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Introducing Our US History Curriculum Collection
Draw from this flexible curriculum collection as you plan any middle or high school US history course. Featuring units, C3-style inquiries, and case studies, the collection will help you explore themes of democracy and freedom with your students throughout the year.
World Responses to Kristallnacht (En Español)
In Spanish, consider how leaders like FDR, clergy members, and ordinary people around the world responded to the news of Kristallnacht.
Bystanders at Hartheim Castle (en español)
Consider why the residents of Hartheim kept silent about the evidence of mass murder they witnessed in their town throughout World War II. This resource is in Spanish.
Colonizing Poland (en español)
In Spanish, learn about the Nazis’ plan to rearrange the population of Poland, which resulted in the displacement of more than a million ethnic Poles and Jews.
“Cultural Missionaries” (en español)
In Spanish, consider what German citizens thought of Hitler's plan to colonize Poland through these reflections from a member of the League of German Girls and two German soldiers.
Words Matter (en español)
Reflect on the power of the words that we attach to people through an Anishinaabe woman’s memory of being called an “Indian” while growing up in Canada. This resource is in Spanish.
Speaking in Whispers (en español)
Learn about the role of cell and block wardens, Germans who collected information about their neighbors in Nazi German society. This resource is in Spanish.
Spying on Family and Friends (en español)
Discover the effects of the “Malicious Attacks” law, which criminalized dissent to the Nazi party, had on one German family and on German society as a whole. This resource is in Spanish.
Le Chambon: A Village Takes a Stand (en español)
Explore rescue during the Holocaust with the story of a community in Southern France that sheltered and hid thousands of Jews fleeing Nazi persecution.
Opportunism during Kristallnacht (en español)
In Spanish, examine firsthand reports of the theft committed against Jews during the chaos and violence of Kristallnacht. This resource is in Spanish.
A Commandant’s View (en español)
In Spanish, get insight into how a commander at a Nazi death camp viewed his victims and coped with his actions.
A Basic Feeling of Human Dignity (en español)
In Spanish, diary entries from a Jewish woman imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen shed light on how prisoners in camps and ghettos were deprived of dignity.