Revised in 2018, this one-week curriculum introduces students to the history of the Holocaust and the choices of individuals, groups, and nations that contributed to genocide.
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Kurdish-Inhabited Area
This map of the Middle East shows the area presently inhabited by the Kurds. At the end of World War I, the Kurds were promised their own independent homeland under the Treaty of Sèvres. The treaty was never ratified, and the Kurds were divided mainly between Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria.
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Race in US History
The Reconstruction Era
"Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?) State" (1874)
How do racial stereotypes in the media create and reinforce “in” groups and “out” groups in a society?
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
"Eldorado," Otto Dix
Eldorado by Otto Dix, portraying the famous nightclub in Berlin that was shut down by the Nazis.
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Race in US History
The Reconstruction Era
"Emancipation" (1865)
This is a political cartoon done by Thomas Nast in 1865.
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Race in US History
The Reconstruction Era
"He Wants a Change Too" (1876)
How do racial stereotypes in the media create and reinforce “in” groups and “out” groups in a society?
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
"Jewish Culture," Der Stürmer Antisemitic Cartoon
A cartoon with two panels. The first panel shows a man and a woman relaxing under a tree with a guitar. The second panel shows a man and woman sitting in a movie theater.
Title: "Jewish Culture"
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
"Kitchen Knife," Hannah Hoch (1919)
Hannah Hoch, (Schnitt mit dem kuchenmesser dada durch die letzte weimarer bierbauchkulturepoche deutschlands) Cut with the Kitchen Knife Through the First Epoch of the Weimar Beer-Belly Culture, 1919.
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Holocaust
Transforming Germany in the 1930s
"Kristallnacht": The November 1938 Pogroms
Scholars discuss the events of Kristallnacht, a series of violent attacks against Jews in Germany, Austria, and part of Czechoslovakia in November, 1938.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
"Memorial for Karl Liebknecht," Käthe Kollwitz (1921)
"Memorial for Karl Liebknecht" by Käthe Kollwitz, 1921. Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg were among the founders of the Berlin Spartakusbund (Spartacus League) that evolved into the Communist Party of Germany. On January 15, 1919, Liebknecht and Luxemburg were shot to death during the Spartacus Revolt on the pretext that they were attempting escape.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
"Metamorphose" by John Heartfield
Artist John Heartfield created this satirical photomontage, showing the metamorphosis from President Friedrich Ebert (caterpillar) to Paul von Hindenburg (pupa) to Adolf Hitler (death’s-head moth).
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
"Metropolis," directed by Fritz Lang (1926)
Metropolis was directed by Austrian Fritz Lang and released in 1926. It was based on the novel of the same name by Lang's wife, Thea von Harbou. The story of class conflict and mechanization was set in the city of the future. Notable for its fantastic imagery and sets, the film reflected similar class tensions in Weimar and a widespread fascination with the modern and futuristic.
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Everything you need to get started teaching your students about racism, antisemitism and prejudice.