In this lesson students learn that the recent anti-immigrant rhetoric follows a long tradition of nativist sentiment in America (The Lowdown, USA 2016)

Students read about what it’s like to be a Muslim teenager growing up in America at this moment, then consider ideas for countering stereotypes and Islamophobia (New York Times Learning Network 2015).

Brexit grew out of a deep, unexamined divide between those that fear globalization and those that embrace it, says social scientist Alexander Betts (TED video, 17 minutes 2018).

As you move through this online exhibit, you’ll experience Ellis Island as one of the over 12 million people who landed here, seeking to pass through this gateway to a life where hope replaced fear.

Collection of 1400 prints of political cartoons from the period of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars (Oxford University Library 2009)

Survey on ʺstudent reports of the presence of gangs and weapons and the availability of drugs at school, student reports of bullying and cyberbullying, and fear and avoidance behaviors of crime victims and nonvictims at school.ʺ (National Center for Education Statistics 2010)

This American Life is one of the most popular podcasts in the United States. The podcast follows the same format as the radio show of the same name on thisamericanlife.org Each episode is themed and includes a variety of true tales of everyday people.  Past themes have included “Back to School”, “The End of the World as We Know” and “Fear of Sleep”. ...

In this New York Times lesson, students learn about current research on social structure and personality attributes in a type of communal spider, then design their own research questions meant to investigate traits in humans like shyness, boldness or fear of the new (2014).

Results From the 2007 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, released in July 2010, findings on ”student reports of the presence of gangs and weapons and the availability of drugs at school, student reports of bullying and cyberbullying, and fear and avoidance behaviors of crime victims and nonvictims at school.” (National Center for Education ...

ʺEven during a year of division and fear of the future in many corners of America, the Fixes column found people trying to make things better — and succeeding.ʺ ʺWhat difference can one ordinary person make?Here are six people Fixes wrote about in the last year who show what the answer can be: a lot.ʺ Quelle: Anbieter (NYT / 2018)