The original text, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, which tells the story of tragic love. A bitter feud between the rivaling families, the Montagues and Capulets, keeps the city of Verona, Italy, in a state of constant unrest. Despite the warring, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall passionately in love. The two lovers are destined for tragedy as complications arise amidst the enmity and violence.

The classic Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet, is adapted into a graphic novel version. The scenes of the play are depicted in illustrations with every word of the original text. This helps students appreciate Shakespeare’s language in a new way. The students will be using this graphic novel as their main resource.

West Side Story is musical film adaptation of the classic romantic tragedy, “Romeo and Juliet.” The feuding families are two warring New York City gangs – the white American Jets, and the Puerto Rican Sharks. Their hatred escalates to a point where neither can coexist with any form of empathy. The situation becomes complicated when a gang member falls in love with the a rival’s sister, leading to a spiraling climax and tragic ending. This musical film version is a fun way for the students to view a modernized version of Romeo and Juliet as well as see how universal this classic play is.

The classic story of Romeo and Juliet is adapted by director, Baz Luhrmann, set in a modern-day city of Verona Beach. The Montagues and Capulets are two feuding families, whose children, by fate, meet and fall in love. Although the film is reinterpreted in modern times, it still remains the same timeless story of the “star crossed lovers.” Again, the students can interact with Shakespeare's play in a different way but in the context and world that is very familiar to students.

This blog article concentrates on gender stereotyping in advertisements today and how those portrayals contribute to the bias in our society. It addresses how there are still patterns of gender portrayals, how these portrayals still conform to traditional gender norms. Through this article, students can learn about the ideas of “masculinity” and “femininity” that media present in advertisements, and how it heavily teaches people stereotyping roles, behaviors, and ways of thinking.

This article walks though women's experiences with arranged marriage as stories from a family. It is a balanced look at what it means and how it has changed, and a good introduction to think about marriage during the time of Rome and Juliet and what students think of the idea today.

UC Santa Cruz News wrote about a speech by Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, documentarian, and activist. His speech was on the immigrant identity and the nature of the American dream, and his journey as an undocumented journalist.

Francois Grosjean writes in this article about the many advantages of being a bicultural, how leading a life of blended cultures can afford one to "achieve higher levels of integrative complexity in a number of ways."

From the University of Florida, Natalie Cardenas writes about her own experience as a Peruvian immigrant, navigating the struggles of growing up in the US.

In Minneapolis, a community of Somali immigrants work together to preserve culture while simultaneously integrating American culture.

A Youtube video, comedically explaining the Indian caste system in an informative and entertaining way.

"Most Indian families still prefer marriages arranged within their religion and caste. Marriages outside these rigid boundaries have often led to violent consequences, including "honour" killings. But some young Indians are still willing to defy their families and communities for love, reports the BBC's Divya Arya."