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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.
Different Perspectives on Migrant Detention
In this mini-lesson, students gain insight into migration and the systems surrounding migrant detention by considering the perspectives of migrants, an immigration lawyer and advocate, a border guard, and an immigration judge.
![Undocumented immigrant families walk from a bus depot to a respite center](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/PerspectivesonDetention_RTX6D3SR_fullres.jpg?h=2a871bf3&itok=i7w7FDb7)
Civic Agency and the Pursuit of Democracy
This elective, designed for New York’s Seal of Civic Readiness, intertwines the history of US Reconstruction, current events, and civic participation.
![Student speaking into microphone](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-08/IMG_2589.jpg?h=7d6ffc47&itok=GDIn4Fpw)
People’s and Government’s Choices to Help Refugees
Excerpts from DW and NPR shed light on how individuals and governments are thinking about their responsibility to help Ukrainian refugees and non-European refugees.
![Ukrainian Refugees crossing a fallen bridge.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/2022_RussiaUkraineConflict_FH2168262.jpg?h=7fb2964e&itok=suTcwNTN)
Dogma Makes Obedient Ghosts
Consider the connection between science and human values, and reflect on how the Nazis used their beliefs to justify making mass murder as efficient as possible.
![German soldiers are forced by the Allies after World War II to watch a film about the atrocities at German concentration camps.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch10_Image05_Medium_res.jpg?h=00d1719e&itok=fQRbS5ou)
Somali Drought
A Somali soldier provides security as newly displaced Somalis gather at a camp in the Garasbaley area on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, March 28, 2017.
![A group of people in a camp in Somalia.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/2017_DisplacedSomalis_FH2117411.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=QBQlm-zX)
Venezuelan Migrants in Peru
Venezuelan citizens wait to receive temporary residence status at the immigration office in Lima, Peru, August 21, 2018.
![A woman sitting in a full waiting area looks at her passport.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/2018_ImmigratioinOfficeinLima_FH289808.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=j9-Gqh5y)
Shaping Public Opinion (Abridged)
Read about the far-reaching efforts of Joseph Goebbels and the Ministry of Propaganda to generate enthusiasm for the Nazi party.
Za'atri Refugee Camp in Jordan
According to the UNHCR, 79,225 people lived in the Za'atri Refugee Camp in Jordan, near the Syrian border. All of them fled from Syria to escape the brutal civil war.
![Aerial view of the Za'atri refugee camp in Jordan near the Syrian border.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/2013_Aerialviewofzaatriregugeecamp_FH2174138.jpeg?h=3d552d23&itok=rgzLfH5S)
Triumph of the Will Propaganda Film
Leni Riefenstahl's documentary-style film glorified Hitler and the Nazi Party. It was shot at the 1934 Nazi Party congress and rally in Nuremberg.
![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)
Las Patronas
"Las Patronas" leader, Norma Romero, gives food to migrants in Las Patronas town, Veracruz State, Mexico on August 9, 2018.
!["Las Patronas" leader, Norma Romero, gives food to migrants in Las Patronas town, Veracruz State, Mexico.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/2018_LasPatronas_FH2169984.jpg?h=fff89ad5&itok=Y1en6HGS)
Migrants in Serbia
Migrants walk near a border between Serbia and Croatia, near the village of Berkasovo, Serbia, October 22, 2015.
![Migrants walk along a street at night carrying bags.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/AP_759771109458_Medium_res.jpg?h=8e8edc7c&itok=YQusGVW_)