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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 Five: Violence and Backlash
Scholars discuss racial violence that took part in the South during the Reconstruction era.
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At the River I Stand
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This film reconstructs the events that led to the climax of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Part Four: Interracial Democracy
Scholars discuss how African Americans and whites initially worked together within Reconstruction governments.
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Part One: The World the War Made
Scholars discuss the effects that the changes brought about by the Civil War had on the identities of American citizens.
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Part Six: The Legacies of Reconstruction
Scholars discuss the legacies of the Reconstruction era as part of Facing History & Ourselves’ work on the period.
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The Road to Brown
This film shows the legal case against segregation that launched the civil rights movement.
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Part Three: The Political Struggle, 1865-1866
Scholars discuss the different visions for Reconstruction held by Congress and President Johnson.
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Part Two: Defining Freedom
Scholars discuss the evolution of the definition of freedom for emancipated slaves after the Civil War.
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The Racial Divide in the Women’s Suffrage Movement
This clip from the documentary "The Vote" explores how the Fifteenth Amendment created conflict within the women’s suffrage movement.
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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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