Resource Library
Find compelling classroom resources, learn new teaching methods, meet standards, and make a difference in the lives of your students.
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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.
Current Events Toolkit
This toolkit provides flexible and adaptable tools and strategies for integrating current events into your teaching.
Democracy and Current Events
This toolkit provides lessons and strategies for helping your students make sense of issues in the news related to democracy.
Back to School: Building Community for Connection and Learning
These back-to-school activities and teacher resources will help you lay a foundation for a reflective and caring community at the start of the school year.
Moral Luck and Dilemmas of Judgment (en español)
Reflect on the challenges posed by making moral judgments about the actions of people in the past. This resource is in Spanish.
La chance de la morale et les dilemmes du jugement
Réfléchissez aux défis posés par les jugements moraux sur les actions des acteurs du passé.
Obeying Orders
Learn how the Nuremberg defendants' argued that German leaders were following orders when committing atrocities during the Holocaust.
Revenge
Reflect on the desire for revenge that many victorious troops held at the end of World War II.
Voting Rights in the United States
These three excerpted stories demonstrate how voting restrictions in the United States can impact various groups of people in different ways.
The Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
Read the perspectives of authors, ministers, scholars, and rabbis and consider the meaning and limitations of forgiveness, responsibility, and justice.
Klaus Langer's Diary Entry on Kristallnacht, November 11, 1938
An entry from the diary of Klaus Langer from November 11, 1938, in which Langer describes his experiences during Kristallnacht.
American Experience: America and the Holocaust
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This episode of The American Experience examines the role of the United States in the Holocaust, exploring such issues as American antisemitism and the deliberate suppression of information that European Jews were slated for genocide.