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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.
“Rehearsal for the New World” Transcript
Students use this handout to read, analyze, and discuss the poem “Rehearsal for the New World”.
![A student writing on a piece of paper.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/LosAngeles_Classroom_2012_FH116208.jpg?h=265e640d&itok=HQXpFTSl)
“A Jewish Adolescent Ponders her Identity (1939)” by Marie Abravanel
A teenage girl in Libya named Marie Abravanel reflects on her Jewish identity.
![Family portrait of the Beretvas family in Tunis. Three people sit on a couch and two people stand behind the couch.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/07654_JPeg.jpg?h=bdec65d7&itok=3XOYanDg)
“Chameleon” from It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime
In this personal narrative, comedian Trevor Noah shares experiences from his childhood in South Africa during the apartheid era.
!["It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" (Adapted for Young Readers) book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-03/91vH4LeWsQL_SL1500_%20resize.jpg?h=0817e018&itok=64qC218Y)
I Am the Only American Indian
In this personal narrative, a young woman reflects on racial dynamics and feeling invisible in the school cafeteria.
![Student highlights paper](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-03/RooseveltHS-29.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=SdqH9A8X)
I’ve Been Called Worse
In this personal narrative, a young person reflects on their experience as gender nonconforming (or gender creative) in middle school.
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The Redneck Stereotype
Authors Joseph Flora and Lucinda MacKethan describe the characteristics of the “redneck,” a specific stereotype of a poor white Southerner.
![A man named Floyd Burroughs stands with four children on a wooden house porch.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/2014_FloydBurroughsWithChildren2_FH131398.jpg?h=76e782aa&itok=X94ixWj8)
The Japanese Press
Read an excerpt of a story published in the Japanese press about two Japanese soldiers' brutal actions in China.
![Japanese-Chinese War ADN-ZB / Archive The Japanese Aggression and China's National Liberation Struggle Against the Agressors 1931-1939 Japanese troops taking Nanking. Ann .: January 1938 [Second Japanese-Chinese War, China.- Taking Nanking by Japanese troops.]](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-U1002-502%2C_Japanisch-Chinesischer_Krieg_Medium_res.jpg?h=048697cd&itok=0w4tu3v2)
Western Diplomats
Consider how diplomats from Western countries responded to news of the Nanjing atrocities.
![Chinese citizens, and American and British visitors, evacuate Nanjing in preparation for an attack by the Japanese.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/IMAGE_33_5_EVACUATION_Medium_res.jpg?h=d9e3d5ec&itok=xyqP52So)