Social 20 Related Issue 1 | Facing History & Ourselves

Social 20 Related Issue 1

Resources 11
Last Modified April 8, 2021
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Video

Long Night's Journey into Day: South African's Search for Truth and Reconciliation

This documentary tells four stories of Apartheid in South Africa, as seen through the eyes of the Truth and Reconciliation commission.

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The Voices of Millions

Learn about the advent of online activism and consider the internet's impact on civic participation.

 

Agosin Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love Pg. 76
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Chapter

Language and Identity

Explore how language and culture shape identity, and learn about the challenges faced by the Indigenous Peoples of Canada to preserve their traditional identity.

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Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior

Use this 23-lesson unit to lead middle or high school students through a study of the Holocaust that asks what this history can teach us about the power and impact of choices.

Abstract blue painting. Teaser image for a unit on Teaching about the Holocaust and Human Behavior for middle and high school students.
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Unit

Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior

Use this 23-lesson unit to lead middle or high school students through a study of the Holocaust that asks what this history can teach us about the power and impact of choices.

Abstract blue painting. Teaser image for a unit on Teaching about the Holocaust and Human Behavior for middle and high school students.
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World War I and Its Aftermath in Germany

Students begin the unit's historical case study by exploring the brutal realities of World War I and the impact of the armistice and the Treaty of Versailles.

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photo of WWII soldiers walking on beach
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The Rise of the Nazi Party

Students examine how choices made by individuals and groups contributed to the rise of the Nazi Party in the 1920s and 1930s.

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The Parade of the Political Administrators in Nuremberg, Germany.
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Confronting Apartheid

Examine how South Africans grappled with their history, from early interactions with white European settlers, resistance to the imposed apartheid regime, and a long struggle for democracy.

Group of people waving South African flags in back lit.
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Early Apartheid: 1948-1970

Learn about the early development of apartheid as the white South African government formed a legal system of racial hierarchy and non-white South Africans resisted these laws.

A group of women hold signs in demonstration against the pass laws in Cape Town on August 9, 1956, the same day as the massive women’s protest in Pretoria.
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Transition to Democracy

Examine the continuing struggle for South Africa as it creates a representative democracy, attempts to heal from the legacy of apartheid, and searches for a new, inclusive identity.

The signing of the Republic of South Africa's Constitution in May 1996.
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Overview: What Are Borders?

Consider important questions about borders in the modern world with this article from National Geographic.

Immigrant women and children wait to enter the bus station.