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![A group of high school students sit at desks in conversation.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2023-10/AdobeStock_254378868.jpg?itok=f6YAphey)
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.
Identity and Storytelling
Designed for students in grades 9-10, this text set includes lesson plans and multi-genre texts for a 1–2 week unit exploring the essential question, "What makes me, me?"
Power, Agency, and Voice
Designed for students in grades 11-12, this text set includes lesson plans and multi-genre texts for a 1–2 week unit exploring the essential question, "How do I empower myself to speak up and take action on behalf of myself and others?”
![Four students at their desks, working in a group.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-07/Chicago_Classroom_2019_FH2101383.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=spLBW7yj)
Being Seen: Becoming Who You Want to Be
Designed for students in grades 7-8, this text set includes lesson plans and multi-genre texts for a two-week unit exploring the essential question “How do we become who we want to be in the world?”
![Female students engage in classroom discussion.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/Los_Angeles_Classroom_2018_FH287371.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=eH1zDwbJ)
From Fitting In to Belonging: Understanding the Forces That Shape Belonging
Designed for students in grades 7 and 8, this text set includes lesson plans and multi-genre texts for a two-week unit exploring the essential questions, “What are the forces that shape belonging? How can we reduce barriers to belonging for ourselves and others?”
![Students eating together](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-03/Facing-History_SJLA_184.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=saVDWo2D)
South African Scooter Drivers Union
Spurred by the strikes in Durban in 1973, the formation of trade unions, like the South African Scooter Drivers Union in Johannesburg (1984), provided labor protection to black South Africans.
![Illusration on poster depicts men on motorcyles with shirts reading "SASDU" and gold wings.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/South_African_Scooter_Drivers_Union_teaser.jpeg?h=def8f538&itok=JVshKpJE)
Support the Consumer Boycott
Designed in 1985, this UDF poster, is the first from a set of five that were produced to highlight the demands of a consumer boycott in the Western Cape.
![Hands raised in protest hold a book, tools, and paintbrushes carry, and a flag that says "the people shall govern."](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Support_the_Consumer_Boycott.jpg?h=e4cd756e&itok=7Rk5a85j)
UDF Public Meeting
The Johannesburg Democratic Action Committee (JODAC) was formed as an affiliate of the UDF in 1983, and provided an opportunity for whites to join the struggle against apartheid.
![Poster with information about a public meeting at Johannesburg City Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Call_to_Whites.jpg?h=258346de&itok=fxQqyjY4)
UDF Unites, Apartheid Divides
Established in 1983, the United Democratic Fronts' goal was the establishment of a non-racial, united South Africa in which segregation is abolished and society is freed from institutional and systemic racism.
![Poster advertising a rally in Capetown contains an illustration of people marching carrying a "UDF" flag.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/UDF_Unites_-_Apartheid_Divides.jpg?h=2b832867&itok=CtZS0cnT)
The Eternal Jew
This 1938 poster advertises a popular antisemitic traveling exhibit called Der Ewige Jude (The Eternal Jew).
![1938 poster for antisemitic traveling exhibit called The Eternal Jew. Pictures a caricature of man holding coins in one hand, a whip in another hand, and a tablet with a hammer and scythe under his arm.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1938_DerEwigeJude_FH229442.jpg?h=b5e7ecd0&itok=qprTVSm1)
The Eternal Jew (en español)
This 1938 poster advertises a popular antisemitic traveling exhibit called Der Ewige Jude (The Eternal Jew). This resource is in Spanish.
![1938 poster for antisemitic traveling exhibit called The Eternal Jew. Pictures a caricature of man holding coins in one hand, a whip in another hand, and a tablet with a hammer and scythe under his arm.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1938_DerEwigeJude_FH229442.jpg?h=b5e7ecd0&itok=qprTVSm1)