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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.
Weaving Workshop at a Yeshiva
Students in a weaving workshop at a yeshiva, or rabbinical academy, in Sighet before the war.
Map the Internal World of a Character
Students use this handout to analyze a character's thoughts, feelings, motivations, and sense of belonging.
Map the Internal World of a Character (en español)
In Spanish, students use this handout to analyze a character's thoughts, feelings, motivations, and sense of belonging.
How Many Bars? Exit Ticket
Have students complete this exit ticket handout to assess their understanding at the end of a lesson.
How Many Bars? Exit Card (En Español)
In Spanish, have students complete this handout in order to assess their understanding and determine what concepts you need to revisit in the next lesson.
Witness to a Massacre
Barbara Turkeltaub, a Jewish girl who was hidden by Catholic nuns during the war, describes witnessing a Nazi massacre.
Finding One's Voice (En Español)
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Julius Lester describes finding his identity in an unexpected place as an African American teenager living in the segregated South (Spanish available).
Enfants inuits à Cape Dorset
Cinq enfants inuits à Cape Dorset dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, 1958. Dans la culture inuite, les noms constituent un lien puissant avec la famille et la communauté.
Street Calculus
This cartoon by Garry Trudeau explores the ways that identity impacts how we perceive people.
Street Calculus (en español)
This cartoon by Garry Trudeau explores the ways that identity impacts how we perceive people. This image is in Spanish.
Church Mouse to the White House (excerpted)
This reading excerpt from Martha Sharp's unpublished memoir explores in greater detail why she and her husband traveled to Czechoslovakia to engage in aid work.