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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.
Introduction to Antisemitism, its Past and its Present
This overview helps students understand the long history of hatred and discrimination against Jews and how anti-Judaism was transformed in the nineteenth century into antisemitism.
Marian Turski: Auschwitz Memorial Speech
Holocaust survivor Marian Turski reflects on the dangers of bystanding in this speech excerpt.
Visual Essay: Holocaust Memorials and Monuments
Study various memorials and monuments and reflect on the ways in which we choose to remember history.
Acknowledging the Past to Shape the Present
Learn about two initiatives aimed at confronting past violence and reflect on how facing the past can help shape a better future.
Acknowledging the Past to Shape the Present (en español)
Learn about two initiatives aimed at confronting past violence and reflect on how facing the past can help shape a better future. This resource is in Spanish.
Finding a Voice in Art
Explore how Chilean women used folk art to heal and advocate for justice in the wake of human rights abuses by General Pinochet’s dictatorship.
Open-Source Participation
Learn about how bloggers and activists in Kenya used technology to respond to violence after a contested election in 2008.
Anti-Judaism before the Enlightenment
Deepen your understanding of the history of antisemitism with this overview of the persecution, violence, and restrictions Jews throughout Europe faced during the Middle Ages.
Anti-Judaism before the Enlightenment (en español)
Deepen your understanding of the history of antisemitism with this overview of the persecution, violence, and restrictions Jews throughout Europe faced during the Middle Ages. This resource is in Spanish.
Breeding Society’s "Fittest"
Learn how people in the late nineteenth-century used race science, social Darwinism, and eugenics to justify their ideas about membership.
Creating the German Nation
Read about the confluence of nationalism, race science, and German-unification efforts in mid-eighteenth-century German society.