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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.
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Propaganda
The Power of Propaganda
In this classroom video, a high school class prepares to read Elie Wieselās Night.
Edith Cavell Propaganda Poster
A British propaganda poster depicting the execution of Edith Cavell in 1915.
Viewing Guide: The Power of Propaganda
English language arts teacher Jackie Rubino is preparing to teach the memoir Night, by Elie Wiesel. In order to build studentsā historical understanding, Ms. Rubino leads her class in a lesson on the power of Nazi propaganda. Images from childrenās books, Nazi recruitment posters, posters from the Hitler Youth, and other resources are shared via a gallery walk, after which students consider five discussion questions in small groups.
Propaganda Posters
Have students analyze these examples of Nazi propaganda using the Crop It teaching strategy.
Propaganda Posters (en espaƱol)
Have students analyze these examples of Nazi propaganda using the Crop It teaching strategy. This gallery is in Spanish.
Battle of the Somme Film
From the 1915 propaganda film The Battle of the Somme showing a soldier rescuing a comrade under fire. Although the documentary included staged scenes, this frame was taken from a real combat scene.
Hitler Youth Propaganda
This 1935 poster promotes the Hitler Youth by stating: āYouth serves the FĆ¼hrer! All ten-year-olds into the Hitler Youth.ā
Hitler Youth Propaganda (en espaƱol)
This 1935 poster promotes the Hitler Youth by stating: āYouth serves the FĆ¼hrer! All ten-year-olds into the Hitler Youth.ā This resource is in Spanish.
Imperialism Cartoon, 1898
In this French political cartoon from 1898, the Qing official observes powerlessly as a pastry representing China is divided up by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, William II of Germany, Nicholas II of Russia, the French Marianne, and a samurai of Japan. The cartoon is intended to portray the imperialist tendencies towards China at the time.
Turning Us against Them
Austrian writer Stefan Zweig describes an encounter with hate propaganda at a French movie theatre months before the start of World War I.
Changes at School under the Nazis
Kurt Klein, who emigrated from Walldorf, Germany, to the United States in 1937, recalls how Nazi policies and propaganda affected his life at school.