Use these activities and resources on Japanese American incarceration during World War II to introduce students to this history while exploring questions about American identity, racism, and citizenship.
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An Inspector Calls USSR Poster
This poster was created for the 1945 world premiere of An Inspector Calls at the Leningrad Comedy Theatre in Moscow.
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Apartheid Resistance Posters
These posters represent six distinct aspects of the anti-apartheid movement's struggle for democracy in South Africa during the 1980s.
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Race in US History
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Bearing Witness to Japanese American Incarceration
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Berlin in the Aftermath of WWII
An aerial photograph of Berlin taken after the Second World War.
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Caroline Hunter Boycott Polaroid
Caroline Hunter, co-founder of the Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement, wears a “No Bullshit, Boycott Polaroid” campaign button, advocating against Polaroid’s contract with the Apartheid government in South Africa.
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Cartoon of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld
Cartoon of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld campaigning for repeal of Paragraph 175, the German law against homosexuality.
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Chilean Arpillera
This arpillera was created by Violeta Morales. The faceless figures next to the women represent the missing victims who dared to oppose Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile, from 1973 to 1990. See full-sized image for analysis.
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Chris Waluk, Blogger
Chris Waluk is a blogger who addressed whether to arrest President Al-Bashir of Sudan, and whether the International Criminal Court could help Darfur.
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Global Immigration
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Different Perspectives on Migrant Detention
Deepen students’ understanding of the issue of migrant detention by having them consider the diverse perspectives of detained migrants, an immigration lawyer, a border guard, and an immigration judge.
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Former Child Soldier Jimmy Otim, of the International Criminal Court
Jimmy Otim was abducted by the LRA as a young student from this classroom in northern Uganda. He went on to become the International Criminal Court’s Field Public Information and Outreach Assistant in northern Uganda.
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Justice & Human Rights
Human Rights in the News
Use the UDHR as a framework to help students understand the progress that has been made since the document's adoption and the areas where we continue to fall short in protecting and promoting human rights today.
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Race in US History
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Indigenous Rights and Controversy over Hawaii’s Maunakea Telescope
Provide students with historical context for understanding the protests against the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea and help them explore the reasons why many Native Hawaiians oppose its construction.
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