Why Just Mercy Matters
The film Just Mercy can offer invaluable insights to students in unpacking the harsh realities of the justice systems.
![Bryan Stevenson giving a Ted Talk](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-07/6945122783_9955987a88_o.jpg?h=0c2904f9&itok=YxyiJlBr)
The Meaning of Home
In this lesson, students reflect on notable quotes about home and watch Pico Iyer’s TED Talk to examine and build on their understanding of home.
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8 Resources for Teaching Immigration
Explore resources designed to help educators address immigration in the classroom with curiosity and confidence.
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Recap: Digging Deeper at Facing History's Immigration Summit
Facing History reflects on Identity, Membership, and Belonging: A Summit on Teaching Immigration.
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Laundrymen and Movies
Learn about the prejudice, stereotypes, and victimization Chinese and Chinese Americans faced in the US in the 1920s.
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What is Migration?
Use this Explainer to help differentiate between terms like refugee, migrant, and asylum.
![A woman sitting in a full waiting area looks at her passport.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/2018_ImmigratioinOfficeinLima_FH289808.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=j9-Gqh5y)
Please Ring the Bell for Us
This cartoon, by Francis Knott for the Dallas Morning News, was published on July 7, 1939. It accompanied an editorial that described admitting refugee children to the United States as an “act of simple humanity."
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Lost in Translation
Rapper Ruby Ibarra reflects on her Filipino-American experience and the role of language in a spoken-word poem.
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Opportunisme pendant la Nuit de Cristal
Examinez les témoignages directs concernant les vols commis contre les Juifs pendant le chaos et la violence de la Nuit de Cristal.
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Le point de vue d'un voyageur sur la Nuit de Cristal
Considérez le récit d’un commerçant suisse sur la façon dont ses collègues allemands ont réagi aux événements de la Nuit de Cristal.
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Réponse d’une famille à la Nuit de Cristal
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Découvrez une famille qui a aidé ses voisins juifs après la Nuit de Cristal, et les conséquences qu’elle a subies pour cette décision d’aide.
![Pedestrians in front of the demolished businesses of Jewish residents on Potsdamer St., Berlin. November 10, 1938.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1938_PedestriansFrontDestroyedJewishBusinesses_FH223827.jpg?h=603532df&itok=ov-1rXgn)