View photos by Rodrigo Abd depicting the aftermath of the Guatemalan Civil war.
View photos by Rodrigo Abd depicting the aftermath of the Guatemalan Civil war.
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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These two teaching units are rich with primary source documents and classroom-ready strategies and, of course, are aligned to Common Core Standards.
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.
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 Here you will find primary source historical documents and images that can be used as handouts in your classroom.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.
Enhance your understanding of The Nanjing Atrocities with these maps, videos, teaching strategies and primary source documents.