Herbert Pundik, a Danish Jew who was rescued in 1943 at the age of sixteen, discusses the choices Danish people made during the rescue of the country’s Jews.
Herbert Pundik, a Danish Jew who was rescued in 1943 at the age of sixteen, discusses the choices Danish people made during the rescue of the country’s Jews.
Eleanor Roosevelt writes about the importance of equal opportunities and economic security for the strength of a democracy.
A CNN article explores the strengths and weaknesses of, and interplay between, professional news and amateur social media.
Learn about the movement to end gun violence launched by Parkland students after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
In these excerpts from her memoir, author Saira Shah reflects on the importance of the stories that her father told her about her family’s ancestral home in Afghanistan.
Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, describes her experience trying to go to school on the first day that Central High School in Little Rock was desegregated.
Consider why paramilitary groups such as the Freikorps formed in the aftermath of World War I in Germany.
Examine the historical context leading up to the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and understand how Eleanor Roosevelt became involved in the process.
Learn how Bacon’s Rebellion became a turning point for the way the laws of colonial Virginia distinguished people of different races.
Puerto Rican writer Jesús Colón describes a time when his awareness of stereotypes influenced his decision-making.
Mordecai Paldiel presents the testimony of Mathilde Turiel who, along with her sons Bernie and Elliot, were rescued by Selahattin Ülkümen.