Poet Warsan Shire tells the story of a young Somali-born refugee in this poem from the film Brave Girl Rising.
Poet Warsan Shire tells the story of a young Somali-born refugee in this poem from the film Brave Girl Rising.
Three testimonies from survivors of the Nanjing Atrocities are included here. They are only three of many and each has been translated from Mandarin Chinese. All include memories of extreme acts of violence and trauma. Gender violence is prominent in each testimony and great care and sensitivity should be considered in any use with students.
Read about the meeting of student activists from committed to ending gun violence from Parkland and Chicago.
Read a German woman's account of her decision to murder several Jews under Nazi orders while living in occupied Poland.
Read a letter exchange between Adolf Hitler and President Paul von Hindenburg regarding a law that suspended Jews from positions of civil service in Nazi Germany (Spanish available).
Learn about the crucial historical moment in the civil rights struggle when the song "Soul Man" came into popularity.
Get the lyrics of Isaac Hayes and David Porter's song popularized during the civil rights movement "Soul Man."
Learn about the Nazis’ job creation program during their first year in power, which pursued both reemployment and military rearmament.
British Prime Minister David Lloyd George describes his admiration for Hitler's leadership in a 1936 newspaper article.
Gilbert Oskaboose's tells the story of a child caught between the traditional ways of his people and the non-indigenous culture at a residential school.
Learn about the Nazis’ medical killing program that was responsible for the murder of mentally and physically disabled people during World War II.
A New York Times article addresses the role that social media played in rapidly bringing the events in Ferguson to national attention.