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Holocaust
Resistance during the Holocaust: An Exploration of the Jewish Partisans
Deepen students’ understanding of resistance with these lessons that bring together the firsthand accounts of former Jewish partisans and historical context on the partisan movement.
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Holocaust
Resistance
Legacy
Teaching Who Will Write Our History
Invite students to reflect on why it matters who tells our stories as they view a documentary film about the profound courage and resistance of the Oyneg Shabes in the Warsaw ghetto.
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In-Depth Program Grant for New York & New Jersey Schools
The IDP grant gives middle and high school History, Government, Civics, and ELA educators in the greater New York City metro area access to professional development and materials valued at more than $10,000.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Additional Resources for the Film Reporter
View a list of articles, photos and more that will help you further explore the themes covered in Reporter.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Additional Resources from Sara Terry
See more resources on the 1992–1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Aligning to Common Core with Teacher-Created Units
Learn about the teacing units created by three educators using the Literacy Design Collaborative‘s task templates and Facing History content.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Artist's Statement: Sara Terry
Read the artist's statement for writer and photographer Sara Terry.
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Holocaust
Bring The Children of Willesden Lane To Your Classroom
The Children of Willesden Lane is the powerful true story of Lisa Jura, who fled Nazi-occupied Vienna on the Kindertransport as a child. Jura was one of 10,000 young refugees who were separated from her parents and brought to England for safety before World War II. Our online companion to the book features musical selections to accompany the text, a study guide for middle and high school classrooms, and short videos.
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Global Immigration
Civics Dilemmas Publications
Featuring the personal narratives of young migrants, this resource challenges students to reflect on the ways that migration affects personal identity.
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Common Core-Aligned Teaching Units
These two teaching units are rich with primary source documents and classroom-ready strategies and, of course, are aligned to Common Core Standards.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Connections for Investigation One
- What is empathy? What is compassion? When have you felt empathy and/or compassion for something or someone? What provoked this feeling in you? Did you do anything as a result?
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Everything you need to get started teaching your students about racism, antisemitism and prejudice.