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Photo Caption: John Rabe and the Nanjing Safety Zone Committee (Yale Divinity School Library, Ernest H. Forster Papers) An original version of this post was published on April 19 on Facing Today, a blog by Facing History and Ourselves . And here is a link to the blog on  the Facing History website . Written by Addie Male , history teacher, Upper House Humanities Department Chairperson, and dance ensemble advisor at Millennium Brooklyn High School in Park Slope, Brooklyn. ____________________________________________________ I have long wanted to develop and teach a unit on the Nanjing Atrocities for my students at Millennium Brooklyn High School. As a high school history teacher with an undergraduate degree in East Asian Studies, I see it as an important history that we seldom teach in the United States. It was wonderfully serendipitous last spring when, shortly after my proposal was approved for a new, senior elective entitled, �Turning Points in Global History,� Facing History and...

Green Revolution: Blessing or Curse? This short ten-minute clip clearly thinks it was a blessing arguing the lives saved through the genetic engineering of plants outweighs environmental concerns. In addition to this clip, students might also read this short essay from from International Food Policy Institute.

Here's a good primer on how to do a Socratic seminar. In the Teaching Channel video below, a 9th grade english class tackles the elements of a poem.