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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
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Teaching in the Wake of Violence
This teaching idea contains strategies and activities for supporting your students in the aftermath of a mass shooting, terrorist attack, or other violent event.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Media Literacy
Race in US History
#IfTheyGunnedMeDown
Journalists explore social media activism by discussing #IfTheyGunnedMeDown, a Twitter hashtag response to what was seen as racism and stereotypes in the images featured in the media.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
A New Generation of Young Voters Emerges
While young people have a huge stake in US elections, historically they don’t show up when it comes time to vote. These teaching ideas allow students to explore youth voter turnout trends and how young people are trying to change them.
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Holocaust
World Responses
Expanding the Third Reich
A Sinister Alliance: Soviet-German Relations 1939–1941
Joshua Rubenstein, author and associate at Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian studies, details the relationship between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in the decade before World War II.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Absil Walter - Blood Libel
Holocaust survivor Absil Walter recalls the blood libel myth’s impact on his community.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Race in US History
Acts of Hate in Schools
Use this Teaching Idea to inform students about recent episodes of racism and antisemitism in schools across the US, probe their causes and impact, and consider positive ways that communities can respond to hate.
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Bullying & Ostracism
Adult Intervention
This clip from the film Bully shows an administrator addressing a bullying incident.
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Bullying & Ostracism
Alex from the film BULLY
In this clip from the film BULLY, Alex describes what it was like for him to be bullied.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Aliza Luft, Scholar: Understanding Evil
Aliza Luft, Ph.D. Candidate helps us understand how the categories used to classify people who experience genocide are extremely limiting and erase many complexities.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
American Creed Introduction with Condoleezza Rice and David Kennedy
In this clip from the documentary American Creed, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and historian David Kennedy discuss the essential questions that the film focuses on.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
American Creed: A Living Room Conversation: Mark Meckler and Joan Blades, Tea Party and MoveOn
In this clip from American Creed, Mark Meckler, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, and Joan Blades, co-founder of Moveon.org, engage in a conversation with the goal of fostering understanding through civil discourse.
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