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The film American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver tells the story of a man who exemplified what it means to be a public servant. From his youth volunteering in tenement housing with his father, to his service in the military, to his role as director of the Peace Corps and the War on Poverty, Shriver consistently strived to live up to his belief that "[O]f all of our ideals none surpasses the importance of service. | |
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Bill Moyer's film, Becoming American: The Chinese Experience, describes the ways the first arrivals from China in the 1840s, their descendants, and recent immigrants have "become American." It is a story about identity and belonging that will resonate with all Americans. | |
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This series of lessons is
organized as a mini-unit for teaching the Armenian Genocide. They were
designed to complement Facing History and Ourselves' resource books, Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior and Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the Armenians. | |
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Facing History and Ourselves and ENOUGH have partnered to create and distribute classroom materials to accompany the movie Darfur Now and the book Not On Our Watch. The teaching unit includes four lessons that:
provide an introduction to the genocide in Darfur
help students identify how activists have responded to violence in the region
encourage students to think about the complexity of activism and lastly,
ask students to connect this material to their own experiences and ideas about activism, genocide, and conflict resolution. | |
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This unit is a series of four complementary activities that accompany the documentary film, The Murder of Emmett Till.
They provide a vehicle for discussing this powerful film while also
establishing important historical context to better understand its
place within American history and for our understanding of the
fragility of democracy. | |
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Individuals, groups and nations have responded to injustice throughout history. The purpose of this series of lessons is to look at one particular approach to responding to injustice: the strategy of nonviolence. | |
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The film Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust tells
the story of a Jewish father who tries to alert his adult sons to the
dangers posed by defenders of the faith who preach intolerance of the
"other" and who feel compelled to create impenetrable barriers between
"us" and "them. | |
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Facing History and Ourselves has released a collection of classroom activities to accompany Sonia Weitz's highly successful Holocaust memoir, I Promised I Would Tell. This series of 12 lessons, all of which focus on literacy, have been tested in both middle and high school classrooms across the Memphis region. | |
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What are Literature Circles?
Literature Circles are commonly defined as informal student-centered book discussion groups characterized by heterogeneous grouping, student-selected texts and an emphasis on self-evaluation. | |
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The Nuremberg trials, held from 1945 to 1949, were a galvanizing moment in history, international law, and human rights. This documentary about the trials combines archival footage and modern-day interviews with trial participants who served in a variety of roles, including members of the legal team for the prosecution and a journalist reporting on the events for the press. | |
