Students will examine the history of the Holocaust in Ukraine, and compare and contrast the current crisis in Ukraine.
Population and Migration
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Lesson Plan: 1924 Democratic Convention – Tension Over Immigration
Students will learn how the 1924 Democratic National Convention became a raucous battleground over the influence of the Ku Klux Klan.
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Lesson Plan: The Debate Over Sanctuary Cities
Students will learn about sanctuary cities and engage in a deliberation over whether local governments have the right to limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
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Lesson Plan: What the World War II-Era Bracero Program Reveals About U.S. Immigration Debates
U.S. immigration policy has long reflected a tension between the demand for low-wage labor and the enforcement of immigration laws. That dynamic has shaped families, workplaces and communities across generations. This short doc traces that history from the mass deportations during the Great Depression to the Bracero guest worker program after World War II, and into today’s debates over unauthorized immigration.
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How Today’s Debates on Immigration Were Shaped by a 1980s Church-Led Refugee Network
As deportations of unauthorized immigrants rose under President Donald Trump, some churches and cities declared themselves sanctuaries and shielded migrants from immigration enforcement.
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Lessons from the 1924 Democratic Convention: An Immigration Debate’s Impact
Immigration has been a defining issue in a campaign before, and the consequences transformed the Democratic Party.
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Holocaust Survivors Fleeing Ukraine Find a New Home in Germany
In Ukraine, elderly Jewish citizens threatened by the war with Russia are being evacuated. As children, they escaped the Nazi invasion. Now some are finding refuge in a most unlikely place: Germany.
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How the U.S. Has Treated Wartime Refugees
What obligation does the United States have toward people who are uprooted by war?
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In El Salvador, a Journalist Faces New Limits. ‘We Want to Continue Shedding Light.’
Nelson Rauda, an independent journalist, told us that El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, is putting the squeeze on press freedom.
