Resource Library
Find compelling classroom resources, learn new teaching methods, meet standards, and make a difference in the lives of your students.
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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.
“We Don’t Control America” and Other Myths, Part 3
Olympic gymnast Kerri Strug reflects on why she gets asked the question “You’re Jewish?” (Spanish available).
“We Don’t Control America” and Other Myths, Part 3 (en español)
Olympic gymnast Kerri Strug reflects on why she gets asked the question “You’re Jewish?”.
The Evian Conference
Learn about the conference called by FDR in 1938 to discuss the growing Jewish refugee crisis.
The Evian Conference (en español)
Learn about the conference called by FDR in 1938 to discuss the growing Jewish refugee crisis. This resource is in Spanish.
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.
Storm Troopers, Elite Guards, and Secret Police (en español)
Learn about the roles of the the SA, the SS, and the Gestapo in Nazi Germany. This resource is in Spanish.
The Power of Propaganda
In this classroom video, a high school class prepares to read Elie Wiesel’s Night.
Teaching about the Weimar Republic
In this classroom video, a teacher helps her students consider several first-person accounts of life in Weimar Germany.
Think, Pair, Share
This classroom video shows the Think, Pair, Share strategy in action with high school students.
Two-Column Note-Taking
In this classroom video, the teacher uses the Two-Column Note-Taking strategy with his students to help them organize their thoughts and emotional responses as they listen to recorded survivor testimony.