Between the Civil War and the Great Depression, three American communities forcibly expelled African-American residents, replacing Reconstruction with Jim Crow laws.
Help students investigate identity and belonging through a film about generations of Chinese immigrants in the United States and their paths to "becoming American."
What does it mean to become American? In interviews with historians, descendants, and recent immigrants, Bill Moyers explores this question through the experience of the Chinese in America.
In 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village, leading to three nights of rioting by the city’s gay community.
This documentary details the lives of Patti Quigley and Susan Retik, two Boston women who were both pregnant when they lost their husbands in the 9/11 attacks.
This PowerPoint for Lesson 8 of the Standing Up for Democracy unit is ready to use in the classroom with student-facing slides and complete teaching notes.
In 1944, Hannah Senesh, a Hungarian Jew who emigrated to Palestine, joined the British army to parachute into Europe on a mission to save the Jews of Hungary.
Use this guide to the documentary film Blessed is the Match to help students explore the remarkable life of Hannah Senesh, a parachute trooper who rescued Jews during the Holocaust.
What is a moral person to do in times of savage immorality? This question tormented Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergyman of great distinction, who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis.