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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.
Single Stories (UK)
Students examine the human behaviour of applying categories to people and things, gaining an understanding of 'single stories' and stereotypes.
Universe of Obligation (UK)
Students learn a new concept, universe of obligation, and use it to analyse the ways that their society designates who is deserving of respect and protection.
The Weimar Republic (UK)
Students reflect on the idea of democracy as they analyse the politics, economics, and culture of Germany during the period of the Weimar Republic.
Youth in Nazi Germany (UK)
Students learn about the experiences of young people in Nazi Germany through a variety of firsthand accounts and identify the range of choices that they faced.
Enacting Freedom
Students consider what it means to be free by learning about the choices and aspirations of freedpeople immediately after Emancipation.
Telling Our Histories
Students connect themes from the film to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's concept of “single stories," and then consider what it would take to tell more equitable and accurate narratives.
Watching Who Will Write Our History
Students view the film, analyze a primary source from the Oyneg Shabes archive, and consider why it matters who tells the stories of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Reflecting on Statues and the UK’s Colonial Past
This lesson provides students with an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between statues and the UK’s colonial past.
The Power of Names
Students begin their study of Reconstruction by examining the relationship between the individual and society through an exploration of names.
A Contested History
Students consider how US history books, films, and other works of popular culture have misrepresented the history of the Reconstruction era.
Defining Freedom
Students examine how freed people in the United States sought to define freedom after Emancipation.