Educator Resources
Issues of Tolerance and Community: Discussing Current Events in the Classroom
As the new school year begins we are thinking about how to approach issues of religious tolerance and immigration in the classroom through current events. Building community in the classroom is vital to creating a thriving learning environment.
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View Young, Muslim and French or Antisemitism in the 21st Century to explore issues of religion and tolerance with your class.
Introduce the diversity of America’s immigrant population by reading selections from Crossing the BLVD.
Read Enrique’s Journey to discuss the realities of immigration and the people who risk so much for a chance to live in the United States.
View Well-Founded Fear, a documentary about the U.S. government’s asylum office, where American ideals about human rights collide with the task of trying to learn the truth from asylum-seekers. Also watch a video clip of Facing History students Lorena and Ashley reflecting on the importance of standing up against prejudice and intolerance.
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A recent Boston Globe Magazine article titled “The Secret to Stopping a Bully?” offers a possible solution to reducing bullying in U.S. schools.
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I Promised I Would Tell
Sonia Weitz tells her story through poetry and testimony during the Holocaust. She gives life to the millions of children, men and women who were murdered in Europe because they were Jews. Her personal memories and poetry give a history to mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters.When Sonia speaks, collective memory dissolves and the birth of a memory for each family member is imagined.
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Be the Change: Upstanders for Human Rights
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