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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.
“A 'Total Violation of Human Dignity’ Girlhood Interrupted in Auschwitz (1944)”
This is an excerpt from Simone Lagrange's testimony at a war crimes trial in 1987.
![A group of Tunisian schoolgirls in aprons pose in four rows.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/44540_JPEG.jpg?h=78a6fd7f&itok=cK36mLWu)
Hard Times Return
Compare the party platforms of the Communists, Nazis, and Social Democrats in Germany’s 1932 presidential elections, a time of deep economic crisis.
![The Triadic Ballet was created by Oskar Schlemmer, a painter, sculptor, designer, and choreographer who taught at the Bauhaus art school in Germany during the Weimar Republic. Schlemmer’s ballet represented the Bauhaus style–uncluttered, modern, and geometric.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_image06_Medium_res.jpg?h=ba1117de&itok=QZNmQtuq)
Hitler in Power
Consider the motivations and expectations of Paul von Hindenburg when he appointed Hitler to chancellor of Germany.
![Freikorps soldiers during their attempt to overthrow the Weimar government and restore the monarchy in an attempted coup known as the Kapp Putsch in March 1920.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image14_Medium_res.jpg?h=83f3d97f&itok=18Rs8QaX)
Hitler in Power (UK)
Consider the motivations and expectations of Paul von Hindenburg when he appointed Hitler to chancellor of Germany.
![Freikorps soldiers during their attempt to overthrow the Weimar government and restore the monarchy in an attempted coup known as the Kapp Putsch in March 1920.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image14_Medium_res.jpg?h=83f3d97f&itok=18Rs8QaX)
Hitler in Power (en español)
Consider the motivations and expectations of Paul von Hindenburg when he appointed Hitler to chancellor of Germany. This resource is in Spanish.
![Freikorps soldiers during their attempt to overthrow the Weimar government and restore the monarchy in an attempted coup known as the Kapp Putsch in March 1920.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image14_Medium_res.jpg?h=83f3d97f&itok=18Rs8QaX)
Law and Disorder
Read about the Weimar Republic’s responses to two political uprisings–a left-wing rebellion in Bavaria and a conservative uprising by paramilitary group the Freikorps.
![Freikorps soldiers during their attempt to overthrow the Weimar government and restore the monarchy in an attempted coup known as the Kapp Putsch in March 1920.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image14_Medium_res.jpg?h=83f3d97f&itok=18Rs8QaX)
The Myth of a Jewish Conspiracy
Learn how the myth of the Elders of Zion contributed to scapegoating and antisemitism toward Jews in the Weimar Republic.
![Poster featuring antisemitic caricature of a Jewish figure.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image13_Medium_res.jpg?h=91de06ad&itok=fqk1q0wG)
A New Economic Crisis
Gain insight into the devastating poverty, unemployment, and hopelessness experienced by Germans during the Great Depression.
![This German election poster from 1930 says, “Work, Freedom, and Bread–Vote National Socialist!""](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image15_Medium_res.jpg?h=91911040&itok=T4-iosds)
The November Revolution
Learn about the political uprisings in Germany after World War I that resulted in the fall of the German empire.
![A woman takes a basket of banknotes to buy cabbage at a market during the 1933 hyperinflation in Weimar Germany.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image11_Medium_res.jpg?h=743bf4af&itok=TikJcpxP)
Rumors of Betrayal
Investigate how a rumor about the role of Jews in Germany’s surrender in World War I escalated throughout the defeated nation.
![German military aircraft being dismantled and scrapped after World War I, according to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image10_Medium_res.jpg?h=8b6300e7&itok=AKXPn6CM)
In Search of Meaning
Consider why paramilitary groups such as the Freikorps formed in the aftermath of World War I in Germany.
![The Triadic Ballet was created by Oskar Schlemmer, a painter, sculptor, designer, and choreographer who taught at the Bauhaus art school in Germany during the Weimar Republic. Schlemmer’s ballet represented the Bauhaus style–uncluttered, modern, and geometric.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_image06_Medium_res.jpg?h=ba1117de&itok=QZNmQtuq)