Toolkit
Explore resources designed to inspire instruction, inform assignments, spark conversation, and support lifelong learning. This Toolkit brings together a range of perspectives on the Good Life and Good Death. The inclusion of a resource does not imply endorsement by our institution or reflect its views; rather, it offers a different perspective on the Life Worth Living pedagogy.
Have a resource to share? We welcome suggestions of books, songs, poems, and other meaningful content that could be added to the Toolkit.
Media Resources
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Death in the Afternoon
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Be Honest And Concrete
Tips For Talking To Kids About Death
Anya Kamenetz & Cory Turner, NPR -
Episode 32: AI Memorization and Digital Grief
Death, et seq.
Tanya D. Marsh -
Life After Death
The American Life
Readings
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When Breath Becomes Air
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In My Time of Dying
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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Caitlin Doughty -
Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom -
My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me
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The Last Lecture
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Half A Life
Darin Strauss -
The Jewish Way to a Good Life
Rabbi Shira Stutman
Videos
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There’s a better way to die, and architecture can help
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What really matters at the end of life
BJ Miller -
Perspectives on Death
Crash Course
Educator Resources
The West Chester Leadership Hub team encourages educators globally to build the LWL pedagogy into curriculum, uplifting diverse perspectives and encouraging blossoming leaders to lead with empathy, humility, and moral clarity. Yale's Center for Faith & Culture connects four meaningful principles in the creation of LWL instruction:
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- Pursuit of Existential Meaning
- Commitment to Truth-Seeking Pluralism
- First-Person Engagement
- Participation in a Community of Practice
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Interested in Integrating Leadership & LWL Concepts in your Coursework?
Reach out to the West Chester Hub Team and we would be happy to provide a consultation on how you may be able to craft curriculum
to combine meaningful leadership and Life Worth Living education.