A guide on initial class discussions from Facing History and Ourselves.
This Teaching Idea invites students to explore how their actions and the actions of their leaders can help to promote the common good in a time of crisis. This framework can be used to discuss any complex global issue.
These resources guide students to resist oversimplified explanations of what happened during the insurrection on January 6, 2021.
In this lesson, students analyze a daring challenge to the legal and social order of the time: Susan B. Anthony.
Acclaimed writer, educator, rabbi, and scholar Ariel Burger speaks about the task of the educator on Yom HaShoah—Holocaust Remembrance Day—and every day. A devoted protégé and friend of Elie Wiesel, Burger is the author of Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom.
A teacher's guide to facilitate conversations about the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
This two-day lesson uses the story of Purim as a frame to examine how Jews have preserved and protected their identities.
"Students consider how the debate around the Wagner-Rogers Bill reflected competing ideas in the United States about national identity, priorities, and values."
Use these resources to explore George Washington's relationship with Jews in Colonial America.
A "human timeline" activity lesson on queer history from the Roman Empire to the year 2016.