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![A group of high school students sit at desks in conversation.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2023-10/AdobeStock_254378868.jpg?itok=f6YAphey)
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 Little Things Are Big
Students reflect on the power of being labelled and use Jesús Colón’s essay to reflect on their own experiences of being misjudged.
![Jesus Colon looks off into the distance.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/JesusColon_FH17434.jpg?h=a4aeced4&itok=7TUUVXmK)
Step 2: We and They
Students work collaboratively to create illustrated children’s stories that explore issues of conformity and belonging.
![Uniformed high school students write at their desks.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/DSC08537.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=iu11BSxz)
Step 3: Understanding Human Rights
Students work collaboratively to create a School Declaration of Human Rights Infographic.
![Uniformed high school students write at their desks.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/DSC08537.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=iu11BSxz)
Step 4: Choosing to Participate
Students have an opportunity to explore one issue in-depth and to create an action plan that inspires change in their schools or communities.
![Uniformed high school students write at their desks.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/DSC08537.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=iu11BSxz)
A New Generation of Young Voters Emerges
Explore why young people tend to vote at lower rates and how they can get more involved in elections.
![2016 Elections at University of Texas](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Youth_Voting_AP_16313634417978.jpg?h=fcf6c839&itok=MHIlP8cJ)
Responding to the Stories of Holocaust Survivors
Students create a "found poem" drawing on words from the testimony of a survivor of the Holocaust.
![A memorial at Auschwitz of shoes taken from prisoners of the camp.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_AuschwitzShoeMemorial_%20FH229698.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=yasBC2Fw)
Blending In and Standing Out
Students use an excerpt from Sarfraz Manzoor memoir to reflect on identity, belonging, and wanting to feel invisible.
![Moving people step off and on a moving subway train in London.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/2005_BritainExplosions_FH127100.jpg?h=5325492e&itok=TeJz7dWW)
Justice and Judgement after the Holocaust
Students grapple with the meaning of justice and the purpose of trials as they learn how the Allies responded to the atrocities of Nazi Germany.
![Defendants in the dock during the Nuremberg war crimes trials.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1946_NurembergDefendantsintheDock_FH217315.jpg?h=b47cd95b&itok=Kp-NA5W_)
Speaking Up and Speaking Out
Students analyse a spoken word poem about bullying and consider how they might use their voices to call attention to injustice in their schools or communities.
![One student talks in the center while two others sit on either side looking at the student speaking.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/2017_classroomimage_sfba_FH152779.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=Rn7GgqI9)
Strategies for Making a Difference
Students use a "levers of power" framework to analyze examples of civic participation and identify ways they can bring about a positive change in their communities.
![Image of an arpillera, a tapestry that documents abuses that took place during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile, 1973-1990.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/Rebuilding%20Democracy%20%28FH3203%29.jpg?h=fdfbfa0e&itok=-7zD9azC)