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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.
Part Two: Defining Freedom
Scholars discuss the evolution of the definition of freedom for emancipated slaves after the Civil War.
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Tableau peint par George Catlin, 1832
Portrait peint d'un homme des Premières Nations en tenue traditionnelle.
![Painted portrait of a First Nation man in traditional attire.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/22_Catlin.jpg?h=ce934c5c&itok=dFptIN--)
Indigenous Canadian Woman on a Reserve
A portrait of an indigenous Canadian woman on a reserve, 1930.
![A woman stands in front of a small, run down wooden house.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Culture%26Identity_2015_Canadianwomanonreserve_FH24273.jpg?h=31c0c765&itok=QKtuMsIw)
Femme autochtone canadienne dans une réserve
Sur cette photographie se trouve une femme autochtone canadienne dans une réserve, 1930.
![A woman stands in front of a small, run down wooden house.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Culture%26Identity_2015_Canadianwomanonreserve_FH24273.jpg?h=31c0c765&itok=QKtuMsIw)
Creating a Found Poem: Founding Era Primary Sources
Students use this handout as a guide for creating a poem using a source document from the founding era.
The Changing Geography of the Ottoman Empire (1300–1920)
Maps showing the growth and contraction of territory controlled by the Ottoman Empire from 1300 through 1920.
The Changing Geography of the Ottoman Empire (1300–1920) (en español)
Maps showing the growth and contraction of territory controlled by the Ottoman Empire from 1300 through 1920. This resource is in Spanish.
Ferguson Social Media Posts
A selection of tweets from citizens and news reports in response about the events in Ferguson, Missouri.
![Peaceful demonstrators gather in Ferguson, Missouri, in the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/2016_PeacefulProtestinFerguson_FH224149.jpg?h=c4842d71&itok=6lE2ICT0)
Ben Railton on the Freeman and Walker Cases
Professor Ben Railton shares the stories of Elizabeth Freeman and Quock Walker, two enslaved people who successfully sued for their freedom in the early years of the American republic.
![Mum Bett, aka Elizabeth Freeman, aged 70. Painted by Susan Ridley Sedgwick, aged 23. Watercolor on ivory, painted circa 1812.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1812_MumBett_FH294179.jpg?h=cfcb6255&itok=p5-2ckyF)
Chronologie du guide, Vies Volées
Comprenez l’histoire du système des pensionnats autochtones grâce à ce calendrier des événements allant des débuts de l’histoire jusqu’à nos jours.
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The Age of Rights?
World War II brought a new awareness of human rights around the world. After the horrors of the Holocaust came to full light, few people could deny the dangers of racism. The anti-colonial movement was growing stronger around the world, and with the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 by the newly formed United Nations, many turned their attention to the rights of colonized people globally. In Africa, Asia, and the Americas, liberation movements helped bring the plight of millions under European colonialism to public attention.
![Eleanor Roosevelt and United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Lake Success, New York, November 1949.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/24427-2011-001_a.jpg?h=e15b44ae&itok=kmDSMzTQ)