Standing Up Against Contemporary Antisemitism
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This PowerPoint for Lesson 4 of the Discussing Contemporary Antisemitism in the Classroom mini-unit comes complete with student-facing slides and teaching notes, and is ready to use in the classroom.
![Protestor holding "No Tolerance for Anti-Semitism" sign at demonstration](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/CAS_FullRes.jpg?h=ec041e41&itok=rXz9OoYS)
Antisemitism after Liberation
Howard Cwick, an American soldier during World War II, recalls a confrontation with a US Army sergeant over antisemitic slurs directed toward a recently liberated concentration camp survivor.
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Antisemitism from the Enlightenment to World War I
Scholars describe the persistence of antisemitism in Europe from the Enlightenment through World War I and explain how new social, political, and pseudo-scientific justifications were created to perpetuate old prejudices.
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Introduction to the Jewish Partisans
Former Jewish partisans discuss the goals, challenges, and personal motives of the Jews who resisted the Germans.
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Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville Timeline
Helps students understand the chronology of events surrounding 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.
![Protesters holding lit tiki torches yell at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, VA in 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-12/UnitetheRightRallyCharlottesville_FH2145418.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=KOdtkTem)
1939 German American Bund Rally
Have students analyze a photograph of a pro-Nazi rally in New York City in the 1930s as part of a jigsaw activity.
Anti-Black, Anti-Jewish Ideology of National States Rights Party
Have students analyze an FBI report from the 1970s on a white supremacist party as part of a jigsaw activity.
National States Rights Party Membership Application
Have students analyze this application to a white supremacist party founded in the 1950s as part of a jigsaw activity.
![Hundreds of people at the German American Bund Rally look at the main stage with American Flags and an image of George Washington.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-12/GermanAmericanBundRally_FH291564.jpg?h=ae92557d&itok=Hinv-rGL)
Protestors Carrying Flags at 2017 Unite the Right Rally
Have students analyze a photo of demonstrators at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville as part of a jigsaw activity.
![Protesters holding lit tiki torches yell at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, VA in 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-12/UnitetheRightRallyCharlottesville_FH2145418.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=KOdtkTem)
Unite the Right Rally Big Paper Sources
Use these photos and quotations from the 2017 Unite the Right to facilitate a silent conversation with your students about the events.
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Hatred Data Fact Sheet
Have students analyze statistics about antisemitic attitudes in the United States as part of a jigsaw activity.
![Photo from January 6 Insurrection.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/GettyImages-1230453891_Medium_res.jpg?h=c4482f5d&itok=2V7uQTVL)