Three Parables for Integration
Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks provides three parables as metaphors for types of integration.
A Mosque in Clitheroe
This handout contains an article about a town in Britain that voted to allow a former Christian church to become a mosque.
Lesson 1 PowerPoint: Confronting Islamophobia
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Lesson 2 PowerPoint: Islamophobic Tropes
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Lesson 3 PowerPoint: Islamophobia in the Media
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Lesson 4 PowerPoint: Understanding Gendered Islamophobia
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Lesson 5 PowerPoint: Standing Up Against Contemporary Islamophobia
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Facing History & Ourselves Civic Knowledge Research Project
This guide provides prompts and strategies for the written Research Project component of New York State’s Seal of Civic Readiness.
Eyewitness to Buchenwald
Leon Bass, an African-American soldier, describes his experiences entering the Buchenwald concentration camp in April 1945.
Colonialism and the Jews of North Africa
In this video, Professor Sarah Abrevaya Stein and Professor Aomar Boum establish the important historical context of Colonialism for understanding wartime North Africa.
Viewing Guide for "Colonialism and the Jews of North Africa"
This handout contains questions that guide students' viewing and prompt discussion on the video, "Colonialism and the Jews of North Africa".