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Experiencing Apartheid
Writer Mtutuzeli Matshoba provides a vivid account of life under apartheid through the story of his friend who was forcibly ejected from his home.
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Hatred Poem
Wislawa Szymborska, a Polish poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996, describes hatred in a poem.
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Author Sarfraz Manzoor writes about the experiences that shaped his understanding of what it means to be British and what it means to belong.
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This poem by Micky Scottbey Jones can be used to help you and your students create brave classroom communities.
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My Name
Consider the importance of African naming practices in South African poet Magoleng wa Selepe’s poem about the effects of colonialism on African identity.
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Not in Our Town
Consider how people get involved in movements by learning about how the people of Billings, Montana, reacted when hateful attacks started happening in their town.
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Read “I Dream a World” by Langston Hughes and “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and reflect on the choices we make as individuals and as citizens.
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Read W.H. Auden’s poem “Refugee Blues” about the plight of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust.
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Take This Giant Leap
Begin your study of the Holocaust with a poem by Holocaust survivor Sonia Weitz (Spanish available).
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The End and the Beginning
Read this poem by Wislawa Szymborska and reflect on the aftermath of war.
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The Hangman
Explore bystander behavior and the challenges of speaking up with Maurice Ogden's poem “The Hangman.”
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