Learn how Eleanor Roosevelt came to join the United Nations delegation from the United States.
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World Responses to Kristallnacht
Consider how leaders like FDR, clergy members, and ordinary people around the world responded to the news of Kristallnacht (Spanish available).
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Wrestling with the Reality of War: Tsen Shui-Fang
While most Chinese with a higher social standing chose to leave Nanjing, there were a handful of Chinese nationals who chose to remain and help. Some were well educated and helped manage and serve as translators while others helped prepare and distribute food, helped with sanitation, or served as police.
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“Cultural Missionaries”
Consider what German citizens thought of Hitler's plan to colonize Poland through these reflections from a member of the League of German Girls and two German soldiers (Spanish available).
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
“We Don’t Control America” and Other Myths, Part 3
Olympic gymnast Kerri Strug reflects on why she gets asked the question “You’re Jewish?” (Spanish available).
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Artist's Statement: Carlos Javier Ortiz
Read the artist's statement for filmmaker and photographer Carlos Javier Ortiz.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Artist's Statement: Kathryn Cook
Read artist's statement for Kathryn Cook.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Artist's Statement: Rodrigo Abd
Read artist's statement for photographer Rodrigo Abd.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Artists' Statements: Pep Bonet & Sara Terry
Read artist's statements by Pep Bonet and Sara Terry.
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Curriculum Project for CPS Educators
Facing History and Chicago Public Schools are partnering to provide curriculum and professional development for 8th grade Social Science and high school World and American History classes.
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Holocaust and Human Behavior Program
Explore the website of our core resource to get online readings, primary sources, and short documentary films on the challenging history of the Holocaust.
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Everything you need to get started teaching your students about racism, antisemitism and prejudice.