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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Race in US History
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Bearing Witness to Japanese American Incarceration
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Different Perspectives on Migrant Detention
In this Teaching Idea, students gain insight into migration and the systems surrounding migrant detention by considering the perspectives of migrants, an immigration lawyer and advocate, a border guard, and an immigration judge.
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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
Justice & Human Rights
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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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Justice & Human Rights
Reflecting on Statues and the UK’s Colonial Past
This Teaching Idea provides students with an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between statues and the UK’s colonial past.
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Global Immigration
Justice & Human Rights
Teaching about the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis
Use this Teaching Idea to introduce students to the experiences of Ukrainian refugees fleeing war, highlight inspiring ways people have stepped up to help, and raise ethical questions about the treatment of refugees from non-European countries.
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Race in US History
Democracy & Civic Engagement
Justice & Human Rights
The Debate over Reparations for Racial Injustice
With reparations in the news, this Teaching Idea helps students define the term, learn what forms reparations can take, and consider what reparations should be offered for slavery and other racist policies.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Justice & Human Rights
The Equal Rights Amendment: A 97-Year Struggle
This teaching idea provides an overview of the ERA and a look at the history behind the struggle to ratify the amendment that would formally guarantee women equal rights to men under the US Constitution.
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Justice & Human Rights
The Targeting of Uighur Muslims in China
Use this Teaching Idea to help students understand the Chinese government’s violations of Uighur people’s human rights, hear the voice of a young Uighur woman, and consider the international community's response.
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Global Immigration
Justice & Human Rights
Ukraine: Discussing the War and Refugee Crisis with Students
Use this Teaching Idea to help students process how they are feeling about the devastating war in Ukraine, develop media literacy in what news they consume and how, and explore the mounting refugee crisis.
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Global Immigration
Justice & Human Rights
What Is Our Obligation To Asylum Seekers?
Help students understand how the United States’ complex asylum process works. Invite them to consider the question, who has an obligation to asylum seekers?
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Justice & Human Rights
When Reporters Are Arrested
Students reflect on the role of freedom of the press by exploring the recent story of two journalists arrested in Myanmar while investigating the killings of Rohingya civilians.
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