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Negotiating the Convention on the Punishment and Prevention of the Crime of Genocide
Lemkin proved himself a relentless activist. He worked tirelessly as a lobbyist, a strategist, and an agitator, in order to establish the Genocide Convention with the help of the United Nations on December 9, 1948.
![A photograph of several delegates who signed the UN Genocide Convention Credit: US Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of United Nations](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/Lemkin_Ratification_Of_Genocide_Convention_FH131485.jpg?h=6db1c67f&itok=hEICVT3F)
International Law in the Age of Genocide
While Lemkin was able to convince diplomats at the United Nations to pass the Genocide Convention, his work was not complete upon his death. The job of lobbying governments across the world to ratify the convention was left to ordinary people.
![A photograph of several delegates who signed the UN Genocide Convention Credit: US Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of United Nations](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/Lemkin_Ratification_Of_Genocide_Convention_FH131485.jpg?h=6db1c67f&itok=hEICVT3F)
Fear
With his story of a childhood bully, Gary Soto challenges us to look more closely at what lies behind one's behavior.
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Finding Confidence
A young woman describes her journey overcoming an inner bully and fear of being different.
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Which One of These Things Is Not Like the Others?
This handout introduces students to the idea that when we sort and categorize, we make judgments about which characteristics are more meaningful than others.
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Student Activities: A New Generation of Young Voters Emerges
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These student-facing slides help students explore why young people tend to vote at lower rates and how they can get more involved in elections.
![2016 Elections at University of Texas](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Youth_Voting_AP_16313634417978.jpg?h=fcf6c839&itok=MHIlP8cJ)
Challenging Racist Assumptions
This reading contains an excerpt of Horace Mann Bond's response to the racist ideas put forward in Carl Brigham’s A Study of American Intelligence.
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Finding One's Voice
Julius Lester describes finding his identity in an unexpected place as an African American teenager living in the segregated South.
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Connect, Extend, Challenge Chart
Our Connect, Extend, Challenge chart allows your students to connect prior knowledge and new information on a topic.
![Connect, Extend, Challenge Handout Image](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-12/ConnectExtendChallengeChart.png?h=d3d13267&itok=58nldcQg)
Gender and Identity
Read the personal reflections of a mother whose young son has challenged her assumptions and expectations about gender identity.
![Sample identity chart.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Sample%20Identity%20Chart.jpg?h=73950368&itok=I6qebs7v)