Themes

This database includes three ways to browse the compiled teaching resources: by author or artist name, by general theme, and by course level. There are currently two general themes: race & ethnicity, gender & sexuality. Navigate to a specific theme and view sub-categories using the dropdown menu above.

These teaching resources should act as a starting point . In many ways, we have only just begun this work and only provide minimal sample teaching materials, such as discussion questions, small activities, or project ideas focused on one primary source.

Want to just dive in and see what surfaces? Try clicking a tag in the word cloud below! Some might have only one lesson currently, some might have dozens.

1910s 1920s 1930s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s abbas khider abschiebung activity annett groeschner arab-german article austria baghdad beirut belonging berlin body border crossing cartography city life coming out community comparative discussion contemporary politics cross dressing damascus die literarische welt dima albitar kalaji East Germany education epistolary essay femininity film flight fraktur grammar guevara namer Heimat HIV/AIDS homophobia identity inclusion intergenerational intersectionality iran iraq islam khaled barakeh labor language lesbian lesbian desire liberation listening comprehension map marriage masculinity media medicine modernism multidirectional memory multilingualism music nationality neue sachlichkeit newspapers & magazines novel orlanda frauenverlag painting paratext photography poetry politics portraiture post-1945 postwar print culture racism reproductive rights sam zamrik sexology short story socialism svenja leiber syria temporality theater translation transnational weimar widad nabi women creators writing WWI WWII