Students examine the steps the Nazis took to replace democracy with dictatorship and draw conclusions about the values and institutions that make democracy possible.
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Holocaust
Do You Take the Oath?
Students consider the choices and reasoning of individual Germans who stayed quiet or spoke up during the first few years of Nazi rule.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Empathy through Game Play
Students experience the value of hard empathy by participating in a game that requires understanding others' perspectives and goals in order to succeed.
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Race & Membership/Eugenics
Eugenics and Civic Biology: An Exploration of Buck vs. Bell
Students examine how the Supreme Court’s landmark decision regarding forced sterilization was influenced by the American Eugenics Movement.
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Race in US History
Eugenics and the Progressive Era: Living Newspapers
Students gain a more complex understanding of the Progressive Era in the United States and consider what it means to re-present history by using primary source documents.
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Holocaust
European Jewish Life before World War II
Students analyze images and film that convey the richness of Jewish life across Europe at the time of the Nazis’ ascension to power.
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Holocaust
Examining Hitler's First Radio Address
Students investigate the messages in Adolf Hitler's speeches by performing a close read of the transcript of his first radio address as chancellor.
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Race in US History
Examining the Choices People Made
Students analyze the choices made by individuals in the film The Murder of Emmett Till after building an understanding of the social context of the South in the 1950s.
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Justice & Human Rights
Examining the Immediate Historical Context
Through a timeline activity, students learn how World War II and the Holocaust shaped the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Holocaust
Exploring Dimensions of Forgiveness: The Sunflower
Students create their own classroom conversation about the dimensions of forgiveness that most speak to and challenge them.
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Holocaust
Exploring Identity
Students identify the social and cultural factors that help shape our identities by analyzing firsthand reflections and creating personal identity charts.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Exploring Individual and American Identity
Students identify the ideals and values we share in common as a nation by watching a video clip from States Marine Corps veteran Tegan Griffith and analyzing a reading.
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