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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.
Colonizing Poland (en español)
In Spanish, learn about the Nazis’ plan to rearrange the population of Poland, which resulted in the displacement of more than a million ethnic Poles and Jews.
![An exhibit at a Berlin school persuades Germans to help colonize the Warthegau area of Poland. The exhibit says “The land calls you!,” and the painting shows a settler’s car passing by a Polish border sign that has been knocked down.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_ExhibitGermanysColonizationPoland_%20FH229464.jpg?h=83b6248d&itok=71GQUBqx)
“Cultural Missionaries” (en español)
In Spanish, consider what German citizens thought of Hitler's plan to colonize Poland through these reflections from a member of the League of German Girls and two German soldiers.
![After Germany conquered the Warthegau region of Poland, members of the League of German Girls moved there to help colonize and spread German culture.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_LeagueGermanGirlsWarthegau_%20FH229470.jpg?h=ba88677a&itok=tJvIvSBu)
Words Matter (en español)
Reflect on the power of the words that we attach to people through an Anishinaabe woman’s memory of being called an “Indian” while growing up in Canada. This resource is in Spanish.
![Hands raised in the air by group of people](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_2016_GroupBelonging_FH229369.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=O6H7UmzG)
Shoes on the Danube Bank Memorial (en español)
A sculpture serves as a memorial of Jews who were murdered on that spot During World War !!
Sixty pairs of shoes mark the site in Budapest, Hungary, where fascist Arrow Cross militiamen shot Jews and threw their bodies into the river in 1944 and 1945. The memorial opened in 2005. See full-sized image for analysis. This image is in Spanish.
![Sixty pairs of shoes mark the site in Budapest, Hungary, where fascist Arrow Cross militiamen shot Jews and threw their bodies into the river in 1944 and 1945. The memorial opened in 2005.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-04/Shoes_On_The_Danube_Bank_Memorial_FH229489.jpg?h=8ed7bdd6&itok=hik9xZai)
Stolpersteine (en español)
A Holocaust sidewalk memorial marks the spot where a family lived before they were murdered. This image is in Spanish.
Aschrott Fountain (en español)
In Kassel, Germany, artist Horst Hoheisel created a “counter-memorial” marking the site where a majestic fountain built by a Jewish citizen once stood; it had been destroyed by the Nazis in 1939. This image is in Spanish.
![In Kassel, Germany, artist Horst Hoheisel created a “counter-memorial” marking the site where a majestic fountain built by a Jewish citizen once stood; it had been destroyed by Nazis in 1939.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch11_image15_Medium_res.jpg?h=c6d0d1c4&itok=Gb3MH30L)
Memorial to Roma and Sinti Victims of National Socialism (en español)
This memorial in Berlin, Germany, was designed by Dani Karavan and opened in 2012. The triangular stone at the center of the pool holds a fresh flower which is replaced every day. This image is in Spanish.
![This Berlin, Germany, memorial was designed by Dani Karavan and opened in 2012. The triangular stone at the center of the pool holds a fresh flower which is replaced every day.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch11_image17_Medium_res.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=ws2w9-MJ)
1932 German Election Ballot (en español)
The 1932 German election ballot featured 36 parties, many of which existed only on paper. The number of different groups made it difficult for any single party to gain a majority in parliament in the Weimar Republic. This resource is in Spanish.
![A sample 1932 German Election ballot. A long page with a list of items to vote on, in German text.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-P046291%2C_Berlin%2C_Reichstagswahl%2C_Wahlzettel_Medium_res.jpg?h=64aaa142&itok=H6JurCwa)
Jewish Ghettos in Eastern Europe (en español)
This map shows the locations of the largest Jewish ghettos. This resource is in Spanish.
![This map shows the locations of the largest ghettos.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_2016_JewishGhettosinEasternEurope_FH229527.jpg?h=947ac768&itok=5CDOXryO)
Main Nazi Camps and Killing Sites (en español)
Between 1933 and 1945, the Nazis established more than 40,000 camps for the imprisonment, forced labor, or mass killing of Jews, Sinti and Roma, Communists, and other so-called “enemies of the state." View the Spanish version of this map.
![Map with locations of main camps and killing sites across Europe during the Nazi era.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_2016_MainNaziCampsandKillingsSites_FH229526.jpg?h=38e4958f&itok=h-q6c8c1)
El Niño del Gueto de Varsovia
Esta foto muestra a Tsvi Nussbaum, de 7 años, en el gueto de Varsovia en 1943. La foto fue tomada por un fotógrafo nazi. La información sobre si este niño sobrevivió a la guerra es contradictoria en los registros.
![Seven year old boy Tsvi Nussbaum holds his hands up in Warsaw, 1943.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1943_BoyintheWarsawGhetto_FH249278.jpg?h=1142ef81&itok=0XIzDPv2)