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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.
"Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?) State" (1874)
How do racial stereotypes in the media create and reinforce “in” groups and “out” groups in a society?
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Segment of the Battle of Cable Street Mural
The Battle of Cable Street mural depicts details from the confrontation between anti-Fascist demonstrators and Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts in London's East End.
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The French Bishops' Protest Against the Nazi Occupation in France and the Vel' d'Hiv Police Roundup
Scholar Aliza Luft discusses how French bishops reacted to the growing hostility towards Jews in occupied France during World War II.
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The “Immigration Problem”
Learn about the restrictive immigration measures established in the United States throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Analysis & Reflection
Enhance your students’ understanding of our readings on civic participation with these follow-up questions and prompts.
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Protecting Democracy
A congressional representative argues that the federal government should have the power to prosecute individuals who commit intimidation.
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Protecting Democracy (en español)
A congressional representative argues that the federal government should have the power to prosecute individuals who commit intimidation.
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Analyzing the Causes of Klan Violence
This handout contains an iceberg diagram that helps students analyze the causes of violence by the Ku Klux Klan.
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Analyzing the Causes of Klan Violence (en español)
In Spanish, this handout contains an iceberg diagram that helps students analyze the causes of violence by the Ku Klux Klan.
![Black and white photo of the house committee](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Civil_Rights_House_Committee_Investigating_KKK_2021_FH2177934.jpg?h=a9a611f7&itok=-pUVaIhR)
Changing Public Opinion in the North Mini-Lecture
This handout contain key points for a mini-lecture on the factors that caused white Northern public opinion to shift against Reconstruction.
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Changing Public Opinion in the North Mini-Lecture (en español)
In Spanish, this handout contain key points for a mini-lecture on the factors that caused white Northern public opinion to shift against Reconstruction.
![Image of the Wall Street Newspaper reading "Panic in Stocks Yesterday"](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Democracy_1873_Wall_Street_Panic_Newspaper_Article_FH21392.jpg?h=9cbee7f4&itok=VFZ2dkV-)