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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.
The Evian Conference
Learn about the conference called by FDR in 1938 to discuss the growing Jewish refugee crisis.
Rabbi Shimon Huberband’s Account of Jews Being Executed for Leaving the Ghetto
Shimon Huberband, a central figure in the Oyneg Shabes, documents life in the Warsaw ghetto.
Storm Troopers, Elite Guards, and Secret Police
Learn about the roles of the the SA, the SS, and the Gestapo in Nazi Germany.
A Commandant’s View
Get insight into how a commander at a Nazi death camp viewed his victims and coped with his actions.
The Death Marches
Learn how the Germans tried to hide evidence of their mass murder toward the end of World War II by evacuating prisoners from camps.
The Difference between Knowing and Believing
Consider why some world leaders responded with disbelief to testimonies of the mass killings the Nazis were carrying out in Europe during World War II.
Difficult Choices in Poland
Consider how two people in occupied-Poland responded to the persecution and murder of Jews in their community.
Diplomats and the Choice to Rescue
Read the stories of two diplomats who chose to use their status to rescue Jews from the Nazis during World War II.
The Jewish Ghettos: Separated from the World
Read diary entries from a girl who lived in the Łódź ghetto, and learn the history of Jewish ghettos in Poland.
Auschwitz
Read eyewitness accounts of the killing process at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp.
A Basic Feeling of Human Dignity
Diary entries from a Jewish woman imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen shed light on how prisoners in camps and ghettos were deprived of dignity.