Membership in Society
Membership in Society
About the relationship of groups or individuals to the society around them
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| Identity & Community Lesson 1 | Lesson Plan | February 18, 2009 |
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New Life in U.S. No Longer Means New Name The New York Times published an article last week noting that, in the past, immigrants to the U.S. sometimes changed their name to make it more American-sounding. Nowadays, the vast majority of immigrants keep their names. |
Facing Today | September 3, 2010 |
| "Open Hands, or Fists?": Eboo Patel on Young People's Worldwide Influence | Video Clip | August 7, 2009 |
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A Barometer for the Popularity of Muslims: An Interview with Souad
This interview is
printed in "What Do We Do With A Difference? France and the Debate Over Headscarves in Schools".
France has a large population of immigrants from
its former colonies in North Africa. |
Audio | December 30, 2008 |
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A Celebration of "Progress" In the late 1800s and early 1900s, expositions and fairs were a way of educating people not only about their nation and its place in the world but also about their own place in American society. In 1893, over 27 million people attended the World’s Columbian Exposition—an exposition that used architecture, artifacts, and “living exhibits” to celebrate “American progress.” Held in Chicago to mark the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s voyages to the Americas, it attracted over 13 million Americans—about one of every five people in the nation. |
Publication Readings | January 3, 2012 |
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A Class Divided 60 minutes A Class Divided is an expanded version of Eye of the Storm. In this documentary, Jane Elliott meets with her class to talk about the classroom experiment about discrimination she performed 15 years earlier and the effects it had on their lives. In addition, Jane Elliott is seen giving this lesson to employees of the Iowa prison system. |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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A Discussion with Elie Wiesel 30 minutes, color View The "In" Group |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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A Jew is Not One Thing 28 minutes This short film explores the nature of Jewish identity in contemporary society and raises questions about the personal nature of identity. Profiled are religious and secular Jews, ardent Zionists, and Jews committed to life in the Diaspora. This pluralistic view embraces the complexity and contradiction inherent in a diverse community. |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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A Portrait of Maya Angelou 58 minutes |
Library Resource | February 3, 2010 |
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A Veil Closes France's Door to Citizenship
(New York Times, July 19, 2008) In the article, "A Veil Closes France's
Door to Citizenship," Faiza Silmi was denied French citizenship from France's
highest administrative court "on the ground that her "radical" practice of
Islam was incompatible with French values like equality of the sexes. |
Facing Today | July 22, 2008 |
