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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.
Jews in German-Polish Border Town
This photograph shows Polish Jews who were expelled from their homes in Germany by the Nazis 1938.
![A crowd of people outside surrounded by their suitcases and other belongings](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Jews_in_German_Polish_Border_Town_FH229458.jpg?h=4c3b389f&itok=TnN_eR6P)
1932 German Election Ballot
The 1932 German election ballot featured 36 parties, many of which existed only on paper. The number of different groups made it difficult for any single party to gain a majority in parliament in the Weimar Republic.
![A sample 1932 German Election ballot. A long page with a list of items to vote on, in German text.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-P046291%2C_Berlin%2C_Reichstagswahl%2C_Wahlzettel_Medium_res.jpg?h=64aaa142&itok=H6JurCwa)
1932 German Election Ballot (en español)
The 1932 German election ballot featured 36 parties, many of which existed only on paper. The number of different groups made it difficult for any single party to gain a majority in parliament in the Weimar Republic. This resource is in Spanish.
![A sample 1932 German Election ballot. A long page with a list of items to vote on, in German text.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-P046291%2C_Berlin%2C_Reichstagswahl%2C_Wahlzettel_Medium_res.jpg?h=64aaa142&itok=H6JurCwa)
Julius Streicher, Publisher of Der StĂĽrmer, Stands Trial in Nuremberg
Julius Streicher, publisher of Der StĂĽrmer, an antisemitic newspaper, stands trial in Nuremberg on April 29, 1946.
![Candid side profile photograph of an older man with translation headphones on](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Julius_Streicher_Publisher_of_Der_St%C3%BCrmer_FH2169294.jpg?h=c81df639&itok=x6b6Jccr)
Kalecka Jewish Elementary School
Pupils in the second grade work in their classroom at the Kalecka Jewish elementary school in Warsaw, Poland, ca. 1937–1938.
![Teacher standing amongst young girls sitting at their desks](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Kalecka_Jewish_Elementary_School_%20FH2115441.jpg?h=e91a75a9&itok=syk7BTC0)
Leaders of Sighet’s Jewish Community
A late 1920’s portrait of leaders in Sighet’s Jewish Community
![Group photo of men in suits and a young girl](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Leaders_of_Sighet%E2%80%99s_Jewish_Community_FH260041.jpg?h=01b11b5d&itok=jngY4OvX)
League of German Girls
The League of German Girls was the girls' wing of the Nazi Party youth movement. A typical activity for members was to go on walks while their mothers were working
![The League of German Girls was the girls wing of the Nazi Party youth movement. A typical activity for members was to go on walks while their mothers were working.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_LeagueGermanGirls_FH229440.jpg?h=cb9047e7&itok=XKNkvqOT)
League of German Girls in the Warthegau
After Germany conquered the Warthegau region of Poland, members of the League of German Girls moved there to help colonize and spread German culture.
![After Germany conquered the Warthegau region of Poland, members of the League of German Girls moved there to help colonize and spread German culture.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_LeagueGermanGirlsWarthegau_%20FH229470.jpg?h=ba88677a&itok=tJvIvSBu)
Leopold Schmutzler, Working Maidens, 1940
This painting, Working Maidens by Leopold Schmutzler, was showcased by the Nazis at the 1940 Great German Art Exhibition in Munich.
![This painting, Working Maidens by Leopold Schmutzler, was showcased by the Nazis at the 1940 Great German Art Exhibition in Munich.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1940_WorkingMaidens_%20FH229443.jpg?h=9b7248ed&itok=-VSRK6pU)
Why MLK Encouraged 225,000 Chicago Kids to Cut Class in 1963
Learn about the 1963 Chicago Public School Boycott, when students demanded better schools for black neighborhoods and equal opportunity for all.
![Crowd fills LaSalle Street between City Hall and building housing Board of Education as hundreds of demonstrators marched in Chicago on Oct. 22, 1963 following a one-day boycott of public schools.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Democracy_1963_AfricanAmericanIntegrationAntiSchoolBoycott1963IL_FH2169828.jpg?h=12de4a96&itok=CAfhRaQg)