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Holocaust
A Matter of Obedience?
Learn about psychologist Stanley Milgram’s experiments on obedience and the insight they offer into the motives of Nazi perpetrators.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy and Religion
Learn about how Alexis de Tocqueville, author of Democracy in America (1835), viewed democracy, freedom, and religion.
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Holocaust
Choices that Define Us
Explore three stories of choices people made during World War II and consider their complexities, their impact, and what they can teach about human behavior.
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Holocaust
Christian Churches and Antisemitism: New Teachings
Consider how Christian churches confronted their legacy of antisemitism in the years following the Holocaust.
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Global Immigration
Religion and Belonging
Explore the relationship between religious identity and belonging with these accounts of Asian migrants in Britain.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Religion and Identity
Four teenagers from different religious traditions reflect on their experiences of religious belief and belonging.
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Holocaust
Reserve Police Battalion 101
Investigate perpetrator behavior with historian Christopher Browning’s study of the men of a police unit that killed Jews during World War II.
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Global Immigration
Talking About Religion
Eboo Patel reflects on how religion impacts his identity and a time in his past when he was a bystander.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Attacks on Houses of Worship
Facilitate discussion in your classroom around the recent attacks in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim places of worship, and explore with students how communities respond after incidents of hate.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Connections for Investigation One
- What is empathy? What is compassion? When have you felt empathy and/or compassion for something or someone? What provoked this feeling in you? Did you do anything as a result?
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Connections for Investigation Two
- If you had the opportunity to interview Nicholas Kristof, what would you want to ask him?
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