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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.
Responsibility of Command
Class A defendants Matsui Iwane and Hirota Koki are questioned as to their knowledge of atrocities committed by those under their command.
What History Textbooks Leave Out
In 2013, BBC reporter Oi Mariko reflected upon her own childhood education in Japan in the article “What Japanese History Lessons Leave Out”.
Rachel Auerbach and Jewish Life in Warsaw between the Wars
In this clip from the feature documentary "Who Will Write Our History," Rachel Auerbach, a leading member of the Oyneg Shabes, describes the richness of Jewish life in Warsaw, Poland, before World War II.
Raphael Lemkin: Watcher of the Sky (Genocide Convention)
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This film, created in partnership between Propeller Films and Facing History & Ourselves from the feature length film Watchers of the Sky, focuses on lawyer Raphael Lemkin’s efforts to develop an international law.
Raphael Lemkin: Watcher of the Sky (Introduction)
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This film, from the feature length movie Watchers of the Sky, focuses on Raphael Lemkin and some of his personal story as well as what became the focus of his life’s work.
Reconciling Identities after the War
Romana Farrington, whose Jewish parents arranged for her to be raised by a Polish Catholic family during the Holocaust, describes how her wartime experience impacts her identity.
War of Annihilation: Targeting the Jews of Europe
Scholars Peter Hayes, Deborah Dwork, Wendy Lower, Joshua Rubenstein, Michael Berenbaum, and Jonathan Petropoulos describe the steps that Nazi Germany took in deciding to murder the Jews of Europe.
Warning the World
Jan Karski, a diplomat and member of the Polish resistance during World War II, describes his experience in the Warsaw Ghetto and his meeting with U.S. President Roosevelt.
We Call Ourselves "Roma"
Scholar Margareta Matache explains significant moments in the history of the Roma people.
We May Use Words to Break the Prison: Elie Wiesel on Writing Night
Elie Wiesel explains that he wrote his memoir Night out of a duty to bear witness to his experiences in the Holocaust.