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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.
National Socialist German Workers’ Party Platform (en español)
Explore the provisions Hitler proposed at the National Socialist German Workers' Party’s first large party gathering 1920.
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Refusing to Pledge Allegiance (en español)
Read about two men's refusals to pledge their allegiance to the Nazis and the consequences they faced.
![German military recruits swear allegiance to Adolf Hitler.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_SwearingAllegianceToHitler_FH229433.jpg?h=827069f2&itok=8JL6O5JQ)
Signing the Armistice (en español)
Find out about the terms of the armistice that ended World War I and the rumors that swirled in its wake. This resource is in Spanish.
![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)
The Evian Conference (en español)
Learn about the conference called by FDR in 1938 to discuss the growing Jewish refugee crisis. This resource is in Spanish.
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Storm Troopers, Elite Guards, and Secret Police (en español)
Learn about the roles of the the SA, the SS, and the Gestapo in Nazi Germany. This resource is in Spanish.
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A Visitor’s Perspective on Kristallnacht (en español)
In Spanish, consider a Swiss merchant’s account of how his German colleagues responded to the events of Kristallnacht.
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A Matter of Obedience? (en español)
Learn about psychologist Stanley Milgram’s experiments on obedience and the insight they offer into the motives of Nazi perpetrators. This resource is in Spanish.
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Protests in Germany (en español)
Investigate different examples of protest and resistance by Germans against the Nazi regime in the 1940s, including the White Rose resistance group. This resource is in Spanish.
![Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst in June 1942.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_2016_WhiteRoseResistanceGroup_FH229473.jpg?h=dfc3751c&itok=BjXT-amv)
A Family Responds to Kristallnacht (en español)
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In Spanish, learn about a family who assisted their Jewish neighbors after Kristallnacht, and the consequences they faced for this decision to help.
![Pedestrians in front of the demolished businesses of Jewish residents on Potsdamer St., Berlin. November 10, 1938.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1938_PedestriansFrontDestroyedJewishBusinesses_FH223827.jpg?h=603532df&itok=ov-1rXgn)
Reserve Police Battalion 101 (en español)
Investigate perpetrator behavior with historian Christopher Browning’s study of the men of a police unit that killed Jews during World War II. This resource is in Spanish.
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Take This Giant Leap (en español)
Begin your study of the Holocaust with a poem by Holocaust survivor Sonia Weitz. This resource is in Spanish.
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