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Democracy & Civic Engagement
About The Project
Presented by Facing History and Ourselves in partnership with the George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom, the Give Bigotry No Sanction project, is anchored in George Washington’s 1790 Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island—a foundational document of religious tolerance. The project inspires thoughtful conversations about matters of religious freedom in our increasingly diverse society.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Additional Resources for the Film Reporter
View a list of articles, photos and more that will help you further explore the themes covered in Reporter.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Additional Resources from Danny Wilcox Frazier
See more resources from photographer Danny Wilcox Frazier.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Additional Resources on Religion and Freedom
Interested in learning more about issues of religion in America and issues of faith, identity, and belonging? Check out these additional resources from other organizations.
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Aligning to Common Core with Teacher-Created Units
Learn about the teacing units created by three educators using the Literacy Design Collaborative‘s task templates and Facing History content.
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Global Immigration
Civics Dilemmas Publications
Featuring the personal narratives of young migrants, this resource challenges students to reflect on the ways that migration affects personal identity.
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Common Core-Aligned Teaching Units
These two teaching units are rich with primary source documents and classroom-ready strategies and, of course, are aligned to Common Core Standards.
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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 Three
Citations
- 1 : Carolynne Burkholder, “Citizen Journalism.”
- 2 : “Transcript: Caring About Congo.”
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Race in US History
Crisis in Little Rock
In the early 1900s, "race" was the lens through which many Americans viewed the world. It was a lens that shaped ideas about who belonged and who did not. These were years when only a few people resisted "Jim Crow" laws.
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Race in US History
The Reconstruction Era
Documents
The documents compiled in this collection are suggested for use within the lessons on our Reconstruction era website. Here you will find primary source historical documents and images that can be used as handouts in your classroom. For additional primary source material, you can see our complete unit on this history, The Reconstruction Era and the Fragility of Democracy.
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Everything you need to get started teaching your students about racism, antisemitism and prejudice.