What does your name say about you? Use this essay by Chinese American teenager Jennifer Wang to explore the relationship between name and identity.
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The Armenian Genocide
Navigating Multiple Identities
Armenian American writer Diana Der Hovanessian reflects on how her family history influences her identity in her poem "Two Voices."
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Not Just Awareness, But Action
Read President Barack Obama’s commencement address at Howard University from 2016 about his vision of civic participation and the duties of citizenship.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Not in Our Town
Learn about how the residents of Billings, Montana, responded to a wave of racist and antisemitic violence in their town.
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Officer Kills Ferguson Teen
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch article summarizes what was known in the first 24 hours after Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, Mo.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Online Civic Participation
Share with students political theorist Danielle Allen's ten questions to ask before choosing to take action online.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Op-Ed: Denver City Council Should Ban Smoking on 16th Street Mall
Read a perspective in favor of an ordinance that bans smoking in a Denver public space.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Op-Ed: Denver’s Proposed Smoking Ban a Means to Discriminate
Help students understand two sides of debate with this article in opposition to a smoking ban in a Denver public space.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Overcoming the Past and Becoming a Single Nation
South African writer and poet Antjie Krog explores democracy and change through a narrative about a common sporting event that gives voice to both white and black South Africans.
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Global Immigration
Overview: What Are Borders?
Consider important questions about borders in the modern world with this article from National Geographic.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Personal Accounts of the Inflation Years (1919-1924)
Read a selection of firsthand accounts describing the catastrophic period of inflation the Weimar Germany experienced after World War I.
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Police Press Conference in Ferguson
Read a transcript of the press conference that took place ten days after Michael Brown’s death and several days after responsibility for security in Ferguson was transferred from local police to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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