War is only half the story. Use these evocative photographs with your students to explore the human stories that emerge in the aftermath of war and violence.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
The Nanjing Atrocities: Crimes of War
The online companion to our Nanjing Atrocities book includes maps, images, timelines, and readings for students to gain a deeper understanding of East Asia during World War II.
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Justice & Human Rights
The Reckoning: Understanding the International Criminal Court
Explore judgment, justice, and the International Criminal Court with these resources centered on the documentary film The Reckoning.
Teaching Idea
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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Chicago Public Schools Curriculum Project
Facing History and Chicago Public Schools are partnering to provide curriculum and professional development for 8th grade Social Science and high school World and American History classes.
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Genocide & Mass Violence,
The Nanjing Atrocities
December 13, 1937 Gallery
The beginning of the Nanjing Atrocities occurred with the Imperial Japanese Army’s occupation of the then capital city of China, Nanjing. These images capture the early days of the military occupation as well as offer a geographic orientation to the city confines.
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Genocide & Mass Violence,
The Nanjing Atrocities
Expressions of Imperialism Gallery
The images in this gallery explore Japan’s imperialist pursuits and economic expansion into China through different visual mediums.
Teaching Idea
Genocide & Mass Violence
Genocide Still Happens
Reflect with your students on what we can do to stop ongoing atrocities and prevent genocide from happening again.
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Holocaust
Holocaust and Human Behavior Program
Explore the website of our core resource to get online readings, primary sources, and short documentary films on the challenging history of the Holocaust.
Teaching Idea
Democracy & Civic Engagement
How the World Votes: India’s Election and Access to Polling Places
Explore ideas around access to voting by learning about India’s general election and the country’s commitment to ensuring that all voters are close to a polling station.
Teaching Idea
Justice & Human Rights
Human Rights in the News
Use the UDHR as a framework to help students understand the progress that has been made since the document's adoption and the areas where we continue to fall short in protecting and promoting human rights today.
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Holocaust
Lesson 13: The Power of Propaganda/Formative Task
From A Teacher's Guide to Holocaust and Human Behavior: Five-Week Unit Outline, students analyze the following propaganda images used by the Nazis.
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