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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.
Building Connections with Concentric Circles
Students build connections with their peers by sharing small details about themselves in paired discussion.
![Uniformed students work together in class.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Chicago_Classroom_2019_FH2101464.jpg?h=0f4230fa&itok=eqY000u8)
Create a Goal and Discover Your “Why”
This student goal-setting activity helps students set SMART personal goals for the school year and discover their source of motivation.
![Student raising hand while seated at desk.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/5-1-17FacH07288.jpg?h=99fc88d3&itok=hU3cnDTF)
Staging the Compelling Question
Students explore the compelling question, “How can we make real the ideals of democracy and freedom?”
![Student and teacher in a classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/Community_Teach_In_FH2185452.jpeg?h=ddfec3f4&itok=gg3IvWas)
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)
Chart Illustrating Nuremberg Laws
This chart was designed to help Germans determine their racial status as outlined by the 1935 Nuremberg Laws.
![Chart with depictions of men and women detailing the 1935 Nuremberg laws.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Chart%20Illustrating%20Nuremberg%20Laws.jpg?h=1925ac1e&itok=_8xNuY_q)
Boy Scouts Founder
Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement, inspects scouts in Britain in 1915.
![Men in uniforms surround a line of young Boy Scouts](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Boy%20Scouts%20Founder.jpg?h=fb0bd1b2&itok=Vs9dyWGw)
Albert Birkle, Nächtliche Strasse (Street at Night), 1921
1921 Drawing by Albert Birkle titled "Street at Night
![Sepia-colored illustration of a street full of tired people and horses](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Ch04_Image03_Medium_res.jpg?h=d614c65a&itok=Kj0hIaLW)
An Inspector Calls USSR Poster
This poster was created for the 1945 world premiere of An Inspector Calls at the Leningrad Comedy Theatre in Moscow.
![Simple illustration of a silhouetted woman against a cityscape that is comprised of soot from chimneys](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/AIC_USSR_Poster_Medium_res.jpg?h=1d36513c&itok=K2rjuqQJ)
Anti-Fascist Barricade
Demonstrators at the Battle of Cable Street gathered to protest against Fascist leader Oswald Mosley and the Blackshirts.
![Crowd of demonstrators on a London street.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/DPAWA2_Medium_res.jpg?h=b47cd95b&itok=_yM3J0yH)
Anti-Fascist Crowds
Demonstrators at the Battle of Cable Street gathered to protest against Fascist leader Oswald Mosley and the Blackshirts.
![Crowd of demonstrators in the street in London.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/DPAWA5_Medium_res.jpg?h=3a61c815&itok=Sh96XAFN)