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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.
A Statement of Faith
Survivors of the ghetto-camp Terezin share stories about their underground publication Vedem and other acts of spiritual resistance.
Forgetting Isn't Healing
Jouranlist Sonari Glinton connects Elie Wiesel’s teachings on bearing witness to his own experiences as a Black man in the United States.
“A Jewish Adolescent Ponders her Identity (1939)” by Marie Abravanel
A teenage girl in Libya named Marie Abravanel reflects on her Jewish identity.
Jewish Resistance in Algeria
This reading provides historical context about the Jews in Algeria and their resistance to antisemitic attacks.
Interview with Benjamin Doron, Child Survivor from Libya
In this excerpt, Benjamin Doron, a survivor from Libya, describes how his life was impacted by the war.
“Marking the Days of Awe in Sidi Aziz (1942)”
This document is an excerpt from the writing of Amishadai Guetta, a Libyan Jew who was interned in a camp called Sidi Aziz.
“An Algerian Muslim’s Memories of Internment”
This is an excerpt from the diary of Mohammed Arezki Berkani, an Algerian Muslim who was imprisoned by the Vichy government in 1941 for his anti-colonial activities.
“Celebrating Purim in the Bizerte Camp (1942-1943)”
This is an excerpt from the diary of Jacob André Guez's who was imprisoned at a forced labor camp near the city of Bizerte, Tunisia.
“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.
Choices in a Modern World
Get insight into how the Jewish Enlightenment affected Jewish women in this memoir excerpt from Pauline Wengeroff.
Words Matter
Reflect on the power of the words that we attach to people through an Anishinaabe woman’s memory of being called an “Indian” while growing up in Canada (Spanish available).