What Is Our Obligation To Asylum Seekers?
Help students understand how the United States’ complex asylum process works. Invite them to consider the question, who has an obligation to asylum seekers?
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Why Do People Migrate?
In this mini-lesson, students reflect on stories of migration and learn about migration from El Salvador to the United States as a means of exploring the underlying factors that drive migration.
![Photo of Central American Migrants.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/WhyDoPeopleMigrate_RTX70WND_fullres_Medium_res.jpg?h=958cf23b&itok=KYhL_IVP)
Reflecting on Statues and the UK’s Colonial Past
This lesson provides students with an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between statues and the UK’s colonial past.
![BLM protest image in Norwich](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Black_Lives_Matter_Norwich_%2850081199172%29_for_Web_or_Office_Use.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=24wTr26v)
The Power of Names
Students begin their study of Reconstruction by examining the relationship between the individual and society through an exploration of names.
![Survivors of slavery observe Juneteenth in hats, canes, and bonnets inAustin, TX](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Civic_Engagement_1900_Emancipation_Day_Celebration_FH21310.jpg?h=cb77d5da&itok=zICD1mG2)
Bearing Witness to the Nanjing Atrocities
Students confront the enormity of the crimes committed during the Nanjing atrocities by listening to survivor testimony.
![Survivors of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre pose for a photo during a ceremony in Nanjing on July 6, 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/2013_SurvivorsoftheNanjingMassacre_FH131053.jpg?h=eb24755d&itok=rk1PRXzc)
Japanese Imperialism and the Road to War
Students examine sources that shed light on the underlying causes of the outbreak of World War II in Asia.
![Japanese marines during the Battle of Shanghai, 1937](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/1937_JapaneseMarinesDuringtheBattleofShanghai_FH282501.jpg?h=3777c4b7&itok=SGFks5bs)
Justice and Judgment after the Nanjing Atrocities
Students explore the complexities of achieving justice in the aftermath of mass violence and atrocities as they learn about the Tokyo Trials.
![Matsui Iwane stands on trial at the War Crimes court, receiving his death sentence from the court.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/1948_MatsuiIwaneatHisWarCrimesTrial_FH131021.jpg?h=bbc1e75b&itok=0OTyPqL2)
The Nanjing Atrocities: The Range of Responses
Students analyze the spectrum of choices available to individuals, groups, and nations during the Nanjing atrocities.
![Chinese citizens, and American and British visitors, evacuate Nanjing in preparation for an attack by the Japanese.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/IMAGE_33_5_EVACUATION_Medium_res.jpg?h=d9e3d5ec&itok=xyqP52So)
Human Rights in the News
Help students understand what human rights are and how people are working to promote them.
![Classroom for Displaced Girls in Afghanistan](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/UDHR_70_AP_17303268818581.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=daH4qBM2)
The Debate over Reparations for Racial Injustice
This mini-lesson helps students define the term, learn what forms reparations can take, and consider what reparations should be offered for slavery and other racist policies.
![Chains on wooden floor.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Reparations_FullRes_iStock-614509372_Medium_res.jpg?h=827069f2&itok=A4f0NzQP)
The Equal Rights Amendment: A 97-Year Struggle
This mini-lesson provides an overview of the ERA and a look at the history behind the struggle to ratify the amendment that would formally guarantee women equal rights to men under the US Constitution.
![Black and white photo of women's rights protestors.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/ERA_HRKJGB_full-res_Medium_res.jpg?h=312fc7ac&itok=UHlB681D)