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.
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.
Examine the moral dilemmas faced by five diplomats who, at great personal risk, assisted Jews fleeing Nazi persecution during the Holocaust.
Aliza Luft, Ph.D. Candidate helps us understand how the categories used to classify people who experience genocide are extremely limiting and erase many complexities.
In 1936, August Landmesser, a shipyard worker in Hamburg, Germany, refused to participate in this Heil Hitler salute.
"They Thought They Were Free" by Milton Mayer, the source of excerpt featured in the reading, No Time to Think. Milton Mayer, a professor at Columbia University, traveled to Germany to interview ordinary people on how they reacted to Hilter's philosophy and policies.
In several areas of the United States, April is recognized as Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month.
Here are four classroom resources you can use in April, or any time of year, to introduce your students to specific moments in world history while encouraging them to consider the behaviors—such as prejudice, stereotyping, and conformity—that contribute to the proliferation of violence today.
A woman who was interned in Auschwitz came to speak to our class. We were in 7th grade and she gathered us around her.
April is Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month. Throughout the month, we’ll be featuring stories on Facing Today that reflect upon genocide throughout history. Hearing personal stories of survival can be a powerful learning experience. In this post, we’re shining a light on the inspirational stories of two genocide survivors.
President and CEO Roger Brooks addresses a survey that finds Holocaust education among young people is lacking.
Get the 5-week unit created for a 10th Grade English class using our Holocaust content and Literacy Design Collaborative’s task templates.
Acts of moral courage are not common, they are exceptional. People actively create opportunities to rescue or choose to help others. It can happen in a blink of an eye or after long deliberation, but these moments are not accidental.