Current Events in the Classroom
Explore classroom resources for making connections between current events and your curriculum, including activities and discussion strategies for high school and middle school students.
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Media and Strategies for Teaching Enrique’s Journey
Find all of the digital resources you need to use the Teaching Enrique's Journey guide.
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Holocaust and Human Behavior: A Facing History & Ourselves High School Elective Course
This curriculum is designed for Tennessee and Southeast educators teaching a high school elective course on the history of the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide.
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Use Poetry To Teach About Identity
Celebrate National Poetry Month with this mini-lesson that uses poetry to help students grapple with the complexities of identity and inspire them to tell their own stories.
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Brave Girl Rising: A Refugee Story
Created in partnership with Girl Rising, this lesson invites students to engage with the story of a young refugee and to consider the power of storytelling to spark empathy.
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Teaching To Kill a Mockingbird Summer 2024 Online Course
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Virtual
This course introduces educators to Teaching Mockingbird, which incorporates civic education into an exploration of Harper Lee's novel.
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Indigenous Resistance, Resilience and Resurgence: The Role of Activism
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Toronto, CA
Experience a holistic day of learning that brings together Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee stories, art, spoken word, connection to land, language rights and activism. This event will be hosted in-person.
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Navigating Multiple Identities
Armenian American writer Diana Der Hovanessian reflects on how her family history influences her identity in her poem "Two Voices."
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Navigating Multiple Identities (en español)
Armenian American writer Diana Der Hovanessian reflects on how her family history influences her identity in her poem "Two Voices." This resource is in Spanish.
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Teaching Enrique's Journey
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This guide provides activities and discussion questions for leading your students through a six-week reading of Enrique's Journey that explores themes of identity, belonging, and choices.
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Teaching Night
This guide interweaves a literary analysis of Elie Wiesel’s powerful and poignant memoir with an exploration of the relevant historical context surrounding his experience during the Holocaust.
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