Curriculum
These resources are intended to help teachers, pastors or youth/campus ministers lead students in age-appropriate discussions about the death penalty. The Catholic Mobilizing Network welcomes educator feedback on these materials, as well as submission of self-created lesson plans for consideration for inclusion in this section.
The Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project integrates the power of theatre arts and academic study into the national discourse on the death penalty to replace ignorance, apathy, and cynicism among young people regarding the death penalty with information, introspection, and inspiration. Since the launch of the project in the fall of 2003, more than 170 high schools and colleges across the country have produced the play, conducted academic courses on the death penalty, and brought the issue to life on their campuses through art, music, and public education and action events.