The readings in this collection explore the nature of identity, belonging, tolerance, and difference in our increasingly global society.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Journalism in a Digital Age
Use the documentary film Reporter to explore the changing landscape of journalism and challenge students to consider their roles as creators and consumers of news.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Standing Up to Hatred and Intolerance
Address today's global challenges with lesson plans focused on current events including the refugee crisis and contemporary antisemitism.
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Justice & Human Rights
The Reckoning: Understanding the International Criminal Court
Explore judgment, justice, and the International Criminal Court with these resources centered on the documentary film The Reckoning.
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Holocaust
The Rescuers
Examine the moral dilemmas faced by five diplomats who, at great personal risk, assisted Jews fleeing Nazi persecution during the Holocaust.
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Bullying & Ostracism
Using Bully in the Classroom
Use clips from the film BULLY, along with additional classroom resources, to address issues of ostracism, bullying, and encourage upstander behavior in your school and classroom.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
What Makes Democracy Work?
Explore definitions of democracy, citizenship, and civic participation through new lessons, readings, audio interviews and more.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Confronting Apartheid
Explore South Africa’s tumultuous history from the early interactions between white European settlers and native African tribes to the implementation of apartheid and the long struggle for democracy.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
After Parkland, Students Choose to Participate
As students take action after Florida's school shooting, introduce a framework for civic participation in your classroom. Facing History has also created suggested discussion questions to help you have the difficult conversations that follow traumatic violent events. Use these questions as a starting point to spark a dialogue around the ways youth can get involved, be Upstanders, and make their voices heard in their own communities.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Assessing The Strength of Democracy
Provide students with an opportunity to explore their understanding of democracy and to make meaning of current events about democracies at risk in the world today.
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Race in US History
Black Women’s Activism and the Long History Behind #MeToo
Use this teaching idea to help your students draw connections between the long history of black women’s activism against sexual violence and gender discrimination with the #MeToo movement today. The questions and activities focus on the experiences of Recy Taylor, Rosa Parks, and Essie Favrot.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Can Dress Codes Exclude People?
Explore how dress codes can unfairly target the appearance of certain groups of people and help students consider what fair school dress codes look like.
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