Resource Library
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![A group of high school students sit at desks in conversation.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2023-10/AdobeStock_254378868.jpg?itok=f6YAphey)
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.
Langue et vision du monde
Réfléchissez à la façon dont la langue donne un sens à l’expérience vécue ainsi qu’au lien étroit qui existe entre la langue et la culture pour les Peuples Autochtones.
![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_graphic3.png?h=7d06f891&itok=JyGnIrzj)
The Legacy of a Witness (en español)
Learn about Armin Wegner's efforts to raise consciousness about the Armenian massacres. This resource is in Spanish.
![Photographer Armin T. Wegner, 1916 in Bagdad](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/Armintwegner1890s_Website.jpg?h=d5b820fb&itok=zePU_efS)
Letter to Students (Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective) (en español)
Share this letter with students as a way to introduce them to the Facing History & Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective course. This resource is in Spanish.
![Students gathered around a table](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/08102018_Facing_History_%C2%A9Focht_077.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=CmBXDn10)
Letter to Parents and Guardians (Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective) (en español)
Share this letter with parents and guardians as a way to inform them about the Facing History & Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective course. This resource is in Spanish.
![A Facing History educator speaks to a classroom of parents](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/LosAngeles_Classroom_%202018_FH287237.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=aj9noxf1)
What Can Freedom Mean? (en español)
This handout prompts students to think about how different people in their lives may experience freedom.
![Students work on a written assignment.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-07/Chicago_Classroom_2019_FH2101405.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=ZngYEard)
Four Freedoms by Norman Rockwell (1945) (en español)
This series of paintings by Norman Rockwell was inspired by President FDR's 1941 speech outlining four basic human freedoms for a post-war world.
![Freedom of Speech depicts a young man who appears to be of the American working class, given his plain clothing over which he wears a plain, brown jacket. Protruding from a front pocket of the jacket is a folded document that appears to bear importance in the matter at hand.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/_Freedom_of_Speech__-_NARA_-_513536.jpg?h=d8bc2a9a&itok=uVZ_kjE_)
For Freedoms: Four Freedoms by Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur (en español)
This series of photographs are modern update to Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms created by the artists Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur.
![People standing in audience.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/SPEECH_C_015.jpg?h=58c29b6d&itok=6R_VTo5h)
Freedom from… (en español)
This handout asks students to create a visual reprsentation of their definition of a "freedom from..."
![Students write at a table.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-07/SanFrancisco_Classroom_2017_%20FH152724.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=uBQ5atYG)
Freedom Of… (en español)
This handout asks students to create a visual reprsentation of their definition of a "freedom of..."
![Two Black students write at their desks.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-07/Memphis_Classroom_2018_FH288851.jpeg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=B45APPri)
Definition of "Democracy" from Merriam-Webster's Dictionary (en español)
This handout contains the defintion of democracy according to Merriam-Webster's dictionary.
![Stock photo of Crowd Of Diverse Men And Women.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/Crowd%20Of%20Diverse%20Men%20And%20Women_iStock-1202344480%20%28FH2187445%29.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=up4OomJf)
African American Parents Decry School Conditions (en español)
Ruth Batson describes the complaints about Boston’s public schools that African American parents voiced in the early 1960s. This resource is in Spanish.
![Students are attentive in a seventh grade classroom on the first day of the school year at the Mary E. Curley School in Boston, Mass.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-02/GettyImages-630302546.jpg?h=16013371&itok=BOqVeA-V)