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In this classroom video, middle school students learn how to participate in a Barometer activity during the first week of school.

In this TED Talk, Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo reflect on the year they spent engaging in conversations with people across the country about identity, race, and culture.

In this film clip from American Creed, historian David Kennedy discusses the complexity of American identity.

In this classroom video, students discuss the idea of “we and they.” They reflect on the snap judgements they make about others and consider how others might make quick calculations about them.

In this classroom video, a high school history teacher uses journals with his students both at the beginning and end of a lesson on Reconstruction.

In this classroom video, students view, react to, and discuss first-person accounts of the Holocaust.

In this classroom video, students participate in a Socratic seminar after reading Voices in the Dark, a first-person account of antisemitism experienced by a WWI veteran.

Rudy Francisco reflects on his identity in his spoken-word poem "My Honest Poem."

In this clip from American Creed, Lucas, a first generation Stanford University student, reflects on the relationship between race and identity.

Carol Anderson reflects on why once vibrant neighborhoods and why they became places of poverty and crime. Lack of equal educational opportunities despite the Brown v. Board decision left people poorly prepared to face a changing economy.

Allida Black describes Eleanor Roosevelt’s development into a leader on social justice.

In this clip from American Creed, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recalls childhood memories and explains how her family legacy has influenced who she is today.