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This unit, designed to accompany the film American Idealist, explores idealism, public service, and public policy through the career of American statesman and activist Sargent Shriver.

This unit provides background on the Armenian Genocide and invites students to explore the important questions it raises about how the global community defines, responds to, and can prevent genocide.

In this unit students come to understand the nonviolent social change model practiced throughout the 1950s and 1960s by American civil rights activists.

Centering on the film Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust, this unit is a solid foundation for learning about themes of identity, universe of obligation, and rescue.

In this unit students experience how art can serve as a tool to understanding history by analyzing paintings by renowned artist and Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak.