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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.
For Freedoms: Four Freedoms by Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur (en español)
This series of photographs are modern update to Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms created by the artists Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur.
![people standing in audience](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/SPEECH_C_015.jpg?h=58c29b6d&itok=6R_VTo5h)
The First South Carolina Legislature (en español)
This image, captioned in Spanish, shows 63 members of South Carolina’s 1968 state legislature, the first state legislature with a Black majority.
![African American and Radical Republican members of the South Carolina Legislature in the 1870s.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/REC_03_First_South.jpg?h=e4d64d67&itok=cL1yI8GT)
1932 German Election Ballot (en español)
The 1932 German election ballot featured 36 parties, many of which existed only on paper. The number of different groups made it difficult for any single party to gain a majority in parliament in the Weimar Republic. This resource is in Spanish.
![A sample 1932 German Election ballot. A long page with a list of items to vote on, in German text.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-P046291%2C_Berlin%2C_Reichstagswahl%2C_Wahlzettel_Medium_res.jpg?h=64aaa142&itok=H6JurCwa)
The Artist and His Mother by Arshile Gorky (en español)
This image, which is on the cover of Facing History's publication Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the Armenians was painted by the artist Arshile Gorky. It is based on a photograph of Gorky and his mother, Sushan der Marderosian, taken in 1912. Although Gorky is generally identified as an American artist, he was born Vosdanig Adoian near the city of Van in what was then the Ottoman Empire. A few years after the photograph was taken, Gorky and his mother were victims of the Armenian Genocide. While he survived, Gorky remembers his mother dying in his arms. As an artist Gorky returned to the subject of the 1912 photograph many times throughout his career. This resource is in Spanish.
![Painting of artist Arshile Gorky and his mother.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/GenocideOfTheArmeniansArshileGorky.jpeg?h=83a548ea&itok=vPFn3ux0)
Aschrott Fountain (en español)
In Kassel, Germany, artist Horst Hoheisel created a “counter-memorial” marking the site where a majestic fountain built by a Jewish citizen once stood; it had been destroyed by the Nazis in 1939. This image is in Spanish.
![In Kassel, Germany, artist Horst Hoheisel created a “counter-memorial” marking the site where a majestic fountain built by a Jewish citizen once stood; it had been destroyed by Nazis in 1939.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch11_image15_Medium_res.jpg?h=c6d0d1c4&itok=Gb3MH30L)
Memorial to Roma and Sinti Victims of National Socialism (en español)
This memorial in Berlin, Germany, was designed by Dani Karavan and opened in 2012. The triangular stone at the center of the pool holds a fresh flower which is replaced every day. This image is in Spanish.
![This Berlin, Germany, memorial was designed by Dani Karavan and opened in 2012. The triangular stone at the center of the pool holds a fresh flower which is replaced every day.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch11_image17_Medium_res.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=ws2w9-MJ)
Stolpersteine (en español)
A Holocaust sidewalk memorial marks the spot where a family lived before they were murdered. This image is in Spanish.
Street Calculus (en español)
This cartoon by Garry Trudeau explores the ways that identity impacts how we perceive people. This image is in Spanish.
![Cartoon depicting two strangers greeting each other, while in thought bubbles each internally assesses the other’s “risk.”](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/StreetCalculus_FH224140.jpg?h=b5c2cb84&itok=pKvhN6fn)
Hitler Youth Propaganda (en español)
This 1935 poster promotes the Hitler Youth by stating: “Youth serves the Führer! All ten-year-olds into the Hitler Youth.” This resource is in Spanish.
![This 1935 poster promotes the Hitler Youth by stating: “Youth serves the Führer! All ten-year-olds into the Hitler Youth.”](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1935_HitlerYouthPropaganda_FH229453.jpg?h=281fd010&itok=hUkcmOSd)
Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach (en español)
Miami Beach is home to a large number of Holocaust survivors, who commissioned this memorial by architect Kenneth Treister in 1990. The outstretched arm is almost four stories tall. This image is in Spanish.
![Miami Beach is home to a large number of Holocaust survivors, who commissioned this memorial by architect Kenneth Treister in 1990. The outstretched arm is almost four stories tall.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch11_image20_Medium_res.jpg?h=5bfab19b&itok=N--PKP-3)
El Niño del Gueto de Varsovia
Esta foto muestra a Tsvi Nussbaum, de 7 años, en el gueto de Varsovia en 1943. La foto fue tomada por un fotógrafo nazi. La información sobre si este niño sobrevivió a la guerra es contradictoria en los registros.
![Seven year old boy Tsvi Nussbaum holds his hands up in Warsaw, 1943.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1943_BoyintheWarsawGhetto_FH249278.jpg?h=1142ef81&itok=0XIzDPv2)
Otto Dix, Verwundeter (Wounded Soldier), 1924 (en español)
Dix was a New Objectivist artist known for the brutal realism of his paintings. He was wounded several times by German soldiers on the western front during World War I. He based his series Der Krieg (The War) on these experiences. This resource is in Spanish.
![Dix was a New Objectivist artist known for the brutal realism of his paintings. He was wounded several times by Germans soldier on the Western Front during World War I. He based his series entitled Der Krieg (The War) on these experiences.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image04_Medium_res.jpg?h=f3a37c6e&itok=Ne3vlzPM)