Life During the War: Rita Lurie
Rita Lurie describes her experiences as a child hiding from the Nazis and Polish farmers.
Nasro Character Map
Students reflect on the identity of Nasro from the film Brave Girl Rising by creating an annotated sketch.
They Called Us Enemy
This graphic memoir from actor, author, and activist George Takei recounts his childhood incarcerated in Japanese American internment camps during World War II.
Designing Destruction: The Holocaust in the German-Occupied Former Soviet Territory
Joshua Rubenstein, associate at Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian studies, describes the gradual evolution of Hitler's master plan for the "Jews of Europe" and how this unfolded within German-occupied Soviet territory.
Global Migration Vocabulary Terms
Use this vocabulary list to help students better understand and talk about global migration.
Six Questions for Jose Antonio Vargas
Students use these questions to guide their viewing of a TED Talk about the experience of an immigrant from the Philippines.
Responses to Migrants in Chiapas and Veracruz
Students analyze the actions of a character in the memoir Enrique's Journey.
Challenging the Single Story of Migrants
Students use the ideas in Chimamanda Adichie’s TED Talk to reflect on the stories told about migrants.
Watching Schindler’s List in Five Class Periods
Use these recommendations to segment a viewing of Schindler's List over multiple class periods.
Forced March to the Ghetto
Holocaust survivor Moshe Shamir recalls how he and his family were uprooted when the Nazis invaded and forced to relocate to a ghetto.
Photo Analysis of Pre-War Jewish Life
Complete a Text-to-Text, Text-to-Self, Text-to-World activity using photographs of Jewish life in Europe before World War II.