Foundational context and concept briefs

Knowing Antisemitism Teacher Guide: A classroom guide that helps educators introduce students to historical and contemporary forms of antisemitism through structured inquiry, primary sources, and discussion prompts.

Brave Spaces: Confronting Hate and Antisemitism in the 21st Century: A mini-lesson that uses real-world examples of online hate speech and celebrity influence to help students identify and deconstruct contemporary antisemitic tropes and consider responsibilities for combating online hate. This lesson builds critical media literacy and hate recognition skills that support both safe engagement with sensitive content and proactive cultural competence.

Framework of Analysis for Atrocity Crimes: A Tool for Prevention: An overview of the three legally defined international crimes–genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes–known collectively as atrocity crimes. This resource also provides a framework of analysis for risk factors and prevention of atrocity crimes.

Stages of Genocide: A Toolkit for Educators: A toolkit created by The Genocide Education Project that offers an introduction to the “Ten Stages of Genocide” framework created by Dr. Gregory H. Stanton. This resource examines six cases studies of historical genocide–the Armenian Genocide, Cambodian Genocide, Guatemalan Genocide, Holocaust, Genocide(s) of Native Americans in the US, and Rwandan Genocide–and charts the path to violence.

Genocide Explainer: This Facing History & Ourselves explainer helps students understand the meaning, gravity, and history of the concept and crime of genocide.