Transcending Single Stories
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Use these slides to help students reflect on how stereotypes and "single stories" influence our identities, how we view others, and the choices we make.
![Teacher presenting to class.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Educator_Speaking_2015_FH137493.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=zPGz2Qxg)
Understanding Identity
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Use these slides to help students consider the question "Who am I?" and identify social and cultural factors that shape identity.
![Uniformed students sit in class.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/High_School_Students_2015_FH137475.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=-FNDu8hS)
Universe of Obligation (UK)
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Use these slides to help students learn a new concept, universe of obligation, and use it to analyse the ways that their society designates who is deserving of respect and protection.
![A chalkboard with a hand-drawn Universe of Obligation diagram of concentric circles on it.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-10/Universe_Obligation_FH212811_0.jpeg?h=536cd070&itok=tQa6b3xo)
The Weimar Republic (UK)
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Use these slides to help students reflect on the idea of democracy as they analyse the politics, economics, and culture of Germany during the period of the Weimar Republic.
![A crowd of women standing in line at a polling station in the Weimar Republic in 1919, the first year women were allowed to vote.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Weimar_Republic_FH2ORD9641.jpg?h=62eceef8&itok=JLwxtMO9)
When Differences Matter
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Use these slides to help students consider what happens when society privileges one aspect of our identity above others.
![Teacher presenting to class.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Educator_Speaking_2015_FH137493.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=zPGz2Qxg)
Why Little Things Are Big
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Use these slides to help students reflect on the power of being labelled and use Jesús Colón’s essay to reflect on their own experiences of being misjudged.
![Students participating in a discussion.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/High_School_Students_Classroom_2015_FH137533.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=W0ZFmcjY)
Youth in Nazi Germany (UK)
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Use these slides to help students learn about the experiences of young people in Nazi Germany through a variety of firsthand accounts and identify the range of choices that they faced.
![Hitler Youth Group walking](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Hitler_Youth_Hiking_FH229449.jpg?h=0d872e3e&itok=E04itAN9)
Blending In and Standing Out
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Use these slides to help students review the factors that make up our identities and then explore the ways in which individuals, groups, and society can shape our identities and sense of belonging.
![Uniformed students sit in class.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/High_School_Students_2015_FH137475.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=-FNDu8hS)
The Challenge of Confirmation Bias
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Use these slides to help students define confirmation bias and examine why people sometimes maintain their beliefs in the face of information that contradicts their understanding.
![Two high school students in a classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/sedgehillY10-021115-nk-HR-4.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=gUvyU5kN)
Dismantling Democracy (UK)
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Use these slides to help students examine the steps the Nazis took to replace democracy with dictatorship and draw conclusions about the values and institutions that make democracy possible.
![Germans look on as the Reichstag building burns on February 27, 1933.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1933_ReichstagFire_%20FH229429.jpg?h=40d6a7d7&itok=PBcAxqXk)
Identity Charts
In this classroom video, students create identity charts about themselves as they prepare to write narrative essays.
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