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Democracy & Civic Engagement

Assessing the Strength of Democracy

This Teaching Idea provides students with an opportunity to deepen their understanding of democracy and a framework for making meaning of news stories about the tensions and conflicts in democracies today.

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Map showing area inhabited by Kurds across the borders of Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran.
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Kurdish-Inhabited Area

This map of the Middle East shows the area presently inhabited by the Kurds. At the end of World War I, the Kurds were promised their own independent homeland under the Treaty of Sèvres. The treaty was never ratified, and the Kurds were divided mainly between Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria.

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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
Race in US History

Teaching in the Wake of Violence

This teaching idea contains strategies and activities for supporting your students in the aftermath of a mass shooting, terrorist attack, or other violent event.

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Harper's Weekly illustration. Cartoon showing members of the South Carolina Legislature in argument in the House, with Columbia rebuking them.
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Race in US History
The Reconstruction Era

"Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?) State" (1874)

How do racial stereotypes in the media create and reinforce “in” groups and “out” groups in a society?

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A very dark painting featuring three masculine figures in dresses.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement

"Eldorado," Otto Dix

Eldorado by Otto Dix, portraying the famous nightclub in Berlin that was shut down by the Nazis.

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Wood engraving by Thomas Nast done in 1865 containing picture of Abraham Lincoln and scenes of Reconstruction.
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Race in US History
The Reconstruction Era

"Emancipation" (1865)

This is a political cartoon done by Thomas Nast in 1865.

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Cartoon in Harper's Weekly, Oct. 28, 1876. African American man standing with a rifle, in the background other African Americans lay dead and buildings burned. Quotes in the block on left call for meeting force with force.
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Race in US History
The Reconstruction Era

"He Wants a Change Too" (1876)

How do racial stereotypes in the media create and reinforce “in” groups and “out” groups in a society?

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A cartoon with two panels. The first panel shows a man and a woman relaxing under a tree with a guitar. The second panel shows a man and woman sitting in a movie theater.
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance

"Jewish Culture," Der Stürmer Antisemitic Cartoon

A cartoon with two panels. The first panel shows a man and a woman relaxing under a tree with a guitar. The second panel shows a man and woman sitting in a movie theater.

Title: "Jewish Culture"

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A collage of several cutout pieces by Hannah Hoch.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement

"Kitchen Knife," Hannah Hoch (1919)

Hannah Hoch, (Schnitt mit dem kuchenmesser dada durch die letzte weimarer bierbauchkulturepoche deutschlands) Cut with the Kitchen Knife Through the First Epoch of the Weimar Beer-Belly Culture, 1919.

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A dark painting depicting the memorial of Karl Liebknecht. Several people mourning over a body laying in the foreground.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement

"Memorial for Karl Liebknecht," Käthe Kollwitz (1921)

"Memorial for Karl Liebknecht" by Käthe Kollwitz, 1921. Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg were among the founders of the Berlin Spartakusbund (Spartacus League) that evolved into the Communist Party of Germany. On January 15, 1919, Liebknecht and Luxemburg were shot to death during the Spartacus Revolt on the pretext that they were attempting escape.

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A piece of art combining German politicians' faces (President Friedrich Ebert to Paul von Hindenburg to Adolf Hitler) with pictures showing the metamorphosis stages of the butterfly.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement

"Metamorphose" by John Heartfield

Artist John Heartfield created this satirical photomontage, showing the metamorphosis from President Friedrich Ebert (caterpillar) to Paul von Hindenburg (pupa) to Adolf Hitler (death’s-head moth).

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A black and white still from the futuristic 1926 film Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang. Includes futuristic-looking buildings with walkways going between them.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement

"Metropolis," directed by Fritz Lang (1926)

Metropolis was directed by Austrian Fritz Lang and released in 1926. It was based on the novel of the same name by Lang's wife, Thea von Harbou. The story of class conflict and mechanization was set in the city of the future. Notable for its fantastic imagery and sets, the film reflected similar class tensions in Weimar and a widespread fascination with the modern and futuristic.

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