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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.
The First Trial at Nuremberg
Learn about the international tribunal that tried and sentenced German leaders at the end of World War II.
![Julius Streicher. International Military Tribunal (IMT) defendant Julius Streicher, the editor of Der Stürmer, during the Nuremberg trial. In its conviction, the IMT ruled that Streicher knew of the mass killings of Europe’s Jews and that his articles in Der Stürmer calling for the “annihilation of the Jewish race” was a direct incitement to murder and thus constituted a “crime against humanity.”](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/14459-804x1000.jpeg?h=ba18c1ff&itok=7BKg1WB7)
Names and Identity
What does your name say about you? Use this essay by Chinese American teenager Jennifer Wang to explore the relationship between name and identity.
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Names and Identity
What does your name say about you? Use this essay by Chinese American teenager Jennifer Wang to explore the relationship between name and identity.
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Caroline Hunter Boycott Polaroid
Caroline Hunter, co-founder of the Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement, wears a “No Bullshit, Boycott Polaroid” campaign button, advocating against Polaroid’s contract with the Apartheid government in South Africa.
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“On the Equality of the Sexes” by Judith Sargent Murray, 1790 (Adapted Version)
Adapted for English Learners and readers who benefit from scaffolding, this informational text introduces students to analyze a primary source written by Judith Sargent Murray, and advocate for white women’s rights. It includes simplified text, definitions, and reflection questions.
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“On the Equality of the Sexes” by Judith Sargent Murray, 1790 (en español)
This 1790 primary source is an an influential essay from a white female writer and intellectual. This resource is in Spanish.
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How to Bring Nazi Leaders to Justice?
Learn about how the Allies sought to bring German leaders to justice after World War II and the Holocaust.
![Photograph of Oskar Groning, a former SS member on trial in Germany in 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Former%20SS%20Member%20Oskar%20Groening.jpg?h=312fc7ac&itok=kcIwNaul)
A Plea for Humanity: The Einsatzgruppen on Trial
Benjamin Ferencz, International Law Scholar and Former Nuremberg Prosecutor, shares his experience as Chief Prosecutor at the trial of the Einsatzgruppen commanders.
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Reading: The Danger of a Single Story (Abridged)
Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie challenges us to consider the power of stories to influence identity, shape stereotypes, and build paths to empathy (Spanish available).
The Lone Ranger
This image portrays the fictional Native American character, Tonto, in the 1930s radio show and 1970s television adaption, "The Lone Ranger."
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Le Lone Ranger
Tonto, personnage fictif autochtone de l’émission The Lone Ranger, émission radio des années 1930 devenue émission télévisée dans les années 1950, représente bien les stéréotypes négatifs dans la culture populaire nord-américaine à l’égard des Peuples Autochtones.
![1950s film still from The Lone Ranger.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/LoneRanger_FH24271.jpg?h=c17ae58b&itok=H4AKnQtV)