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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.
Why MLK Encouraged 225,000 Chicago Kids to Cut Class in 1963
Learn about the 1963 Chicago Public School Boycott, when students demanded better schools for black neighborhoods and equal opportunity for all.
![Crowd fills LaSalle Street between City Hall and building housing Board of Education as hundreds of demonstrators marched in Chicago on Oct. 22, 1963 following a one-day boycott of public schools.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Democracy_1963_AfricanAmericanIntegrationAntiSchoolBoycott1963IL_FH2169828.jpg?h=12de4a96&itok=CAfhRaQg)
Marketplace during Weimar's Hyperinflation
A woman takes a basket of banknotes to buy cabbage at a market during the 1923 hyperinflation in Weimar Germany.
![A woman takes a basket of banknotes to buy cabbage at a market during the 1933 hyperinflation in Weimar Germany.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image11_Medium_res.jpg?h=743bf4af&itok=TikJcpxP)
Members of Sighet’s Jewish Community
Romanian Jews standing in front of a Synagogue before World War 2.
![Group portrait outside of a wooden synagogue](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Members_of_Sighet%E2%80%99s_Jewish_Community_FH260043.jpg?h=f83c6171&itok=ED05ruNK)
Mother and Child during Armenian Genocide
An Armenian mother and child flee persecution by the Turks at the height of the Armenian Genocide.
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National Socialism Election Poster
German election propaganda poster for the Prussian Landtag elections targeting the working class
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Nazi Propaganda Depicting Martin Luther
This propaganda poster from 1933 reads, “Hitler’s fight and Luther’s teaching are the best defense for the German people.”
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UDHR Infographic
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948. It states the basic rights and freedoms to which all people are entitled.
![The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948. It states the basic rights and freedoms to which all people are entitled.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/UDHR_Infographic_1.jpg?h=85eae72e&itok=qU3cRgNE)
Common Core Writing Prompts and Strategies: Holocaust and Human Behavior
This resource provides writing prompts and strategies that align Holocaust and Human Behavior with the expectations of the Common Core State Standards.
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Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the Armenians
This resource examines the choices that individuals, groups, and nations made before, during, and after the Armenian Genocide.
![Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the Armenians](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/new_Armenian_cover_front.jpg?h=fa720663&itok=25mTeLOp)
Examining the Holocaust and Human Behavior: 18-week Curriculum Outline
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Recommended for 8th and 10th grade, this outline provides an instructional pathway for middle school educators teaching the Holocaust.
Illuminations: The Art of Samuel Bak
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This guide provides those viewing paintings by Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak with a framework for analyzing the art's profound symbolism about memory, justice, and identity.
![Book cover featuring painting by Samuel Bak](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-04/Illuminations_cover.png?h=42f34769&itok=f6UchPZt)