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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.
Responses to Rising Antisemitism and Antisemitic Legislation in North Africa
Explore how power structures established through the European colonization of North African countries influenced the fate of North African Jewry during the Holocaust and ways in which individuals and groups responded to rising antisemitism.
![A German soldier poses atop of a tank. The inscription reads, "From Tripoli German tanks went on their way to the front against England".](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/708353_lesson2_banner.jpg?h=937f1a9b&itok=7lXnyXXe)
The Holocaust and North Africa: Resistance in the Camps
Students learn the importance of teaching the history of the Holocaust’s impacts on North African communities with a focus on ways in which they resisted oppression.
![A group of boys gather in the Los Arenas camp. One boy stands in the middle holding a rock over his head while others look at him.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/788748_lesson3_banner.jpg?h=4c30fefe&itok=NwdVNZXU)
Staging the Compelling Question
Students explore the compelling question, “How can we make real the ideals of democracy and freedom?”
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Supporting Question 1: Defining Freedom
Students explore the supporting question, “What can freedom mean in the United States?”
![Norman Rockwell, The Saturday Evening Post March 13, 1943](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-07/Freedom_from_fear.png?h=8f326fd3&itok=hJMGduZU)
Contextualizing Emmett Till’s Murder
Students explore the importance of context and learn about Emmett Till’s murder in Jim Crow-era Mississippi.
![July 1939: An African-American man drinking at a segregated drinking fountain in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/Getty-3428944.jpg?h=8222eea2&itok=zXOp_aoz)
Understanding the Conditions that Lead to “Ethnic Cleansing"
Help students understand news from Myanmar about the persecution of the Rohingya by analyzing a New York Times article.
![Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, walk towards a refugee camp in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/2017_RohingyaRefugees_FH289817.jpg?h=780e8245&itok=G-_U-eVn)
A Part and Apart: Inclusion and Exclusion in Our Jewish Communities
Students consider the benefits and challenges of identity labeling and their identity experiences within and outside their Jewish communities.
The Meaning of Home
In this lesson, students reflect on notable quotes about home and watch Pico Iyer’s TED Talk to examine and build on their understanding of home.
![person sitting in a park looking at the city skyline wearing pink shorts and a yellow shirt and their hair is in a pony tail](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-08/iStock-544460622.jpg?h=df1f1a57&itok=0XmPbDcz)
Rural, Urban, Suburban: Stories of Place
Students examine the relationship between regional identity and home through photo analysis, journaling, and a 2018 study from the Pew Research Center.
![a road divides a community of homes and a grass field](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-08/iStock-1473785514.jpg?h=57e2e7f9&itok=WCv9gidu)
The Poetry of Home
Students react to and analyze poems that illustrate experiences from particular geographic locations.
![educator speaking while three students sit and listen](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-08/_DSF7315-35.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=-deTM2ab)
Honoring the Natural Environment as Home
Students explore nature and the environment as parts of home, comparing a poem by Melania Luisa Marte to a chapter of Braiding Sweetgrass.
![view of treetops as seen from the ground looking up](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-08/angela-benito-WgGJjGN4_ck-unsplash.jpg?h=d08f423e&itok=YqnDkB46)