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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.
Kalecka Jewish Elementary School
Pupils in the second grade work in their classroom at the Kalecka Jewish elementary school in Warsaw, Poland, ca. 1937–1938.
![Teacher standing amongst young girls sitting at their desks](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Kalecka_Jewish_Elementary_School_%20FH2115441.jpg?h=e91a75a9&itok=syk7BTC0)
Please Ring the Bell for Us
This cartoon, by Francis Knott for the Dallas Morning News, was published on July 7, 1939. It accompanied an editorial that described admitting refugee children to the United States as an “act of simple humanity."
![Children labeled "refugees" try to get into a door marked "US" as they look to a man labeled "Congress" for help.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/13_PleaseRingBell_Medium_res.jpg?h=870af43d&itok=7G_kpstt)
Antisemitic Flag at Football Match
Fans display a "Yid Army" flag at an England vs. Italy match at the 2013 UEFA U21 Championship.
![Fans in a soccer stadium with a banner depicting a star of David and words "Yid Army."](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Standing_Up_Antisemitism_Football_Medium_res.jpg?h=603532df&itok=RF1t607O)
German Military in Austria, 1938
The German military parades through Vienna on March 15, 1938, after the Anschluss.
![Military trucks met by cheering crowds on a street in Vienna.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/German_Military_in_Austria_1938_FH229461.jpg?h=43b0e2ce&itok=ZaE1fJnX)
German Soldiers Watch Holocaust Atrocities
German soldiers are forced by the Allies after World War II to watch a film about the atrocities at German concentration camps.
![A movie theatre full of former soldiers view images of dead bodies on the screen.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/German_Soldiers_Watch_Holocaust%20Atrocities_FH229483.jpg?h=00d1719e&itok=sZngyoYt)
Big Paper Example
In a Big Paper activity, students respond silently to a text excerpt or image by writing their comments on a shared paper.
![A text quotation taped on a large piece of paper with student feedback written in markers.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/Big_Paper_Example.jpg?h=481317ef&itok=oivQYEYv)
Otto Dix, Verwundeter (Wounded Soldier), 1924
Dix was a New Objectivist artist known for the brutal realism of his paintings. He was wounded several times by German soldiers on the western front during World War I. He based his series Der Krieg (The War) on these experiences.
![Dix was a New Objectivist artist known for the brutal realism of his paintings. He was wounded several times by Germans soldier on the Western Front during World War I. He based his series entitled Der Krieg (The War) on these experiences.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image04_Medium_res.jpg?h=f3a37c6e&itok=Ne3vlzPM)