Read about Europe’s “collective amnesia” at the end of World War II and consider the role that forgetting plays in the process of coming to terms with the past.
Read about Europe’s “collective amnesia” at the end of World War II and consider the role that forgetting plays in the process of coming to terms with the past.
Read about a British university student who used social media to speak up about an antisemitic incident on her campus.
Investigate how Lewis Terman, a professor of education at Stanford University, created a test in 1917 that measured the mental abilities of large groups of people.
Explore the motivations for the nonviolent actions and protests of the civil rights movement.
Consider the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the challenges to implementing it.
Learn about the Pakistani activist Khalida Brohi and the strategies that she employed to improve the lives of women and girls throughout her country.
Read the transcript of a video the South African government sent to American students as a way to convince the international community of the benefits of apartheid.
Analyze data from the Pew Research Center about the demographic trends shaping the United States today.
Investigate Eleanor Roosevelt’s description of the differences between the way Americans and Soviets viewed personal freedoms and rights in this excerpt of her speech delivered at the Sorbonne.
Activist Steve Biko’s speech links white racism to the Black Consciousness movement, calling on black South Africans to create their own power to fight oppression.
A teenager describes how changing her appearance affected the way that others perceived her identity and how she thought about herself.
Explore excerpts from the demands of the mostly Latinx students who led a series of school walkouts in Los Angeles in 1968.