This unit uses the 10 Questions Framework to explore two examples of youth activism: the 1963 Chicago schools boycott and the present-day movement against gun violence launched by Parkland students.
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World Responses
Americans and the Holocaust: The Refugee Crisis
Explore the motives, pressures, and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism and the humanitarian refugee crisis it provoked during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Race in US History
Civil Rights Movement
Choices in Little Rock
This resource investigates the choices made by the Little Rock Nine and others in the Little Rock community during the civil rights movement who made efforts to desegregate Central High School in 1957.
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Civil Rights Movement
Race in US History
Emmett Till: A Series of Four Lessons
This unit uses the PBS documentary film The Murder of Emmett Till to deepen students’ understanding of this pivotal event in the history of race relations in the United States.
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Race in US History
Civil Rights Movement
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement 1954-1985
In this unit students come to understand the nonviolent social change model practiced throughout the 1950s and 1960s by American civil rights activists.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Media Literacy
Race in US History
Facing Ferguson: News Literacy in a Digital Age
Help students become informed and effective civic participants in today's digital landscape. This unit is designed to develop students' critical thinking, news literacy, civic engagement, and social-emotional skills and competencies.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Global Immigration
My Part of the Story: Exploring Identity in the United States
Help students understand that their voices are integral to the story of the United States with six lesson plans that investigate individual and national identity.
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The Reconstruction Era
A New Approach to Teaching the Reconstruction Era
During this webinar, you will be introduced to teaching about the Reconstruction era using an approach that helps students connect this history to their own lives and the choices they make today.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
A New Generation of Young Voters Emerges
While young people have a huge stake in US elections, historically they don’t show up when it comes time to vote. These teaching ideas allow students to explore youth voter turnout trends and how young people are trying to change them.
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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 from Danny Wilcox Frazier
See more resources from photographer Danny Wilcox Frazier.
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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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