A Plea for Humanity: The Einsatzgruppen on Trial
Benjamin Ferencz, International Law Scholar and Former Nuremberg Prosecutor, shares his experience as Chief Prosecutor at the trial of the Einsatzgruppen commanders.
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Timeline of Major Events in China, 1839–1919
Introduce students to nineteenth-century Chinese history and the country's response to Western imperialism.
![Battle at Wangjiakou,1854. The Taiping Army had been retreating from the north since February 5 when they started leaving Duliu and headed back to Nanking. The Qing Army commanded by Prince Sanga Rinsin,lay an ambushed in the town of Wangjiakou,ten milesfrom Duliu and routed the rebels. From Ten scenes recording the retreat and defeat of the Taiping Northern Expeditionary Forces,February 1854-March 1855.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/Qing_ambush_Taiping_Army_at_Wangjiakou_1854.jpg?h=f229d2e1&itok=yKfx-NIA)
The Outbreak of World War II in East Asia Documents
Students investigate these primary and secondary sources in order to understand the underlying causes of the outbreak of World War II in Asia.
![The Japanese Aggression and China's National Liberation Struggle Against the Agressors 1931-1939 Japanese troops taking Nanking. Ann .: January 1938](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/FH147161.jpg?h=24afd704&itok=mCNwOQPK)
El Salvador Timeline
Introduce students to the history of El Salvador as a means to exploring the factors that drive migration.
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)
The Nanjing Atrocities: The Range of Human Behavior
Give students a framework for analyzing their assigned story about a response to the Nanjing atrocities.
Justice after the Nanjing Atrocities Anticipation Guide
Students decide whether they agree or disagree with a set of statements about achieving justice after the Nanjing atrocities.
Inquiry Blueprint | Angel Island Immigration Station
This blueprint provides an at-a-glance view of the Angel Island Immigration Station inquiry.
The Chinese Exclusion Act
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A clip from a documentary that examines the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens.
![Still image from the licensed PBS film, The Chinese Exclusion Act.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-01/chinese_exclusion_act_still_FH2186916.jpg?h=20b02921&itok=hoX-VPlS)
Gallery Walk Images: Angel Island Immigration Station
Students use these images to explore the concept of borders as social, economic, and political boundaries, as well as geographic ones.
![A birds eye view of a classroom filled with students in conversation.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/2018_classroomimage_FH287366_teaser_2.jpeg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=4gzMWU8f)
Gallery Walk Images: Angel Island Immigration Station (en español)
Students use these images to explore the concept of borders as social, economic, and political boundaries, as well as geographic ones. This resource is in Spanish.
![A birds eye view of a classroom filled with students in conversation.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/2018_classroomimage_FH287366_teaser_2.jpeg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=4gzMWU8f)