The readings in this collection explore the nature of identity, belonging, tolerance, and difference in our increasingly global society.
The readings in this collection explore the nature of identity, belonging, tolerance, and difference in our increasingly global society.
Use the documentary film Reporter to explore the changing landscape of journalism and challenge students to consider their roles as creators and consumers of news.
Address today's global challenges with lesson plans focused on current events including the refugee crisis and contemporary antisemitism.
Explore judgment, justice, and the International Criminal Court with these resources centered on the documentary film The Reckoning.
Examine the moral dilemmas faced by five diplomats who, at great personal risk, assisted Jews fleeing Nazi persecution during the Holocaust.
Use clips from the film BULLY, along with additional classroom resources, to address issues of ostracism, bullying, and encourage upstander behavior in your school and classroom.
Explore definitions of democracy, citizenship, and civic participation through new lessons, readings, audio interviews and more.
Interfaith leader Eboo Patel talks about what it takes to build a healthy, religiously diverse democracy.
View lessons created by Facing History to help educators share the PBS and Citizen Film documentary American Creed with their students. These lesson plans bring together teaching strategies, videos, and activities that will help you explore themes such as common ideals and national identity.
Political scientist John Carey discusses the importance of the rule of law in making democracy work.
The letter exchange between George Washington and the Hebrew congregation of Newport was not the only landmark event in the early history of America that dealt with issues of religious freedom and identity. Seixas’ letter and Washington’s subsequent response exist within a timeline of many other events during which the newly formed country faced those issues. Continue reading below for information about some of those events.
Two Jews meet with a Polish courier during the Grossaktion Warsaw in summer 1942, imploring him to tell the world what was happening to Jews.