Yom Hashoah u’Gevurah, the day set aside to remember Holocaust victims and heroes, falls this year on Monday, April 28. Many schools commemorate the event with a school-wide ceremony, often in combination with reading the names of some of the six million Jewish victims of Nazi persecution. Go to our Featured Document to see the 1955 Israeli […]
This year’s National Women’s History Month Celebrates Women of Character, Courage and Commitment. These women demonstrated these qualities “as mothers, educators, institution builders, business, labor, political and community leaders, relief workers, women religious, and CEOs. Their lives and their work inspire girls and women to achieve their full potential and encourage boys and men to […]
The feature film “Monuments Men” gives educators a wonderful opportunity to teach about this fascinating effort by the US forces under Gen. Dwight Eisenhower to rescue the art treasures of Europe. See the resources below, as well as our Featured Document and Featured Video selections on this topic. Background to the Story Commission for […]
The Presidents’ Birthdays in February offer a nice opportunity to teach about the rights confirmed by George Washington to the Jews of Newport, Rhode Island just after he assumed the presidency of the new United States. Facing History and Ourselves offers To Bigotry No Sanction: The George Washington Letter Project. This includes a free eBook […]