about the world — they shape it.
Your Instructor
Tirzah Elese
A world Traveller and firm believer that everyone, every culture, every race and every difference has something to teach us... if we just open our minds and begin listening!
