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Democracy & Civic Engagement

The Weimar Republic Timeline

Use the following timeline to place key events during the Weimar Republic within the context of the readings and primary source resources on this site.

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Photograph of survivors of the death camps arriving in Theresienstadt ghetto by truck at the time of liberation.
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Holocaust

Theresienstadt Ghetto at the End of World War II

View images from the Theresienstadt ghetto at the End of World War II.

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Michael Brown wearing headphones.
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Race in US History

Three Images of Michael Brown

View images of teenager Michael Brown.

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Justice & Human Rights

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1899: Representatives of 26 nations met for the International Peace Conference where they drafted the Convention with Respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land, one of the first formal statements of international laws related to war and war crimes. 

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Genocide & Mass Violence
The Nanjing Atrocities

Timeline of Events in China

1839-1842

First Opium (First Anglo-Chinese) War.  Treaty of Nanking signed (1842) ending the First Opium War.  China to pay large indemnity and  extraterritoriality and most favored nation principle established in China

1856-1860

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Genocide & Mass Violence
The Nanjing Atrocities

Timeline of Events in Japan

1853               

United States Commodore Matthew Perry’s “black ships’ arrive in Edo Bay. 

1854               

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Immigration card of Calvin Chew Wong circa 1938
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Genocide & Mass Violence,
The Nanjing Atrocities

To Carry History: Calvin Chew Wong's Family: Four Generations of Immigrants

The story of Calvin Chew Wong is representative of the idea of generational history passed down that is explored in the reading To Carry History. It took four first generation immigrants of the Wong Family to come to settle in America before a second generation Wong was born on American soil. From Calvin’s family line, he, Calvin Chew Wong was the first generation to emigrate to America, his son Michael Wong was the first second generation to be born, and his grandson Justin Matsuura was the first third generation to be born to the Wong Family. Now there are three generations of Calvin Wong’s line who are living in America.

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An illustration showing the use of a hijab. A woman wears a veil around just her head and neck, with her face visible.
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Global Immigration

Types of Headscarves

View different styles of headscarves worn by women around the world.

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Justice & Human Rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Timeline

1215

King John of England is forced to sign the Magna Carta by members of the English aristocracy. Although intended for the nobility, the document forced the king to respect certain rights of his subjects and imposed legal limits on his power. 

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A volleyball team in Szczuczyn, Poland
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Holocaust,
Pre-war Jewish Life

Urban European Jews from the 1930s

View photographs of urban European Jewish family life during the 1930s.

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A young Congolese girl in a pink dress stands in a doorway, hugging a doll and waving a cloth.
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Will Okun Photographs

Will Okun, a teacher from Chicago, joined journalist Nicholas Kristof on a reporting trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to take photographs as part of his project to photograph African and African American people in everyday moments.

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