Sister Rose Thering, determined to fight anti-Semitism, took an active part in the Vatican II Council and its declaration that the Jews could not be blamed for Jesus’s death.
During the bloody marches of 1965 in Selma, Alabama, a startling new group of leaders joined the battle for civil rights: African American and white Catholic nuns.
This feature film dramatizes the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois in 1978.
In 1978, the American Nazi Party attempted to march in Skokie, Illinois, a community of many Holocaust survivors. This film examines what happens when two strongly held values collide.
This documentary challenges one of America's most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation.
This film explores the challenges of violence and harassment LGBT students face in school and the steps they are taking to transform their schools into safer, more welcoming environments.
The song “Strange Fruit” was written by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish schoolteacher, to protest lynching, but did not become popular until it was later recorded by Billie Holiday.
We see how trauma survivors transform their own lives by transforming the lives of others in this documentary about four people finding common ground in their journey to recovery.
Use this guide to Jeanne Wakatsuki's memoir about the forced relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II to develop students' literacy skills and increase understanding of this history.
Get print or PDF copies of our new 23-lesson unit on the Holocaust and World War II that asks students what this history can teach us about the power and impact of choices.
Use this resource to transform how you teach Harper Lee’s novel by integrating historical context, documents, and sources that reflect the African American voices absent from Mockingbird's narration.
Use this guide with the film, Reporter, featuring New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof to help students explore what it means to be a global citizen in the information age.