The Meaning of Home
In this lesson, students reflect on notable quotes about home and watch Pico Iyer’s TED Talk to examine and build on their understanding of home.
![person sitting in a park looking at the city skyline wearing pink shorts and a yellow shirt and their hair is in a pony tail](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-08/iStock-544460622.jpg?h=df1f1a57&itok=0XmPbDcz)
Teaching the Election: A Workshop for New England Educators
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Boston, MA
This workshop will support educators in teaching and guiding students’ understanding of elections and the importance of democratic dialogue. This event will occur in-person.
![Women at voting booth](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-10/Day_after_Midterms_GettyImages-1058953828.jpg?h=684e6553&itok=fX0AktGo)
Celebrating Black History Drop Down Day
Virtual
Through participation in this off-timetable day, young people will consider the importance of Black history and learn about important Black British figures. This event is for teachers in the UK.
![Two students talking at the Supporter Event, UCL Institute Of Education.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-09/We_are_Facing_History-_Creating_a_More_Inclusive_Society_-_13_July_2023_-_Supporter_Event%2C_UCL_Institute_of_Education-4038.jpg?h=7fb2964e&itok=3sB7oaNe)
The Impact of Nazi Propaganda: Visual Essay
Explore a curated selection of primary source propaganda images from Nazi Germany.
![Hubert Lanzinger Der Bannerträger (The Standard bearer)](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Hubert_Lanzinger_Der_Bannertrager_%28The_Standard_bearer%29_1.jpg?h=798fb176&itok=F6FGMzOE)
Lost in Translation
Rapper Ruby Ibarra reflects on her Filipino-American experience and the role of language in a spoken-word poem.
![Two students look at each other in conversation. One student is also taking notes.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/ClassroomEvent_2018_%20FH287178.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=CX7H4ckw)
Propaganda at the Movies
Learn how the Nazis used film to create an image of the “national community” and to demonize those they viewed as the enemy, such as the Jews.
![Leni Riefenstahl's documentary-style film Triumph of the Will glorified Hitler and the Nazi party. It was shot at the 1934 Nazi Party congress and rally in Nuremberg.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1934_TriumphOfTheWillPropagandaFilm_%20FH229448.jpg?h=0429cc9e&itok=aYRfG6nB)
Terezín: A Site for Deception
Discover how the Nazis used the ghetto-camp Terezín as a propaganda tool to hide what they were really doing to the Jews of Europe.
![Colorful watercolor of flowers and butterfly.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_2016_FlowersandButterfly_FH229477.jpg?h=048697cd&itok=Kv7vhuwK)
A Pact with the Soviet Union
Learn about the non-aggression pact forged by Hitler and Stalin in 1939, the pact’s secret clauses, and the role of propaganda.
![Jewish men are arrested by the SS during Kristallnacht in Baden-Baden, Germany, and forced to march through the streets to a nearby synagogue to see it destroyed.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1938_ArrestsDuringKristallnacht_%20FH229462.jpg?h=312fc7ac&itok=2A1cNlCb)
The Impact of Propaganda
Get insight on the ability and limits of propaganda to influence the beliefs, feelings, and actions of those exposed to it.
![An issue of the antisemitic propaganda newspaper Der Stürmer (The Attacker) is posted on the sidewalk in Worms, Germany, in 1935. The headline above the case says, ""The Jews Are Our Misfortune.""](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_2016_NaziPropagandaNewspaper_FH229452.jpg?h=fb0bd1b2&itok=WOgfci3M)
The Impact of Propaganda (en español)
Get insight on the ability and limits of propaganda to influence the beliefs, feelings, and actions of those exposed to it. This resource is in Spanish.
![An issue of the antisemitic propaganda newspaper Der Stürmer (The Attacker) is posted on the sidewalk in Worms, Germany, in 1935. The headline above the case says, ""The Jews Are Our Misfortune.""](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_2016_NaziPropagandaNewspaper_FH229452.jpg?h=fb0bd1b2&itok=WOgfci3M)
Shaping Public Opinion
Read about the far-reaching efforts of Joseph Goebbels and the Ministry of Propaganda to generate enthusiasm for the Nazi party.
![On the night of January 30, 1933, SA men paraded with torches through Berlin to celebrate Hitler’s appointment as chancellor.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1933_TorchlightParadeCelebratingHitler_%20FH229432.jpg?h=cb9047e7&itok=WsHG6GG0)