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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.
White Rose Resistance Group
Hans Scholl, Sophie School, and Christoph Probst conversing outdoors in 1942
Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst in June 1942. They were members of the White Rose, a resistance group that condemned Nazism.
Women Voting in the Weimar Republic
Women waiting in line during the first election that they were allowed to vote
A crowd of women standing in line at a polling station in the Weimar Republic in 1919, the first year women were allowed to vote.
Fritz Mackensen, Der Saeugling (The Baby), 1892
Mackensenās work represents a more traditional style of art that many Germans were familiar with before World War I. This painting was featured in the 1937 Great German Art Exhibition in Munich, sponsored by the Nazis. See full-sized image for analysis.
Pre-War Jewish Family
A Jewish family, possibly in Sighet, taken before the beginning of World War II, ca. 1930ā1940.
Battle of the Somme Film
From the 1915 propaganda film The Battle of the Somme showing a soldier rescuing a comrade under fire. Although the documentary included staged scenes, this frame was taken from a real combat scene.
German Voting Ballot, 1938
Sample voting ballot asking if Austrians support Germanyās annexation
On April 10, 1938, Austrians were asked whether they supported the March 13 Anschluss. 99.75% of voters said that they supported Germanyās annexation of Austria into the Third Reich.
Hitler Youth Propaganda
This 1935 poster promotes the Hitler Youth by stating: āYouth serves the FĆ¼hrer! All ten-year-olds into the Hitler Youth.ā
Hitler Youth Propaganda (en espaƱol)
This 1935 poster promotes the Hitler Youth by stating: āYouth serves the FĆ¼hrer! All ten-year-olds into the Hitler Youth.ā This resource is in Spanish.
Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach
Miami Beach is home to a large number of Holocaust survivors, who commissioned this memorial by architect Kenneth Treister in 1990. The outstretched arm is almost four stories tall.
Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach (en espaƱol)
Miami Beach is home to a large number of Holocaust survivors, who commissioned this memorial by architect Kenneth Treister in 1990. The outstretched arm is almost four stories tall. This image is in Spanish.
Imperialism Cartoon, 1898
In this French political cartoon from 1898, the Qing official observes powerlessly as a pastry representing China is divided up by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, William II of Germany, Nicholas II of Russia, the French Marianne, and a samurai of Japan. The cartoon is intended to portray the imperialist tendencies towards China at the time.