Map the Internal World of a Writer
Students practice using evidence from the text and their own understanding to analyze a writer’s thoughts, feelings, motivations, and sense of belonging.
![A teacher discusses a reading with her students.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-07/Chicago_Classroom_2018_FH151340.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=c52a_ElE)
“A Jewish Adolescent Ponders her Identity (1939)” by Marie Abravanel
A teenage girl in Libya named Marie Abravanel reflects on her Jewish identity.
![Family portrait of the Beretvas family in Tunis. Three people sit on a couch and two people stand behind the couch.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/07654_JPeg.jpg?h=bdec65d7&itok=3XOYanDg)
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.
![Patron of Saints Book Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/Patron-Saints-of-Nothing_cover.jpg?h=848a3fdf&itok=gJ2dh2RQ)
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.
![Storyboard Template Document Preview](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-12/StoryboardTemplate.png?h=d3d13267&itok=XHWr5TzS)
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.
![Little boy holding a suitcase while waiting in line at an intermittent camp](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-10/They-Called-Us-Enemy_cover%20%281%29%20%281%29_0.jpeg?h=1353eda4&itok=dXv08QSl)
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)