Digital technology offers new ways to teach lessons from the Holocaust
Source: PBS
Read this article to learn about why all students should know what the Holocaust was and when it occurred to ensure events like these never happen again.
Culture & Society
Forgiving to Keep a Lifelong Friend
Source: Lifehack
Learn some great tips for how to find common ground with a friend after a fight.
What Is Fast Fashion — and Why Is It a Problem?
Source: Treehugger
Your recent clothing haul may have more environmental costs and ethical concerns than you might expect. Read more about how fast fashion has a hidden cost many don’t know they are paying.
She became the first female mechanic in this country
Source: CNN
Watch this video about one woman’s drive to educate the women around her and help create an environment of acceptance and opportunity.
Romeo and Juliet in the age of Covid-19
Source: CNN
Read about how our modern-day Romeos coping with quarantine aren’t so different from Shakespeare’s Romeo.
Revisiting Ursula K. Le Guin’s Novella About Interplanetary Racism
Source: The New York Times
Notable science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin wrote a novella about a far-off world that reflects the history of racism and colonization on our own planet. Click here to see graphic novelist Ben Passmore’s rendering of this story.
High school students are demanding schools teach more Black history, include more Black authors
Source: The Washington Post
Students across the country are making their voices heard: they want more diversity and thoughtful planning around anti-racism in their schools.
Vacaville inmates train shelter dogs to become service dogs in new program
Source: ABC
Watch the video to learn more about how dogs are used in a prison training program as a way to rehabilitate inmates.
Japan university awards first-ever ninja studies degree
Source: The Japan Times
Think ninjas are just made-up characters who only live in stories? Think again! Genichi Mitsuhashi is the first students to graduate from a Japanese university with a master’s degree in ninja studies.
This Shook Lebanon Like Nothing Before
Source: CNN
The recent explosion in Beirut is just another disaster the Lebanese people are having to deal with this year. Watch the videos to learn more.