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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.
Designing Destruction: The Holocaust in the German-Occupied Former Soviet Territory
Joshua Rubenstein, associate at Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian studies, describes the gradual evolution of Hitler's master plan for the "Jews of Europe" and how this unfolded within German-occupied Soviet territory.
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The First Nazi Uprising
Read about the role of Hitler’s trial and imprisonment after the Beer Hall Putsch in bringing him to German national attention.
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The Holocaust: The Range of Responses
Use this handout in a Jigsaw activity that asks students to explore the range of responses to the Holocaust.
Elsbeth Lewin Remembers Kristallnacht
Holocaust survivor Elsbeth Lewin describes her and her family's experience of Kristallnacht in Mainz, Germany.
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Facing History Scholar Reflections: Kristallnacht
Dr. Paul Bookbinder describes Kristallnacht and explains what it meant for German Jews.
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Facing History Scholar Reflections: The Holocaust
In this video, Dr. Paul Bookbinder gives a short overview of the Holocaust.
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Facing History Scholar Reflections: The Nazi Rise to Power
In this video, Dr. Paul Bookbinder describes how the Nazis assumed power in 1930s Germany.
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Facing History Scholar Reflections: The Nuremberg Trials
In this video, Dr. Paul Bookbinder gives an overview of the Nuremberg trials.
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Facing History Scholar Reflections: The Weimar Republic
Professor Paul Bookbinder describes the “noble experiment” of democracy in the Weimar Republic.
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“Marking the Days of Awe in Sidi Aziz (1942)”
This document is an excerpt from the writing of Amishadai Guetta, a Libyan Jew who was interned in a camp called Sidi Aziz.
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