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Survivor Testimony - Ava Kadishson Schieber
View family photos of Holocaust survivor Ava Kadishson Schieber and see examples of her artwork.
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Talking with Water Balloons
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Teaching Mockingbird: Images
These photographs were taken by Walker Evans in the 1930s for the Farm Security Administration of the United States Government. The government established the FSA to help document the reality and effects of the Great Depression on farmers and communities in the rural South.
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Territorial Changes of the Ottoman Empire 1817 - 1913
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The 2018-2019 School Year in Review
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The Auschwitz Album Visual Essay
View a famous collection of photographs from the Holocaust of a transport arriving in Auschwitz from Hungary in early summer 1944.
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The Battle of Cable Street
Explore images from the Battle of Cable Street of 1936, when thousands in East London stood in solidarity against Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists.
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The Bear That Wasn't
Images from Frank Tashlin's children’s book The Bear that Wasn’t, used in Facing History's reading of the same name.
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The Changing Geography of the Ottoman Empire (1300–1920)
Maps showing the growth and contraction of territory controlled by the Ottoman Empire from 1300 through 1920.
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The Children's Job
Galvanized by the 1963 Birmingham Children’s March, Campbell’s experience at the Milwaukee March For Our Lives proves young people can effect change.
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The Impact of Propaganda
Explore a curated selection of primary source propaganda images from Nazi Germany.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
The Letter From George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, RI
On August 21st, 1790, President George Washington wrote a letter to Moses Seixas and the Hebrew congregation of Newport, Rhode Island. Washington was responding to a letter from Seixas that expressed hope that the newly formed United States would accord respect and tolerance to all of its citizens. Washington’s response promised not only tolerance, but full liberty of conscience to all, regardless of background and religious beliefs. Use the side arrows to scroll between the two photos. Click on a photo to see it on its own.
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