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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.
Monuments to Japanese American Incarceration
Students analyze monuments to Japanese American incarceration and consider the purpose and emotional impact of these monuments.
![Japanese Incarceration Monument](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-11/JapaneseIncarcerationMonument1.jpg?h=91ceaae5&itok=xzAXeBLF)
Words Matter: Listening to Survivors about Language for Describing Japanese American Incarceration
Students contrast the language that the US government used to describe Japanese incarceration in the 1940s with the language recommended by contemporary survivors’ groups.
![Members Of The Mochida Family Awaiting Evacuation](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-11/Photograph_of_Members_of_the_Mochida_Family_Awaiting_Evacuation_NARA_537505_Restoration.jpg?h=8bdc8e92&itok=wap_KUmV)
Antisemitic Conflation: What Is the Impact of Conflating All Jews with the Actions and Policies of the Israeli Government?
Students start with the universal and move to the particular to learn about conflation as a manifestation of antisemitism.
![A broken window is seen at the center of the Jewish community in Rostock, Northern Germany](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-02/AP090108014177.jpg?h=e012f517&itok=W-33MNGT)
Teaching Strategies
Use our student-centered teaching strategies to strengthen your students’ literacy skills, nurture critical thinking, and build a respectful and collaborative classroom community.
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Expressing Diversity in Jewish Identity: Blending In and Standing Out
This two-day lesson uses the story of Purim as a frame to examine how Jews have preserved and protected their identities and culture in dominant societies by choosing when to blend in and when to stand out.
![A Jewish family pictured in Yemen](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-03/GettyImages-607446350.jpg?h=eec5a94e&itok=ZTRvXmoY)
A Part and Apart: Inclusion and Exclusion in Our Jewish Communities
Students consider the benefits and challenges of identity labeling and their identity experiences within and outside their Jewish communities.
Gay Life Under Nazi Rule: The Legacy of Paragraph 175
Students watch survivor testimony from the documentary Paragraph 175 and engage in purposeful reflection about the survivors’ important stories.
![Nazi's standing outside of a building](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-05/1103.jpg?h=2a25a39c&itok=OZxbHBB3)
Propaganda at the Movies
Learn how the Nazis used film to create an image of the “national community” and to demonize those they viewed as the enemy, such as the Jews.
![Leni Riefenstahl's documentary-style film Triumph of the Will glorified Hitler and the Nazi party. It was shot at the 1934 Nazi Party congress and rally in Nuremberg.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1934_TriumphOfTheWillPropagandaFilm_%20FH229448.jpg?h=0429cc9e&itok=aYRfG6nB)
The Impact of Propaganda
Get insight on the ability and limits of propaganda to influence the beliefs, feelings, and actions of those exposed to it.
![An issue of the antisemitic propaganda newspaper Der Stürmer (The Attacker) is posted on the sidewalk in Worms, Germany, in 1935. The headline above the case says, ""The Jews Are Our Misfortune.""](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_2016_NaziPropagandaNewspaper_FH229452.jpg?h=fb0bd1b2&itok=WOgfci3M)
The Impact of Propaganda (en español)
Get insight on the ability and limits of propaganda to influence the beliefs, feelings, and actions of those exposed to it. This resource is in Spanish.
![An issue of the antisemitic propaganda newspaper Der Stürmer (The Attacker) is posted on the sidewalk in Worms, Germany, in 1935. The headline above the case says, ""The Jews Are Our Misfortune.""](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_2016_NaziPropagandaNewspaper_FH229452.jpg?h=fb0bd1b2&itok=WOgfci3M)
Shaping Public Opinion
Read about the far-reaching efforts of Joseph Goebbels and the Ministry of Propaganda to generate enthusiasm for the Nazi party.
![On the night of January 30, 1933, SA men paraded with torches through Berlin to celebrate Hitler’s appointment as chancellor.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1933_TorchlightParadeCelebratingHitler_%20FH229432.jpg?h=cb9047e7&itok=WsHG6GG0)