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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.
La Guespy Children's Home
Jews living at a children's home in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, with their director, Juliette Usach, 1941.
The "In" Group
High school student Eve Shalen reflects back on a time in middle school when peer pressure and desire for belonging influenced her decision-making.
Marlene Dietrich in Blue Angel, 1930
German-American Marlene Dietrich in Blue Angel, Germany’s first full-length talkie.
Mass Grave in Vinnytsia, Ukraine
A member of Einsatzgruppe D, a mobile killing unit, about to shoot a man kneeling by a mass grave in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, in 1942.
Nazi Eugenics Exhibition Poster
This poster from a eugenics exhibition in the 1930s reads, “Sterilization is Liberation, Not a Punishment.” Three handicapped children are also pictured with the caption, “Who would want to be responsible for this?”
Nazi Propaganda Newspaper
An issue of the antisemitic propaganda newspaper Der Stürmer (The Attacker) is posted on the sidewalk in Worms, Germany, in 1935.
Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937
Outraged by reports and photos of the German Air Force's bombing of civilians during the Spanish Civil War, Pablo Picasso painted Guernica after the town that was destroyed.
Philipp Veit, Germania, 1848
Germania, painted by Philipp Veit in 1848, was a symbol of the German nation during the revolutions of 1848–49 and in later years.
Little Things Are Big
Puerto Rican writer Jesús Colón describes a time when his awareness of stereotypes influenced his decision-making.
Little Things Are Big (en español)
Puerto Rican writer Jesús Colón describes a time when his awareness of stereotypes influenced his decision-making. This resource is in Spanish.