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Holocaust
Exploring Justice after the Holocaust
Students contemplate the challenges the Allies faced when seeking justice after the Holocaust through an interactive, discussion-based activity.
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Holocaust
Exploring Nazi Propaganda and the Hitler Youth Movement
Students build a definition of “propaganda” by exploring various forms and mediums of Nazi propaganda.
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Holocaust
Exploring Obedience: Germany under the Nazis
Students reflect on their own experiences with “conformity” before reading firsthand accounts of German citizens who faced the decision of whether to pledge an oath to the Nazi party.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Exploring Raphael Lemkin's Actions: The Invention of the Word "Genocide"
Students learn about the challenges Lemkin faced from the international legal community, including its lack of sufficient language to talk about crimes against humanity and civilization.
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Race & Membership/Eugenics
Exploring the Relationship between Scout/Jean Louise and Calpurnia
Students broaden their understanding of the relationship between Scout and Calpurnia by pairing scenes from Harper Lee’s two novels with a historical account from a Southern domestic worker.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Finding Your Voice
Students reflect on what "American" means to them and are introduced to the idea that the United States is the product of many individual voices and stories.
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Holocaust
Frank Blaichman: Ethics in a Time of Genocide
Students discover how a partisan unit developed its own ethical framework in the face of life-threatening situations.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Free Press Makes Democracy Work
Students explore the relationship between a free press and responsible citizenship by listening to interviews with journalists from the United States and South Africa.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
From Sympathy to Action
Through a reading activity, students question whether people respond differently to the suffering of one versus the suffering of many.
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Race & Membership/Eugenics
From Theory to Classroom: Eugenics and Education
Students draw critical connections between the American Eugenics Movement and the emergence of Nazi race science during the 1920s and 1930s.
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Justice & Human Rights
Fulfilling the Dream
Students explore the challenges and logistics of enforcing the articles of Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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