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Refugee crisis - 1

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Reading

Do You Take the Oath?

Reflect on the choices and actions of two Germans who had to decide whether or not to pledge an oath of loyalty to Hitler.

 

German military recruits swear allegiance to Adolf Hitler.
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Lesson

The Refugee Crisis and Human Responsibility

Students learn about the legal rights of refugees and then use poetry to develop a personal connection to the current global crisis.

Syrian refugees cross from Syria to Turkey via the Orontes River, near the village of Hacipasa, Turkey, Dec. 8, 2012. This image was one in a series of 20 by AP photographers that won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography.
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Unit

Americans and the Holocaust: The Refugee Crisis

Explore the motives, pressures, and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism and the humanitarian refugee crisis it provoked during the 1930s and 1940s.

A crowd of American men and women hold signs protesting Nazi Germany's actions.