Revised in 2018, this one-week curriculum introduces students to the history of the Holocaust and the choices of individuals, groups, and nations that contributed to genocide.
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Visual Essay: Free Expression in the Weimar Republic
Explore Weimar-era fine art, film, and ballet with this collection of images. Analyze the experimental styles and social commentary of German art in the 1920s.
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Visual Essay: Holocaust Memorials and Monuments
Study various memorials and monuments and reflect on the ways in which we choose to remember history.
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Visual Essay: The Impact of Propaganda
Explore a curated selection of primary source propaganda images from Nazi Germany.
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Race in US History
The Reconstruction Era
"Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?) State" (1874)
How do racial stereotypes in the media create and reinforce “in” groups and “out” groups in a society?
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
"Eldorado," Otto Dix
Eldorado by Otto Dix, portraying the famous nightclub in Berlin that was shut down by the Nazis.
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Race in US History
The Reconstruction Era
"Emancipation" (1865)
This is a political cartoon done by Thomas Nast in 1865.
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Race in US History
The Reconstruction Era
"He Wants a Change Too" (1876)
How do racial stereotypes in the media create and reinforce “in” groups and “out” groups in a society?
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Antisemitism & Religious Intolerance
"Jewish Culture," Der Stürmer Antisemitic Cartoon
Title: "Jewish Culture"
Caption: "The natural and the unnatural."
Explanation: A German couple enjoy the outdoors, while a Jew with his Gentile girlfriend are watching a pornographic movie. (August 1929)
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
"Kitchen Knife," Hannah Hoch (1919)
Hannah Hoch, (Schnitt mit dem kuchenmesser dada durch die letzte weimarer bierbauchkulturepoche deutschlands) Cut with the Kitchen Knife Through the First Epoch of the Weimar Beer-Belly Culture, 1919.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
"Memorial for Karl Liebknecht," Käthe Kollwitz (1921)
"Memorial for Karl Liebknecht" by Käthe Kollwitz, 1921. Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg were among the founders of the Berlin Spartakusbund (Spartacus League) that evolved into the Communist Party of Germany. On January 15, 1919, Liebknecht and Luxemburg were shot to death during the Spartacus Revolt on the pretext that they were attempting escape.
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"Metamorphose" by John Heartfield
Artist John Heartfield created this satirical photomontage, showing the metamorphosis from President Friedrich Ebert (caterpillar) to Paul von Hindenburg (pupa) to Adolf Hitler (death’s-head moth). Born Helmut Herzfelde, the artist changed his name to John Heartfield to protest the strong anti-English hostility present in Germany during World War I.
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