Preparing to Teach About Red Summer in Chicago
Poet and sociologist Eve L. Ewing provides educators with some key considerations for learning and teaching about the racial violence of 1919.
How WWI Changed America: African Americans in WWI
This short documentary explores African Americans' wartime participation and service during World War I and the experiences of Black Americans after the war.
Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life Viewing Guide
This guide provides a framework for using the documentary film Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life as a tool for teaching about antisemitism.
They Called Us Enemy
This graphic memoir from actor, author, and activist George Takei recounts his childhood incarcerated in Japanese American internment camps during World War II.
East LA Walkouts Viewing Guide
Students answer the questions in this guide as they watch a video clip from a PBS documentary about the East LA school walkouts.
Discussing the Video A Class Divided
Students use these questions to guide their viewing of a video about a classroom experiment about discrimination.
"I Knew I Had to Give Him the Talk"
Mamie Till-Mobley shares an account of "the talk" she had with her son Emmett Till shortly before he journeyed from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955.
"I Knew I Had to Give Him the Talk" (en español)
Mamie Till-Mobley shares an account of "the talk" she had with her son Emmett Till shortly before he journeyed from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955. This resource is in Spanish.
Viewing Guide: The Murder of Emmett Till
Students use this handout to take notes while they watch a clip from the PBS documentary The Murder of Emmett Till.
Viewing Guide: The Murder of Emmett Till (en español)
Students use this handout to take notes while they watch a clip from the PBS documentary The Murder of Emmett Till. This resource is in Spanish.
Racial Lynching in the United States
This map uses research from African American sociologist Monroe Nathan Work to pinpoint the location of the 4,000+ racial lynchings that occurred in the United States since 1848.