In this lesson, students will explore a 3-D model of historical Greenwood home of “Black Wall Street” and then learn about how a white mob destroyed a prosperous Black community 100 years ago.
Lesson of the Day: âScenes From Americaâs Reopeningâ
In this lesson, students will learn what reopening in America looks like â the joys, the relief, the uncertainties. Then they will document what reopening looks like in their communities.
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May 24, 2021
Lesson Overview
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Our daily Lesson of the Day feature will soon end for the summer, but before we go, as America begins to fully reopen, we want to stop to take in the significance of the moment â to look at where we are now, reflect on where we have been and begin to imagine our future.
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Lesson of the Day: âColombia Police Respond to Protests With Bullets, and Death Toll Mountsâ
In this lesson, you will learn why people are demonstrating, as well as why experts say these protests could âpresage unrest across Latin America.â
A âdie-inâ on a street in Bogotá, Colombia, on Wednesday to protest police brutality against demonstrators.Credit.Federico Rios for The New York Times
May 11, 2021
Lesson Overview
â by Julie Turkewitz and SofÃa Villamil
âColombians demonstrating over the past week against the poverty and inequality that have worsened the lives of millions since the Covid-19 pandemic began have been met with a powerful crackdown by their government,â Julie Turkewitz and SofÃa Villamil write. As of May 8, at least 26 were dead and more than 900 injured, ABC News reported.
Teaching About the Armenian Genocide With The New York Times
In this lesson, students will learn about President Biden’s decision to use the term “genocide” to describe the Ottoman Empire’s killing of Armenian civilians during World War I. Then they will explore the Times archive from 1915.
A torchlight procession in Yerevan on April 23 to mark the 106th anniversary of the massacres in which about 1.5 million ethnic Armenians were killed during World War I.Credit.Karen Minasyan/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
April 29, 2021Updated 8:44 a.m. ET
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More than a century after the Ottoman Empire’s killing of an estimated 1.5 million Armenian civilians, President Biden declared on April 24 that the atrocities were an act of genocide. The action signaled that the American commitment to human rights outweighs the risk of further fraying the U.S. alliance with Turkey.