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My Name.

NUREMBERG REMEMBERED DOCUMENTARY: A LESSON ON GUILT AND This outline provides a comprehensive examination of the Nuremberg Trials, and can be used to address issues raised in the Judgment and Justice chapter of Holocaust and Human Behavior.. Readings from the resource book are accompanied by selected websites and videos. THE ROLE OF THE CHURCHES The stated purpose of the Indian Residential Schools was to make the Indigenous Peoples of Canada embrace Western values and Christianity (those two sets of beliefs were almost inseparable at the time). In the eyes of many state officials, the agent that could and should bring about such rapid change was the Christian church. PUNISHMENT AND ABUSE 3. Indeed, disobedience and escape were two of the most common forms of resistance to the harsh, foreign discipline. In the 1990s, as the truth behind the treatment of indigenous students came to light, it became clear that discipline and punishment could easily lead to

physical abuse.

THE CHURCHES APOLOGIZE indigenous. activist Alberta Billy stood up and told the United Church Executive General Council: “The United Church owes the Native peoples of Canada an apology for what you did to them in residential school.”. 1. This bold statement left many members of the council

speechless.

CULTURE, STEREOTYPES, AND IDENTITY Having a strong sense of one’s identity provides a level of confidence that affects what we do and everything inside ourselves, right down to the decisions we make. There can be no conversation about identity if we do not mention the pervasive stereotypes that

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Harold Cardinal’s vision was soon tested. Included in the White Paper of 1969 was a proposed phase-out of the Indian Residential Schools. That year, 1969, the government took exclusive control of the residential schools and officially ended its partnership with the churches (although many teachers remained unqualified, and the abuse continued). 1 The government prepared to migrate all “I’M NOT THE INDIAN YOU HAD IN MIND” But I’m not the Indian you had in mind. I’m not the Indian you had in mind. I’ve known him. Oh, I’ve known him well, the bear-greased hair, the pungent smell. the piercing eye, the startling yell. thank God that he’s the friendly kind, But I’m not the Indian you had in mind. I’m that other one. ELSBETH LEWIN REMEMBERS KRISTALLNACHT We thought somebody had just started to burn our synagogue. And my father said, well, I'll come with you just to make sure you're all right. And he and I and my friend— we had the same— she lived next door, and we went to school together. We went to where the school had FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVESWHY FACING HISTORYOUR WORKOUR IMPACTGIVEABOUT USTOPICS Facing History convenes community members for meaningful dialogue about today’s most profound and challenging issues. Speakers and topics address what it means to be a citizen in a democratic society and inspire positive change in the world. MY NAME | FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES The South African poet Magoleng wa Selepe captures the power of colonialism to shape people’s identities in the poem “My Name.”. In the poem, you will find words and phrases in English, Xhosa (a South African language), and Afrikaans (the main language of the Dutch-settler-descended population and of the apartheid government).

My Name.

NUREMBERG REMEMBERED DOCUMENTARY: A LESSON ON GUILT AND This outline provides a comprehensive examination of the Nuremberg Trials, and can be used to address issues raised in the Judgment and Justice chapter of Holocaust and Human Behavior.. Readings from the resource book are accompanied by selected websites and videos. THE ROLE OF THE CHURCHES The stated purpose of the Indian Residential Schools was to make the Indigenous Peoples of Canada embrace Western values and Christianity (those two sets of beliefs were almost inseparable at the time). In the eyes of many state officials, the agent that could and should bring about such rapid change was the Christian church. PUNISHMENT AND ABUSE 3. Indeed, disobedience and escape were two of the most common forms of resistance to the harsh, foreign discipline. In the 1990s, as the truth behind the treatment of indigenous students came to light, it became clear that discipline and punishment could easily lead to

physical abuse.

THE CHURCHES APOLOGIZE indigenous. activist Alberta Billy stood up and told the United Church Executive General Council: “The United Church owes the Native peoples of Canada an apology for what you did to them in residential school.”. 1. This bold statement left many members of the council

speechless.

CULTURE, STEREOTYPES, AND IDENTITY Having a strong sense of one’s identity provides a level of confidence that affects what we do and everything inside ourselves, right down to the decisions we make. There can be no conversation about identity if we do not mention the pervasive stereotypes that

BLUE QUILLS

Harold Cardinal’s vision was soon tested. Included in the White Paper of 1969 was a proposed phase-out of the Indian Residential Schools. That year, 1969, the government took exclusive control of the residential schools and officially ended its partnership with the churches (although many teachers remained unqualified, and the abuse continued). 1 The government prepared to migrate all “I’M NOT THE INDIAN YOU HAD IN MIND” But I’m not the Indian you had in mind. I’m not the Indian you had in mind. I’ve known him. Oh, I’ve known him well, the bear-greased hair, the pungent smell. the piercing eye, the startling yell. thank God that he’s the friendly kind, But I’m not the Indian you had in mind. I’m that other one. ELSBETH LEWIN REMEMBERS KRISTALLNACHT We thought somebody had just started to burn our synagogue. And my father said, well, I'll come with you just to make sure you're all right. And he and I and my friend— we had the same— she lived next door, and we went to school together. We went to where the school had THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST REVOLUTION Overview. On January 30, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg named Adolf Hitler chancellor of Germany. Within days of Hitler’s appointment, the Nazis began to target their political opposition and those they considered enemies of the state, especially Communists and Jews. Within months, they had transformed Germany into a dictatorship. NUREMBERG REMEMBERED DOCUMENTARY: A LESSON ON GUILT AND This outline provides a comprehensive examination of the Nuremberg Trials, and can be used to address issues raised in the Judgment and Justice chapter of Holocaust and Human Behavior.. Readings from the resource book are accompanied by selected websites and videos.

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CULTURE, STEREOTYPES, AND IDENTITY Having a strong sense of one’s identity provides a level of confidence that affects what we do and everything inside ourselves, right down to the decisions we make. There can be no conversation about identity if we do not mention the pervasive stereotypes that JEWISH LIFE BEFORE WORLD WAR II Usually when we talk about Jewish life before World War II, and especially in Poland, we're talking about the period between, end of World War I, beginning of World War II. And in this period, Poland has the largest Jewish population in Europe, and they are 10% of Poland's population. And the circumstances of Polish Jews are very different

from

WOMEN RISE UP AGAINST APARTHEID AND CHANGE THE MOVEMENT Women Rise Up Against Apartheid and Change the Movement. Mandela on Trial. A group of women hold signs in demonstration against the pass laws in Cape Town on August 9, 1956, the same day as the massive women’s protest in Pretoria. Since the early twentieth century, African women actively opposed the pass laws restricting the movement

of Africans.

THE GOVERNMENT APOLOGIZES By the 1980s, it became clear that the effects of the residential schools were far greater and longer-lasting than most non-indigenous Canadians cared to admit. 1 The government was reluctant to admit wrongdoing even in the face of rising tensions with Indigenous Peoples. In 1988, George Erasmus, head of the Assembly of First Nations, warned the Canadian government that ignoring the rights and AGGRESSIVE ASSIMILATION Facing the resilience of indigenous traditional education in Canada, Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, who was also Minister of Indian Affairs, commissioned Nicholas Flood Davin, a journalist, lawyer, and politician, to go to Washington, DC, in 1879 to study how the United States tackled the same issue. At the time, the US had developed a policy of aggressive civilization of Native Americans. DISCOVERING JEWISH BLOOD Rele had passed her Abitur, the certification of completing a high school degree, but as a Mischling, was ineligible to attend university. She couldn’t marry her “Aryan” boyfriend Hans, a medical student. 1. The Schweitzers were certainly not the only Germans to be penalized for having “Jewish blood.”. KILLING THE INDIAN IN THE CHILD 1 : The title of this reading “Killing the Indian in the Child” is a phrase commonly but incorrectly attributed to Duncan Campbell Scott, though his actions as the head of the DIA between 1913 and 1932 suggest that he might have agreed with the idea. FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVESWHY FACING HISTORYOUR WORKOUR IMPACTGIVEABOUT USTOPICS Facing History convenes community members for meaningful dialogue about today’s most profound and challenging issues. Speakers and topics address what it means to be a citizen in a democratic society and inspire positive change in the world. ELSBETH LEWIN REMEMBERS KRISTALLNACHT We thought somebody had just started to burn our synagogue. And my father said, well, I'll come with you just to make sure you're all right. And he and I and my friend— we had the same— she lived next door, and we went to school together. We went to where the school had been, and of course, the synagogue was burning. MY NAME | FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES The South African poet Magoleng wa Selepe captures the power of colonialism to shape people’s identities in the poem “My Name.”. In the poem, you will find words and phrases in English, Xhosa (a South African language), and Afrikaans (the main language of the Dutch-settler-descended population and of the apartheid government).

My Name.

PUNISHMENT AND ABUSE 3. Indeed, disobedience and escape were two of the most common forms of resistance to the harsh, foreign discipline. In the 1990s, as the truth behind the treatment of indigenous students came to light, it became clear that discipline and punishment could easily lead to

physical abuse.

THE CHURCHES APOLOGIZE indigenous. activist Alberta Billy stood up and told the United Church Executive General Council: “The United Church owes the Native peoples of Canada an apology for what you did to them in residential school.”. 1. This bold statement left many members of the council

speechless.

WOMEN RISE UP AGAINST APARTHEID AND CHANGE THE MOVEMENT Women Rise Up Against Apartheid and Change the Movement. Mandela on Trial. A group of women hold signs in demonstration against the pass laws in Cape Town on August 9, 1956, the same day as the massive women’s protest in Pretoria. Since the early twentieth century, African women actively opposed the pass laws restricting the movement

of Africans.

THE ROLE OF THE CHURCHES The stated purpose of the Indian Residential Schools was to make the Indigenous Peoples of Canada embrace Western values and Christianity (those two sets of beliefs were almost inseparable at the time). In the eyes of many state officials, the agent that could and should bring about such rapid change was the Christian church.

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Harold Cardinal’s vision was soon tested. Included in the White Paper of 1969 was a proposed phase-out of the Indian Residential Schools. That year, 1969, the government took exclusive control of the residential schools and officially ended its partnership with the churches (although many teachers remained unqualified, and the abuse continued). 1 The government prepared to migrate all COMMEMORATING THE 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE WITH DR. KARLOS Commemorating the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre with Dr. Karlos K. Hill. On May 31, 1921, an incensed mob of white citizens and civil authorities stormed the thriving African American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The mob burned countless buildings to the ground in a siege that took the lives of an estimated 300 Black people. DIARY FROM THE LODZ GHETTO Diary from the Łódź Ghetto In early 1942, a young girl living in the ghetto in Łódź (a Polish city) kept a diary of her experiences. Her name remains unknown, but FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVESWHY FACING HISTORYOUR WORKOUR IMPACTGIVEABOUT USTOPICS Facing History convenes community members for meaningful dialogue about today’s most profound and challenging issues. Speakers and topics address what it means to be a citizen in a democratic society and inspire positive change in the world. ELSBETH LEWIN REMEMBERS KRISTALLNACHT We thought somebody had just started to burn our synagogue. And my father said, well, I'll come with you just to make sure you're all right. And he and I and my friend— we had the same— she lived next door, and we went to school together. We went to where the school had been, and of course, the synagogue was burning. MY NAME | FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES The South African poet Magoleng wa Selepe captures the power of colonialism to shape people’s identities in the poem “My Name.”. In the poem, you will find words and phrases in English, Xhosa (a South African language), and Afrikaans (the main language of the Dutch-settler-descended population and of the apartheid government).

My Name.

PUNISHMENT AND ABUSE 3. Indeed, disobedience and escape were two of the most common forms of resistance to the harsh, foreign discipline. In the 1990s, as the truth behind the treatment of indigenous students came to light, it became clear that discipline and punishment could easily lead to

physical abuse.

THE CHURCHES APOLOGIZE indigenous. activist Alberta Billy stood up and told the United Church Executive General Council: “The United Church owes the Native peoples of Canada an apology for what you did to them in residential school.”. 1. This bold statement left many members of the council

speechless.

WOMEN RISE UP AGAINST APARTHEID AND CHANGE THE MOVEMENT Women Rise Up Against Apartheid and Change the Movement. Mandela on Trial. A group of women hold signs in demonstration against the pass laws in Cape Town on August 9, 1956, the same day as the massive women’s protest in Pretoria. Since the early twentieth century, African women actively opposed the pass laws restricting the movement

of Africans.

THE ROLE OF THE CHURCHES The stated purpose of the Indian Residential Schools was to make the Indigenous Peoples of Canada embrace Western values and Christianity (those two sets of beliefs were almost inseparable at the time). In the eyes of many state officials, the agent that could and should bring about such rapid change was the Christian church.

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Harold Cardinal’s vision was soon tested. Included in the White Paper of 1969 was a proposed phase-out of the Indian Residential Schools. That year, 1969, the government took exclusive control of the residential schools and officially ended its partnership with the churches (although many teachers remained unqualified, and the abuse continued). 1 The government prepared to migrate all COMMEMORATING THE 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE WITH DR. KARLOS Commemorating the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre with Dr. Karlos K. Hill. On May 31, 1921, an incensed mob of white citizens and civil authorities stormed the thriving African American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The mob burned countless buildings to the ground in a siege that took the lives of an estimated 300 Black people. DIARY FROM THE LODZ GHETTO Diary from the Łódź Ghetto In early 1942, a young girl living in the ghetto in Łódź (a Polish city) kept a diary of her experiences. Her name remains unknown, but WE ARE BEING CALLED TO ACCOUNT A statement from Facing History and Ourselves. At Facing History and Ourselves, our very name is a mandate. In order to create a more just and equitable future we are each called to face our history in all its complexity and to face ourselves, our choices, and most importantly

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4. In addition to the use of drugs, victims were murdered by a variety of other methods, including poisoning, starvation, being left to die of exposure in unheated buildings, and gassing. The operation was later expanded to include not only children but also teens and WOMEN RISE UP AGAINST APARTHEID AND CHANGE THE MOVEMENT Women Rise Up Against Apartheid and Change the Movement. Mandela on Trial. A group of women hold signs in demonstration against the pass laws in Cape Town on August 9, 1956, the same day as the massive women’s protest in Pretoria. Since the early twentieth century, African women actively opposed the pass laws restricting the movement

of Africans.

PEOPLE WITHOUT PAPERS Between 1917 and 1921, more than 2,000 pogroms (organized acts of violence, in this case against Jews) took place in Russia and neighboring countries in eastern Europe. As a result, more than 75,000 Jews were killed, even more were injured, and about half “I’M NOT THE INDIAN YOU HAD IN MIND” Images of indigenous people, often depicting them in negative stereotypes, have long circulated through various forms of mass media. Familiar images of drums, traditional dress, brave warriors, and half-naked, dancing people wearing feathers and buckskin reinforce the idea that indigenous people are radically different from mainstream

society.

KILLING THE INDIAN IN THE CHILD 1 : The title of this reading “Killing the Indian in the Child” is a phrase commonly but incorrectly attributed to Duncan Campbell Scott, though his actions as the head of the DIA between 1913 and 1932 suggest that he might have agreed with the idea. FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVESWHY FACING HISTORYOUR WORKOUR IMPACTGIVEABOUT USTOPICS Facing History convenes community members for meaningful dialogue about today’s most profound and challenging issues. Speakers and topics address what it means to be a citizen in a democratic society and inspire positive change in the world. TOPICS | FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVESRACE IN US HISTORYBULLYING & OSTRACISMJUSTICE & HUMAN RIGHTSGENOCIDE & MASS VIOLENCE Topics. Facing History creates resources to empower teachers and students to think critically about pivotal moments in history. Here are the topics areas of our educator resources. View our Current Events collection for strategies and teaching ideas to connect current

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4. In addition to the use of drugs, victims were murdered by a variety of other methods, including poisoning, starvation, being left to die of exposure in unheated buildings, and gassing. The operation was later expanded to include not only children but also teens and PUNISHMENT AND ABUSE 3. Indeed, disobedience and escape were two of the most common forms of resistance to the harsh, foreign discipline. In the 1990s, as the truth behind the treatment of indigenous students came to light, it became clear that discipline and punishment could easily lead to

physical abuse.

ELSBETH LEWIN REMEMBERS KRISTALLNACHT We thought somebody had just started to burn our synagogue. And my father said, well, I'll come with you just to make sure you're all right. And he and I and my friend— we had the same— she lived next door, and we went to school together. We went to where the school had been, and of course, the synagogue was burning. WOMEN RISE UP AGAINST APARTHEID AND CHANGE THE MOVEMENTAPARTHEID LAWS IN SOUTH AFRICAAPARTHEID LAWS LISTAPARTHEID LAWS LISTEXAMPLES OF APARTHEID LAWSLAWS DURING THE APARTHEID Women Rise Up Against Apartheid and Change the Movement. Mandela on Trial. A group of women hold signs in demonstration against the pass laws in Cape Town on August 9, 1956, the same day as the massive women’s protest in Pretoria. Since the early twentieth century, African women actively opposed the pass laws restricting the movement

of Africans.

THE ROLE OF THE CHURCHES The stated purpose of the Indian Residential Schools was to make the Indigenous Peoples of Canada embrace Western values and Christianity (those two sets of beliefs were almost inseparable at the time). In the eyes of many state officials, the agent that could and should bring about such rapid change was the Christian church. THE GOVERNMENT APOLOGIZES By the 1980s, it became clear that the effects of the residential schools were far greater and longer-lasting than most non-indigenous Canadians cared to admit. 1 The government was reluctant to admit wrongdoing even in the face of rising tensions with Indigenous Peoples. In 1988, George Erasmus, head of the Assembly of First Nations, warned the Canadian government that ignoring the rights and THE CHURCHES APOLOGIZE In the late 1970s, the churches of Canada were coming under increasing scrutiny because they were so closely identified with the colonial project of civilizing and Christianizing the Indigenous Peoples, operating the residential schools, and the disastrous consequences of

both.

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Harold Cardinal’s vision was soon tested. Included in the White Paper of 1969 was a proposed phase-out of the Indian Residential Schools. That year, 1969, the government took exclusive control of the residential schools and officially ended its partnership with the churches (although many teachers remained unqualified, and the abuse continued). 1 The government prepared to migrate all FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVESWHY FACING HISTORYOUR WORKOUR IMPACTGIVEABOUT USTOPICS Facing History convenes community members for meaningful dialogue about today’s most profound and challenging issues. Speakers and topics address what it means to be a citizen in a democratic society and inspire positive change in the world. TOPICS | FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVESRACE IN US HISTORYBULLYING & OSTRACISMJUSTICE & HUMAN RIGHTSGENOCIDE & MASS VIOLENCE Topics. Facing History creates resources to empower teachers and students to think critically about pivotal moments in history. Here are the topics areas of our educator resources. View our Current Events collection for strategies and teaching ideas to connect current

"UNWORTHY TO LIVE"

4. In addition to the use of drugs, victims were murdered by a variety of other methods, including poisoning, starvation, being left to die of exposure in unheated buildings, and gassing. The operation was later expanded to include not only children but also teens and PUNISHMENT AND ABUSE 3. Indeed, disobedience and escape were two of the most common forms of resistance to the harsh, foreign discipline. In the 1990s, as the truth behind the treatment of indigenous students came to light, it became clear that discipline and punishment could easily lead to

physical abuse.

ELSBETH LEWIN REMEMBERS KRISTALLNACHT We thought somebody had just started to burn our synagogue. And my father said, well, I'll come with you just to make sure you're all right. And he and I and my friend— we had the same— she lived next door, and we went to school together. We went to where the school had been, and of course, the synagogue was burning. WOMEN RISE UP AGAINST APARTHEID AND CHANGE THE MOVEMENTAPARTHEID LAWS IN SOUTH AFRICAAPARTHEID LAWS LISTAPARTHEID LAWS LISTEXAMPLES OF APARTHEID LAWSLAWS DURING THE APARTHEID Women Rise Up Against Apartheid and Change the Movement. Mandela on Trial. A group of women hold signs in demonstration against the pass laws in Cape Town on August 9, 1956, the same day as the massive women’s protest in Pretoria. Since the early twentieth century, African women actively opposed the pass laws restricting the movement

of Africans.

THE ROLE OF THE CHURCHES The stated purpose of the Indian Residential Schools was to make the Indigenous Peoples of Canada embrace Western values and Christianity (those two sets of beliefs were almost inseparable at the time). In the eyes of many state officials, the agent that could and should bring about such rapid change was the Christian church. THE GOVERNMENT APOLOGIZES By the 1980s, it became clear that the effects of the residential schools were far greater and longer-lasting than most non-indigenous Canadians cared to admit. 1 The government was reluctant to admit wrongdoing even in the face of rising tensions with Indigenous Peoples. In 1988, George Erasmus, head of the Assembly of First Nations, warned the Canadian government that ignoring the rights and THE CHURCHES APOLOGIZE In the late 1970s, the churches of Canada were coming under increasing scrutiny because they were so closely identified with the colonial project of civilizing and Christianizing the Indigenous Peoples, operating the residential schools, and the disastrous consequences of

both.

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Harold Cardinal’s vision was soon tested. Included in the White Paper of 1969 was a proposed phase-out of the Indian Residential Schools. That year, 1969, the government took exclusive control of the residential schools and officially ended its partnership with the churches (although many teachers remained unqualified, and the abuse continued). 1 The government prepared to migrate all PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Professional Development. Our learning opportunities are designed to fit your goals and busy schedule. Gain a new perspective, add more tools to your teaching toolbox, and benefit from the experience and fellowship of other teachers—from your own district and around the world. Our offerings introduce humanities, civics, social studies, and ABOUT US | FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES From one classroom in one school in 1976, Facing History and Ourselves has become a global organization with a network of over 100,000 teachers, in every type of middle grade and secondary level school setting. Our staff members are located in seven US locations: Chicago, Cleveland, Memphis, Los Angeles, New England, New York and the San

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of Africans.

MY NAME | FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES The South African poet Magoleng wa Selepe captures the power of colonialism to shape people’s identities in the poem “My Name.”. In the poem, you will find words and phrases in English, Xhosa (a South African language), and Afrikaans (the main language of the Dutch-settler-descended population and of the apartheid government).

My Name.

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