The Women Partisans Burn Down a House
Learn about partisan tactics with this retelling of an all-female unit's torching of a perpetrator's home.
Online Civic Participation
Share with students political theorist Danielle Allen's ten questions to ask before choosing to take action online.
Online Civic Participation (en español)
Share with students political theorist Danielle Allen's ten questions to ask before choosing to take action online. This resource is in Spanish.
The Confessing Church: Early German Protestant Responses to National Socialism - Victoria Barnett
Dr. Victoria Barnett speaks about German Protestant churches during the rise of the Nazis.
The Danger of a Single Story
In her TED Talk, writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie describes the effects that labels can have on how we think about ourselves and others.
The Danger of Silence
In this TED Talk, teacher, poet, and activist Clint Smith reflects on finding the courage to use his voice to speak up for truth and justice.
The Global Refugee Crisis
Sasha Chanoff, Co-Founder and Executive Director of RefugePoint, discusses the refugee crisis facing the world in 2016.
The New Latinos
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Part four of Latino Americans, this video highlights the swelling immigration from Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic that stretched from the post-World War II years into the early 1960s as the new arrivals sought economic opportunities.
The Rights of Refugees
Sasha Chanoff, Co-Founder and Executive Director of RefugePoint, explains the definition of the term “refugee” and illustrates how the international community has sought to address refugee issues since the end of World War II.
The Role and Challenges of a Free Press
Reporters and media professionals discuss the functions and importance of a free press in a democracy.
The Wooden Shoes
Cassania, a high school student in Boston who emigrated from Haiti, tells the story of a pair of wooden shoes her grandfather gave to her as a gift.