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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.
Inside the Japanese American Campaign for Reparations
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In this interview with NPR, a former incarceree recounts the redress campaignās challenges, the realities of incarceration camps, and implications for other reparations movements.
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The Movement to Teach AAPI History in Public Schools
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In this article from CNBC, reporter Jennifer Liu details the impact of the growing movement to teach AAPI history in public schools.
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The Movement to Teach AAPI History in Public Schools (en espaƱol)
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This reading provides context and historical overview of the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. This resource is in Spanish.
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How History Led Japanese Americans to Stand with Immigrants
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This PBS news article recounts how history inspired Japanese Americans in Tacoma, Washington, to support immigrantsā rights in 2020.
Snapshots of Japanese American Incarceration
Create a Gallery Walk for students using these photographs of life during Japanese American incarceration.
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Snapshots of Japanese American Incarceration (en espaƱol)
Create a Gallery Walk for students using these photographs of life during Japanese American incarceration. This resource is in Spanish.
H. J. Williams Recalls Learning About the Rules of Jim Crow in Yazoo County, Mississippi
H. J. Williams, in an interview about living in the segregated South, describes when he first realized that blacks and whites were treated differently.
H. J. Williams Recalls Lynching in Yazoo County, Mississippi
H. J. Williams, in an interview about living in the segregated South, shares a memory of a lynching that took place in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
Remembering the Past: Sonia Weitz's History
Sonia Weitz speaks about her experiences before and during the Holocaust.
Rena Finder on Krakow at the Start of World War II
Rena Finder, a Holocaust survivor rescued by Oskar Schindler, recalls how her life changed after the Nazis invaded Poland when she was ten years old.
Rena Finder on Life before the Holocaust
Rena Finder, a Holocaust survivor rescued by Oskar Schindler, recounts her happy childhood living in Krakow, Poland, before the start of World War II and the Holocaust.