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Shulamit Aloni

Aloni has spent her life challenging what she views as the “retreat from the secular liberal ideals envisioned by Israel’s founders.” As a teacher, lawyer, member of parliament, as well as resistance movements, and lecturer, she has become one of Israel’s best-known champions of human and civil rights.

Grade Level

9-12

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Religion Gender & Sexual Identity

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History

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In the City of Brotherly Love

“The Irish and the English share a long legacy of conflict.” And this conflict extended across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World as a wave of Catholic immigrants arrived in the United States in the 1820s.

Grade Level

9-12

Jim Carnes

Topic

Religion Class Immigration Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

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Literature

(A)wake

In this poem, the speaker traces the senseless killings taking place abroad and at home, with a particular focus on the African-American community. The speaker also calls communities to action to "grow our hope and heal our hearts" in order to live together in peace.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Jessica Kobe

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Religion Class Immigration Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Geography

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James Reeb

This essay details James Reeb’s calling to become a minister and—eventually—to join the march in Selma. Although he was tragically murdered following the march, his death had a profound impact on the civil rights movement.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

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Topic

Race & Ethnicity Religion Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Geography

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Four Freedoms

In his 1941 State of the Union Address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined four fundamental human freedoms—the freedom of speech, of worship, from want, and from fear—for the United States and the rest of the world.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Topic

Religion Class Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

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Visual

Stand Up Singh

Cartoon features the cartoonist, Vishavjit Singh, with a caption that reads, "My fellow Americans, fear not what my turban can do to you. Fear what your ignorance about my turban can do to me."

Summoning President Kennedy's inaugural address, the artist of this cartoon requests, "Fear not what my turban can do to you. Fear what your ignorance about my turban can do to me."

Grade Level

K-2 3-5 6-8 9-12

Vishavjit Singh

Topic

Religion Rights & Activism

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Out of Auschwitz

Samuel Pisar, a survivor of Auschwitz, recounts his liberation at age 16 from the most notorious Nazi death camp.

Grade Level

9-12

Samuel Pisar

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Religion

Subject

History

Geography

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Hope, Despair and Memory

"Hope, Despair and Memory" is an address given by Elie Wiesel on December 11, 1986, the date Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Wiesel is an author and humanitarian and is known for writing about his experience as a survivor of the Holocaust.

Grade Level

9-12

Elie Wiesel

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Race & Ethnicity Religion

Subject

History

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An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America

Henry Highland Garnet was an African-American abolitionist, minister, educator and newspaper editor. Garnet delivered “An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America” at the National Negro Convention in Buffalo, N.Y., on Aug. 16, 1843.

Grade Level

9-12

Henry Highland Garnet

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Religion Rights & Activism

Subject

History

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