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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy and Religion
Learn about how Alexis de Tocqueville, author of Democracy in America (1835), viewed democracy, freedom, and religion.
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Holocaust
Choices that Define Us
Explore three stories of choices people made during World War II and consider their complexities, their impact, and what they can teach about human behavior.
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Christian Churches and Antisemitism: New Teachings
Consider how Christian churches confronted their legacy of antisemitism in the years following the Holocaust.
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Religion and Belonging
Explore the relationship between religious identity and belonging with these accounts of Asian migrants in Britain.
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Religion and Identity
Four teenagers from different religious traditions reflect on their experiences of religious belief and belonging.
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Holocaust
Reserve Police Battalion 101
Investigate perpetrator behavior with historian Christopher Browning’s study of the men of a police unit that killed Jews during World War II.
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Talking About Religion
Eboo Patel reflects on how religion impacts his identity and a time in his past when he was a bystander.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
A Societal Obligation: Wes Moore on Community Responsibility
Author Wes Moore discusses society’s obligation to ask why avoidable tragedies happen.
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Angello Portillo at the 2013 Los Angeles Benefit Dinner
Angello Portillo tells about being a bully in middle school and reflects on Facing History
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Anna Nolin on Being Proactive
Anna Nolin discusses the importance of being proactive in preventing bullying
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Race in US History
Clark Doll Study
Psychologists Mamie and Kenneth Clark prove a connection between segregation and low self-esteem
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