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Stranger at the Gate Viewing Guide
Bring the short documentary film Stranger at the Gate into your classroom with the streaming video and companion guide of discussion questions and activities.
Requesting Speakers
Recommended organizations for educators seeking to set up an in-person or virtual speaker visit by a Holocaust survivor or descendant of a survivor.
What Is a Hate Crime and How Do Hate Crimes Impact People?
This explainer helps students understand what hate crimes are and the impact they can have on individuals and communities.
Talking to Teens About Online Hate Speech: A Guide for Parents and Families
Help teens identify, process, and think critically about online hate speech to help minimize its harmful effects.
Civic Agency and the Pursuit of Democracy
This elective, designed for New York’s Seal of Civic Readiness, intertwines the history of US Reconstruction, current events, and civic participation.
Facing History & Ourselves Civic Knowledge Research Project
This guide provides prompts and strategies for the written Research Project component of New York State’s Seal of Civic Readiness.
Inquiry Blueprint | The Pursuit of Educational Justice in Boston
This blueprint provides an at-a-glance view of the inquiry The Pursuit of Educational Justice in Boston.
What Is Islamophobia?
Use this explainer to help students understand Islamophobia and how it manifests in contemporary society through various tropes.
All-Community Read Guide: They Called Us Enemy
This guide will support your school community as you read the graphic memoir of actor and activist George Takei.
Connecting Students to Memorials via Arts/Makerspace
In this classroom video, students learn how to create art to memorialize those lost in the Holocaust.
Common Core Writing Prompts and Strategies: Civil Rights Historical Investigation
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This resource connects our Civil Rights Historical Investigations unit with writing prompts that align with the expectations of the Common Core State Standards.