Custom and Conscience: Margot Stern Strom reflects on growing up in Memphis, TN in the 1950s
Margot Stern Strom, the founder and President Emerita of Facing History & Ourselves, describes growing up in Jim Crow-era Memphis.
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Weimar Republic Images (Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective)
Use these photos and fine art from the Weimar Era to have students complete an image-analysis activity.
![Blue Angel, directed by Josef von Sternberg, was Germany’s first full-length talkie, a motion picture with sound as opposed to a silent film. The film follows the story of college professor who is undone by his attraction to Lola-Lola, a cabaret dancer played by German-American Marlene Dietrich. The film made Dietrich an international film star, and she continued her acting career in the United States.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image09_Medium_res.jpg?h=ac1fc4d9&itok=W2CNh6u-)
Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From
First-generation American LatinX Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-white school. But when family secrets spill out and racism at school ramps up, she must decide what she believes in and take a stand.
![Don't Ask Me Where I'm From Book Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/dont-ask-me-where-im-from_cover.jpeg?h=d7e31312&itok=qF1dtLHY)
Patron Saints of Nothing
A powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin’s murder.
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The Bear that Wasn't: Identity Chart
Debrief The Bear that Wasn't story by asking students to create identity charts for the bear.
![An illustration from Fred Tashlin's The Bear That Wasn't.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Bear_14_Medium_res.jpg?h=b47cd95b&itok=-pxLLrDx)
Storyboard Template
Our storyboard template allows students to illustrate key moments of a narrative or story.
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Mask-Making Preparation Worksheet
Have students brainstorm about their identity in preparation for a mask-making activity.
![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)
Almost American Girl
A powerful and moving coming-of-age graphic memoir about immigration, belonging, and how art can be a bridge to a new life.
![Almost American Girl- Book Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/almost_american_girl_cover.jpg?h=8fa4a684&itok=rNuhZg80)
The Marrow Thieves
In this dystopian novel, humanity has nearly destroyed its world through global warming, but now an even greater evil lurks. The indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream.
![The Marrow Thieves- Book Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/the-marrow-thieves-cover.jpg?h=6105ce8f&itok=2PPC4AyP)
The Poet X
A novel-in-verse about a Dominican American heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth.
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