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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.
Growing Resistance Meets Growing Repression
Investigate the resurgent wave of international and domestic anti-apartheid activism that led to increased violence before both sides compromised over a legal conclusion to apartheid.
Transition to Democracy
Examine the continuing struggle for South Africa as it creates a representative democracy, attempts to heal from the legacy of apartheid, and searches for a new, inclusive identity.
The Individual and Society
How does our society shape the way we define ourselves and others? Explore some of the dilemmas people experience when others perceive them differently than they define themselves.
We and They
Discover how societies throughout history have defined membership based on ideas about human similarities and differences, such as race, religion, and nation.
The Importance of the Partisans
Learn about the key role that the partisans played in saving the lives of many Jews, Gentiles, and Greek citizens.
Jewish Life in Belarus Before the Holocaust
Read a brief history of Jewish life in Belarus before World War II.
Jewish Life in Greece Before the Holocaust
Read a brief overview of the presence of the Jewish population in the early centuries of Greece.
Jewish Life in Lithuania Before the Holocaust
Learn the history of Jewish life in Lithuania by reading this historical overview.
Jewish Life in Poland Before the Holocaust
Read a Jewish partisan’s account of how his unit gained the trust and respect of the local population while resisting the Germans.
Jewish Partisans in Belarus
Introduce students to the partisan resistance movement in Belarus with this brief overview.
Jewish Partisans in Greece
Learn how Greek Jews were active in the partisan resistance movement during World II, despite the presence of German forces in Greece.