Use the research, testimony, and discussion ideas in this guide to foster honest and informed classroom dialogue about the issues raised in the documentary film Bully.
Holocaust survivor, Marian Marzynski, sets out to find out how Germans are willing to build a memorial to the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.
Nine-year-old Joshua journies to Auschwitz with his grandfather (Opa) Martin Becker, a Holocaust survivor who was imprisoned there at age nine for four years.
Seeking refuge from Nazi terror, 17,000 Jews traveled to Shanghai, one of the few places that did not require a visa. The exiles found life strange and difficult there.
Use this guide to teach the memoir The Children of Willesden Lane and its powerful story of a woman who escaped Nazi-occupied Vienna on the Kindertransport.
"A Voice Among the Silent: The Legacy of James G. McDonald" is the first documentary to shine light on James McDonald's remarkable efforts to warn the world of Adolf Hitler's plan for the Jews. The incredible story of McDonald's foresight was almost lost to history until his meticulously kept diaries were discovered in 2003.
At the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904, 2,000 indigenous peoples from around the world were brought to live in “authentic” villages as part of the main exhibition.
Knowing one’s heritage instills empowerment. However, not all Americans can answer the question “Where do I come from?” due to their history being lost or stolen.
The African American people forged their own history, culture, and society against unimaginable odds. Commencing with the origins of slavery in Africa, this series moves through five centuries of remarkable historic events up to the present--when America is led by a black president, yet remains a nation deeply divided by race.
This series considers contradictions that lie at the heart of the founding of America. The infant democracy pronounced all men to be created equal while enslaving one race to benefit another.
In this memoir, MacDonald details his story of growing up in Southie, Boston's Irish Catholic enclave, and examines the ways the media and law enforcement agencies exploit marginalized working-class communities.