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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.
A General's Responsibility: Matsui, Nanjing, and the Tokyo Trial
Scholar Beth Van Schaack discusses General Matsui Iwane’s involvement in the Nanjing atrocities.
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"Kristallnacht": The November 1938 Pogroms
Scholars discuss the events of Kristallnacht, a series of violent attacks against Jews in Germany, Austria, and part of Czechoslovakia in November, 1938.
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Residential school survivor Joe George of the Tselei-Waututh First Nation (right) and elder Marie George embrace at a proceeding of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada in 2013.
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La Commission de vérité et de réconciliation du Canada
Joe George, Survivant des pensionnats et membre de la Première nation Tselei-Waututh (à droite) et l’aînée Marie George s’embrassent en 2013 lors d’un événement de la Commission de vérité et de réconciliation du Canada.
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Kahnawà:ke Pow Wow
The Mohawk nation of Kahnawà:ke holds an annual pow wow on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec each July. Pow wows are open to all and celebrate the traditional dances, songs, and crafts of Indigenous cultures.
![Two people from the Mohawk nation of Kahawake in traditional Mohawk dress.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/MohawkNationPowWow_FH24264.jpg?h=52ebdbec&itok=wMampUkR)
Pow-Wow Kahnawàke
La Nation Mohawk de Kahnawàke, au Québec, organise au mois de juillet un pow-wow annuel sur la rive sud du fleuve Saint-Laurent. Les pow-wow sont ouverts au public et on y célèbre les danses, les chansons et l’artisanat traditionnels des Peuples Autochtones.
![Two people from the Mohawk nation of Kahawake in traditional Mohawk dress.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/MohawkNationPowWow_FH24264.jpg?h=52ebdbec&itok=wMampUkR)
LA Mural Commemorating the Armenian Genocide
Artist Arutyun Gozukuchikyan, who goes by the name ArtViaArt, painted this mural in 2015 in Los Angeles's Little Armenia neighborhood to foster public awareness of the Armenian Genocide.
![A mural features an elderly woman with a piece of tape over her mouth with "1915" written on it.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/Armenian_Genocide_mural_card.jpg?h=707772c7&itok=teSTLdve)
Métis Dancer
Métis dancer Jeanette Kotowich from the Cree Metis nation during a performance from the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival at the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver.
![A woman in a blue dress with a colorful waist-sash is dancing for a group of children.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/MetisDancer_FH24265.jpg?h=33252b2e&itok=ON1y5HiC)
Danseur Métis
La danseuse métisse Jeanette Kotowich de la nation métisse crie lors d'un spectacle du Coastal First Nations Dance Festival au Musée d'anthropologie de Vancouver.
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Holocaust Memorials and Monuments
Explore images of memorials and monuments to the Holocaust located in Europe and the United States.
![This memorial was designed by Leon Suzin and sculpted by Nathan Rapoport. Its western side depicts Jewish partisans who fought in the Warsaw ghetto uprising of 1943.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch11_image11_Medium_res.jpg?h=56c1b3d1&itok=aRUjcwT3)
Prime Minister Harper's Apology
As part of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, a Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established. Before its work got under way, Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a public apology on June 11, 2008, on behalf of the Canadian government. The apology is part of the process arranged by the government and the First Nations as parties to the agreement, part of an overall attempt to address the government’s role in the history of the Indian Residential Schools.
![Graphic from cover of "Stolen Lives: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the Indian Residential Schools."](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/SL_graphic5.png?h=bc3345c8&itok=_uc8CaVR)