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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Fan Culture at a Tottenham Match
Introduce the culture of antisemitism at Tottenham Hotspur football matches with this description of the stadium's atmosphere.
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Holocaust
Finding Common Ground
Explore how Jewish leaders in the Warsaw ghetto debated how to oppose the Nazis.
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Global Immigration
Five Facts about Honduras and Immigration
Explore key findings about Honduran immigration, including the recent wave of minors seeking asylum.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Following Orders
Read Lieutenant Said Ahmed Mukhtar al-Ba’aj’s description of his role in the deportation of Armenians and consider the nature of obedience and conformity.
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Holocaust
Forgetting Isn't Healing
Jouranlist Sonari Glinton connects Elie Wiesel’s teachings on bearing witness to his own experiences as a black man in the United States.
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Global Immigration
France Bans the Veil in Public Schools
Investigate the law banning headscarves in French schools and explore how people reacted to the legislation.
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Race in US History
Freedmen's Bureau Agent Reports on Progress in Education
This is an excerpt from a January 1866 Freedmen’s Bureau report on the "wonderful state" of education for freedpeople in the South, written by Freedmen’s Bureau inspector John W. Alvord.
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Race in US History
Freedpeople Protest the Loss of Their Land
In January 1865, General Sherman acted on the testimony of the freedpeople of Savannah, Georgia (see the document “Savannah Freedpeople Express Their Aspirations for Freedom,” Handout 3.2), by issuing Special Field Order 15. The field order divided up land abandoned by Southern planters along the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida and gave it to freedpeople in 40-acre plots.
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Holocaust
From Sympathy to Action
Journalist Nicholas D. Kristof describes the challenges of motivating people to take action. Read his assessment and consider why some people choose to act and others remain bystanders.
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Race in US History
Growing Up with Racism
In a letter to her daughter, Lisa Delpit reflects on how racism has shaped her worldview and her hopes and fears for her child.
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Media Literacy
Hands Up, Don't Shoot! Built on a Lie
Washington Post journalist Jonathan Capehart documents how difficult it is, for journalists and consumers of news, to face a narrative that contradicts what we believe.
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