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Stranger at the Gate Viewing Guide
Bring the short documentary film Stranger at the Gate into your classroom with the streaming video and companion guide of discussion questions and activities.
Viewing Guide: The Power of Propaganda
English language arts teacher Jackie Rubino is preparing to teach the memoir Night, by Elie Wiesel. In order to build students’ historical understanding, Ms. Rubino leads her class in a lesson on the power of Nazi propaganda. Images from children’s books, Nazi recruitment posters, posters from the Hitler Youth, and other resources are shared via a gallery walk, after which students consider five discussion questions in small groups.
Holocaust and Human Behavior One-Week Unit Outline
The five lessons in this unit give students an overview of the history of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust and provide a window into the choices individuals, groups, and nations made that contributed to genocide.
Red Scarf Girl
Ji-li Jiang, author of the memoir Red Scarf Girl, brings to life her deeply personal story of survival during China's Cultural Revolution.
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience Part One - Gold Mountain Dreams
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The first of a 3-part series explores the early years of Chinese immigration to the U.S.
Facing History Webinar Reflection Guide
Use this guide on your own or with a team of colleagues to engage more deeply with the webinar.
Educators Value Facing History Professional Development
Educators and administrators discuss how Facing History professional development has helped prepare them to address important topics with their students.
American ID: Three Words
Individuals from around the world share three words that describe the United States.
Discussing the Israel-Palestine Conflict in the Classroom
Find suggested resources and approaches for discussing the Israel-Palestine conflict with students.
The Racial Divide in the Women’s Suffrage Movement
This clip from the documentary "The Vote" explores how the Fifteenth Amendment created conflict within the women’s suffrage movement.
A Sinister Alliance: Soviet-German Relations 1939–1941
Joshua Rubenstein, author and associate at Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian studies, details the relationship between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in the decade before World War II.