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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.
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This work by Elie Wiesel reveals his experience with his father in the Nazi German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944–45, at the height of the Holocaust.
Overview of Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism
This handout provides students with an overview of the long history of hatred and discrimination against Jews.
Overview of Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism (UK)
Ensure students' comprehension of this reading on the history of antisemitism by having them annotate the text and respond to questions.
Overview of Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism (en español)
Give students the handout Overview of Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism to help them understand the long history of hatred and discrimination against Jews. This resource is in Spanish.
Standing Up Against Contemporary Antisemitism
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This PowerPoint for Lesson 4 of the Discussing Contemporary Antisemitism in the Classroom mini-unit comes complete with student-facing slides and teaching notes, and is ready to use in the classroom.
Antisemitism after Liberation
Howard Cwick, an American soldier during World War II, recalls a confrontation with a US Army sergeant over antisemitic slurs directed toward a recently liberated concentration camp survivor.
Antisemitism from the Enlightenment to World War I
Scholars describe the persistence of antisemitism in Europe from the Enlightenment through World War I and explain how new social, political, and pseudo-scientific justifications were created to perpetuate old prejudices.
A Plea for Humanity: The Einsatzgruppen on Trial
Benjamin Ferencz, International Law Scholar and Former Nuremberg Prosecutor, shares his experience as Chief Prosecutor at the trial of the Einsatzgruppen commanders.
Timeline of Major Events in China, 1839–1919
Introduce students to nineteenth-century Chinese history and the country's response to Western imperialism.
The Outbreak of World War II in East Asia Documents
Students investigate these primary and secondary sources in order to understand the underlying causes of the outbreak of World War II in Asia.
The Nanjing Atrocities: The Range of Human Behavior
Give students a framework for analyzing their assigned story about a response to the Nanjing atrocities.