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Holocaust and Human Behavior
Explore the website of our core resource to get online readings, primary sources, and short documentary films on the challenging history of the Holocaust.
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Stolen Lives: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the Indian Residential Schools
Explore our online resource on the Indian Residential Schools and their long-lasting effects on Canada’s Indigenous Peoples.
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A Commandant's View Images
View images of Franz Stangl, the commandant from Treblinka.
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A Kauaian Story of Love and Compassion
Divyesh describes how upstanding Hindu monks bridged religious differences and reached out to a community in need following a devastating hurricane in Hawai'i.
This essay was submitted via our scholarship contest. Learn more.
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Always Purple
Emma and her classmates learns how to better empathize and listen to each other following the untimely passing of a fellow student.
This essay was submitted via our scholarship contest. Learn more.
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Amsterdam Students Create Walking Tour To Commemorate Holocaust Resistance, Persecution
With help from a Margot Stern Strom Innovation Grant, a teacher turns a dream into reality.
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Apartheid Resistance Posters
These posters represent six distinct aspects of the anti-apartheid movement's struggle for democracy in South Africa during the 1980s.
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Armenian Genocide Online Workshop | New York Times Headlines
This is a visual gallery of headlines from the New York Times during the Armenian Genocide. Click on the headlines to view the full articles.
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Bystanders Video
Hear from scholar Ervin Staub and view a short film portraying an upstanding stranger.
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Choices
Read a winning essay from Facing History's 2017 "Making Choices in Today's World" by student author Kaitlin. Kaitlin highlights her grandmother's experiences and choices during and after her time in a Japanese American internment camp.
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Congratulations! It's a Mockingbird
Read Cicada's scholarship-winning essay from Facing History's 2017 "Making Choices in Today's World" student essay contest. Cicada explores themes of gender and exclusion in their own life and To Kill a Mockingbird.
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