Tragic American History - Immigration & the Holocaust
We are so proud that many of our CHS teachers have enrolled in Kean University masters classes focusing on the Holocaust (semester 1) and Racism in America (semester 2). Kudos to Mr. Preston for organizing such professional development. I took a version of these courses 15 years ago and Kean had partnered then with the Facing History & Ourselves organization. Their resources were incredible and I used many of their online materials and FREE books in my classes. I remembered many of those lessons when I watched the brilliant, new Ken Burns documentary series, The US & the Holocaust streaming now on PBS. The first episode, "The Golden Door," tells the sad history of the anti-immigration movement (and the return of the KKK) in the early 20th century. I would recommend this series to all teaching US history and literature. Of course, Learning for Justice has great resources on immigration as well.