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Discussing the Israel-Palestine Conflict in the Classroom
Find suggested resources and approaches for discussing the Israel-Palestine conflict with students.
![Picture of two uniformed students in a classroom.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/DSC08312.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=h_zyOarg)
America and the Holocaust
Learn about Americans' attitudes of fear and distrust toward Jewish refugees from Europe.
![Children stand in front of a sign reading Maison d' Enfants USA](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/image_2_360x260.jpeg?h=f1cce077&itok=THWs_fo8)
Responding to a Refugee Crisis
Students think about the responsibilities of governments as they consider how countries around the world responded to the European Jews trying to escape Nazi Germany.
![refugees on a large boat](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1939_RefugeesAboardtheStLouis_FH229460.jpg?h=8911ddd7&itok=lJSR65Z-)
Board of Scholars
The Board of Scholars supports the work of Facing History & Ourselves by helping to ensure the quality of the organization’s educational resources and programming.
Responses to the 1930s Refugee Crisis
Students activate their thinking around being an upstander and their responsibility toward others in light of the Sharps' mission work in Czechoslovakia.
![Picture of Jewish Refugees during World War II](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/07_Jewish_refugees_WWII_for_Web_or_Office_Use.jpg?h=8fa07595&itok=jaVdV65R)
Eight Great YA Reads for National Reading Month
Kick off National Reading Month by introducing the middle and high school students in your life to these impactful fiction and nonfiction texts.
![Student Reading Book Outdoors - wearing glasses, a plaid shit, jeans, and noise cancelling headphones around the neck](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-03/Student%20Reading%20Book%20Outdoors.png?h=c8a20b23&itok=ixEjhCNE)
Cultural Genocide
Consider how the term cultural genocide describes the efforts of the Canadian government to assimilate the Indigenous Peoples through residential schools.
![Cover of "Stolen Lives: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the Indian Residential Schools."](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/FHAO_stolenLives_HR_graphic.png?h=e2f3be3a&itok=E26V-38t)
Réponses à l’antisémitisme en ligne
Lire l'histoire d'une étudiante d'une université britannique qui a utilisé les médias sociaux pour parler d'un incident antisémite sur son campus.
![Students participate in a group activity.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/2015_20150813_TreyClark_0419_FH221009.jpg?h=2f6148de&itok=YBxcFD7A)
The Power of Propaganda
Students analyze several examples of Nazi propaganda and consider how the Nazis used media to influence the thoughts, feelings, and actions of individual Germans.
![An issue of the antisemitic propaganda newspaper Der Stürmer (The Attacker) is posted on the sidewalk in Worms, Germany, in 1935. The headline above the case says, ""The Jews Are Our Misfortune.""](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_2016_NaziPropagandaNewspaper_FH229452.jpg?h=fb0bd1b2&itok=WOgfci3M)
“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)
The Holocaust in Lithuania
Introduce students to the history of the Holocaust in Lithuania with this historical overview.
![Black and white photograph of Vikta Kempner](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-12/Vitka.jpeg?h=81b78760&itok=g3zdrN1I)