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Pronouncing Names
Students examine the importance of pronouncing names correctly through this class activity.
![Uniformed students in classroom.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-07/Classroom_2019_FH2101434.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=9W7VIrQu)
Supporting Question 2: Defining Democracy
Students explore the supporting question, “What can democracy mean in the United States?”
![Definition of Democracy](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/iStock-531943280.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=juTZbmTu)
Supporting Question 3: Using Democratic Tools to Pursue Freedom
Students explore the supporting question, “How have people used the tools of democracy to fight for their freedoms in the United States?”
![Supporters of the Grape Boycott demonstrate in Toronto, Ontario, December, 1968. Jessica Govea is in the center, front row (wearing poncho).](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/UnitedFarmworkers.jpg?h=deb88887&itok=22kEDdQ_)
Contracting for Back to School
Develop a classroom contract to create a brave and reflective community of mutual respect and inclusion.
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Building Connections with Concentric Circles
Students build connections with their peers by sharing small details about themselves in paired discussion.
![Uniformed students work together in class.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Chicago_Classroom_2019_FH2101464.jpg?h=0f4230fa&itok=eqY000u8)
Create a Goal and Discover Your “Why”
This student goal-setting activity helps students set SMART personal goals for the school year and discover their source of motivation.
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Teaching Strategies
Use our student-centered teaching strategies to strengthen your students’ literacy skills, nurture critical thinking, and build a respectful and collaborative classroom community.
![An educator walks through instructions for a teaching strategy procedure with students.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/Teaching_Strategies_hero.jpeg?h=78a3dfb3&itok=p8BXuMQa)
Antisemitism Resource Collection
Learn about how to identify and stand up to antisemitism today in your classroom and your community.
![A person stands with a sign that reads "No Tolerance for Anti-Semitism."](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/NoToleranceforAntiSemitismSignatDemonstration_FH2178676.jpg?h=4bce8042&itok=bKV4JwsZ)
Envisioning Our Classroom Space
Students analyze a poem in order to determine the qualities of a classroom community where members are seen, valued, and heard.
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Samuel Bak’s Illuminations Audio Tour
This audio tour features commentary by Holocaust scholar Lawrence Langer on the 28 paintings in Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak’s Illuminations collection.
![Illustration "Concept" by Samuel Bak](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-03/BK1575_print.jpg?h=9f9ace78&itok=yBDsz5pI)
The Weimar Republic: The Fragility of Democracy
Explore the efforts to build a democracy in Germany in the 1920s, and examine the misunderstandings, myths, and fears that often undercut those efforts.
![In addition to his depictions of World War I, Otto Dix was also known for his ruthless criticism of German society during the Weimar years.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image05_Medium_res.jpg?h=92903f94&itok=hFi7XgsO)