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Webinar: Making the Holocaust Relevant through Visual History Testimony

Examine how the medium of visual history testimony plays an important role in Holocaust education through an exploration of video clips fro…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Sep 24, 2013

Upcoming JFK Docs on 50th Anniversary of Assassination

PBS, like many media outlets, has big plans to honor the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. The November 22, 1963, death…

Started by Frank W. Baker

1 Sep 19, 2013
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Can Barack Obama's Election Be Credited to Harry Potter?

Anthony Gierzynski, a political science professor at the University of Vermont, believes the moral lessons in the Harry Potter series “play…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Sep 5, 2013

History, math teachers model educational lessons on "The Hunger Games"

Two Atlanta teachers were inspired by "The Hunger Games" to create an educational game called Colonial Games, a two-day activity in which t…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Aug 29, 2013

Civil Rights Module, Part of Newseum's New News Literacy Curriculum

The Newseum in Washington, D.C., is launching a Civil Rights module Friday (8/30/13), and many JEA members have been emailed for beta testi…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Aug 28, 2013

March On Washington: PBS Resources

 Celebrate the March on Washington with these great resources from PBS LearningMedia! Explore our entire Civil Rights collection here!  …

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Aug 26, 2013

ARTICLE: The Granddaddy of the Political Cartoon

Interesting article in the WSJ about the "Granddaddy of the Political Cartoon." The story explores this tradition of earthly dystopias and…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Aug 20, 2013

New Civil Rights Graphic Novel

The Washington Post details the story of how this graphic novel came to be published.  One of the authors was a witness to history. At age…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Aug 13, 2013

Anti-suffragette cartoons

93 years ago this month American women won the right to vote. But not before they were ridiculed and vilified. August 18 marks the 93rd ann…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Aug 5, 2013

New Civil Rights Curriculum Accompanies Fall TV Movie Special

Hallmark Channel and Walden Media will partner with Cable in the Classroom (CIC) to create a customized school curriculum revolving around…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Jul 10, 2013

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