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How an individual sees himself or herself, as well as how s/he is perceived by others.
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Identity & Community Lesson 1
 Lesson Plan February 18, 2009
11-Year-Old Hangs Himself after Enduring Daily Anti-Gay Bullying
On April 5, an 11-year old boy committed suicide as a response to repeated bullying at school. The boy, who did not identify as gay, was harassed daily with homophobic slurs.  The GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) website has posted an article about this tragic event.
 Facing Today April 15, 2009
11-Year-Old Hangs Himself after Enduring Daily Anti-Gay Bullying
On April 5, an 11-year old boy committed suicide as a response to repeated bullying at school. The boy, who did not identify as gay, was harassed daily with homophobic slurs.  The GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) website has posted an article about this tragic event.
 Facing Today April 15, 2009
A Barometer for the Popularity of Muslims: An Interview with Souad
  This interview is printed in "What Do We Do With A Difference? France and the Debate Over Headscarves in Schools".  France has a large population of immigrants from its former colonies in North Africa.
 Audio December 30, 2008
A Class Divided

60 minutes
Source: PBS Video

A Class Divided is an expanded version of Eye of the Storm. In this documentary, Jane Elliott meets with her class to talk about the classroom experiment about discrimination she performed 15 years earlier and the effects it had on their lives. In addition, Jane Elliott is seen giving this lesson to employees of the Iowa prison system.

 Library Resource December 15, 2009
A Day in Warsaw

10 minutes
Source: The National Center for Jewish Film

Part of the video montage Jews of Poland, this short documentary captures the spirit of Jewish life in pre-World War II Warsaw. Narrated in Yiddish with English subtitles, it presents the viewer with important images of daily life in Jewish Warsaw as it was before the Nazi invasion.

 Library Resource December 15, 2009
A Discussion with Elie Wiesel

30 minutes, color
Source: Facing History and Ourselves

Facing History and Ourselves students from Chicago area high schools share their thoughts and experiences as part of a panel discussion with Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. There is a lesson created around this video, about Eve Shalen and the "in" group, on pages 29-31 of the Holocaust and Human Behavior resource book.

Related lesson:
Membership, Identity, and Traditional Jewish Texts

 Library Resource December 15, 2009
A Flight Is Diverted by a Prayer Seen as Ominous

Last week a flight attendant on a US Airways Express Flight traveling from La Guardia to Kentucky alerted the cockpit of a suspicious passenger.

 Facing Today January 25, 2010
A Jew is Not One Thing

28 minutes
Source: The Jewish Museum

This short film explores the nature of Jewish identity in contemporary society and raises questions about the personal nature of identity. Profiled are religious and secular Jews, ardent Zionists, and Jews committed to life in the Diaspora. This pluralistic view embraces the complexity and contradiction inherent in a diverse community.

 Library Resource December 15, 2009
A Patchwork Land Confronts a Lie of Whole Cloth
(New York Times, March 11, 2008) The article, "A Patchwork Land Confronts a Lie of Whole Cloth," tells the story of photographer Attila Durak and the photographs he took during his seven summers to show the diverse ethnic groups within Turkey.
 Facing Today March 27, 2008
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