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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.
Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War Interviews-Rosemarie Feigl
Rosemarie Feigl describes her rescue from France as part of Martha Sharp’s group.
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Jewish Life in Pre-War North Africa
In this clip, Professor Sarah Abrevaya Stein and Professor Aomar Boum discuss Jewish life in North Africa, highlighting the diversity of Jewish communities across Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia.
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Colonialism and the Jews of North Africa
In this video, Professor Sarah Abrevaya Stein and Professor Aomar Boum establish the important historical context of Colonialism for understanding wartime North Africa.
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How One Journalist Risked Her Life To Hold Murderers Accountable
In this TED-Ed Animation, educator Christina Greer details the life of Ida B. Wells and her tireless struggle for justice.
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Doc Miller - Creating a Reflective Classroom Community
Facing History's Doc Miller discusses reflective classrooms.
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The Power of August
This CBSN special explores how the murders of Emmett Till and George Floyd sparked two movements, 65 years apart.
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Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith: How School-Based Programs Reduce Instances of Violence
Deborah Prothrow-Stith discusses how school-based programs reduce instances of violence.
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Reporter: Psychic Numbing
Nicholas Kristof describes psychic numbing: caring less as a number of victims increases.
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Asian Americans: Breaking Ground
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In episode one, new immigrants arrive from China, India, Japan, the Philippines, and beyond. Eventually barred by anti-Asian laws, they become America’s first “undocumented immigrants.”
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Asian Americans: A Question of Loyalty
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In episode two, an American-born generation straddles their birth country and their familial homelands in Asia. This episode also examines the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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Asian Americans: Good Americans
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In episode three, Asian American and Pacific Islanders are simultaneously heralded as a "model minority" and suspected as the perpetual foreigner during the Cold War years. AAPI individuals also aspire for the first time to national political office.
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