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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.
Scottsboro: an American Tragedy
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In March 1931, two white women in Alabama made the shocking accusation that they had been raped by nine black teenagers on a train. The trials of the young men drew North and South into their sharpest conflict since the Civil War.
Sholem Aleichem: A World in Transition: Emancipation, Acculturation, and Antisemitism - part 1
This excerpt from "Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness" depicts the various ways Jewish communities responded to economic and social changes.
Sholem Aleichem: A World in Transition: Emancipation, Acculturation, and Antisemitism - part 2
This excerpt from "Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness" depicts the various ways Jewish communities responded to economic and social changes.
Sholem Aleichem: Identity in a Changing World
This clip from "Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness" centers on his story "On Account of a Hat".
Sholem Aleichem: Understanding the Life of Shtetl Jews
This clip from "Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness" covers the advantages and disadvantages of growing up in a shtetl as seen through Sholem Aleichem's story "The Town of the Little People."
Slavery by Another Name
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Challenging the idea that slavery in the US ended with the Emancipation Proclamation, this documentary recounts how following the Civil War new forms of forced labor emerged, trapping hundreds of thousands of African Americans in a brutal system.
Sonia Weitz Remembers the Holocaust and Recites her Poem Icicles
Sonia Schreiber Weitz, Holocaust survivor, remembers the brutality of Bergen-Belsen.
Step By Step: Phases of the Holocaust
Scholar Doris Bergen describes the phases of events that led to the Holocaust.
Surviving a Massacre
In this graphic testimony, Holocaust survivor Zvi Michaeli describes realizing that he survived after the Jewish community of Eishyshok, Lithuania was murdered by the Nazis.
Tackling Discrimination against Roma in Schools
Scholar Margareta Matache discusses the discrimination Roma people face in schools and classrooms.
Taking Barometer Online
Learn how to implement the Barometer teaching strategy in an online learning environment. This strategy asks students to take a stand on an issue in an online class discussion.