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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.
The Holocaust
Confront the history of the Holocaust, and reflect on the human behavior revealed in the choices of perpetrators, bystanders, resisters, and rescuers.
![A memorial at Auschwitz of shoes taken from prisoners of the camp.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_AuschwitzShoeMemorial_%20FH229698.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=yasBC2Fw)
Judgment and Justice
Examine the nature of judgment, forgiveness, and justice, and learn about the challenges of deciding an adequate response to the crimes of the Holocaust.
![On the right two benches of the accused leaders stretch away from the foreground to the centre of the painting. Behind the defendants stands a line of white-helmeted military police who guard the benches and separate them from the court beyond....](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/HHB_Chapter_10_Medium_res.jpg?h=dfed305d&itok=THFy93nO)
Legacy and Memory
Review some of the profound legacies of the Holocaust and World War II and consider how these histories continue to influence our lives today.
![The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, or Holocaust Memorial, is a memorial in Berlin, Germany to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/HHB_Chapter_11_Medium_res.jpg?h=7fb2964e&itok=i4K2A5Oo)
Choosing to Participate
Learn about people who have taken action to make the world a more just and compassionate place, and consider the ways we can participate as caring citizens of the world.
![Agosin Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love Pg. 76](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/HHB_Chapter_12_Medium_res.jpg?h=0704619c&itok=WsQTWf0G)
Pre-War Jewish Family
A Jewish family, possibly in Sighet, taken before the beginning of World War II, ca. 1930–1940.
![Family portrait with children, parents, and grandparents. Taken circa 1930-1940.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1930_GroupPortraitofaPrewarJewishFamily_FH260052.jpg?h=eb24755d&itok=uUQRs7GI)
Rohingya Refugees
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have fled persecution in Myanmar since 2017, often traveling to neighboring Bangladesh.
![Members of Myanmar's Rohingya ethnic minority walk through rice fields after crossing the border into Bangladesh near Cox's Bazar's Teknaf area, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/2017_RohingyaRefugees_FH261963.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=nEhl1UhO)
A Cabin in Hale County, Alabama During the Great Depression
A cabin where an African American family lived, in Hale County, Alabama during the Great Depression.
![A cabin where an African American family lived, in rural Hale County, Alabama during the Great Depression.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/5_Negro_cabin%2C_Hale_County%2C_AL.jpg?h=54dfc285&itok=Oh_qn6Vu)
A General Store Interior in Moundville, Alabama
This photo of the interior of an Alabama general store was taken in the summer of 1936.
![An old country store contains sacks of food and other items for purchase.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/4_General_store_interior%2C_Moundville%2C_AL.jpg?h=987fc4f6&itok=eilmO6C6)
African American man Farming in Mississippi, 1936
Near Tupelo, Mississippi, an African American man farms in a field, 1936.
![FARMING IN TULEPO, MISSISSIPPI](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/1936_FarmingInTulepoMississippi_FH131404.png?h=64610b7d&itok=W_5P0-Gw)
Battle of the Somme Film
From the 1915 propaganda film The Battle of the Somme showing a soldier rescuing a comrade under fire. Although the documentary included staged scenes, this frame was taken from a real combat scene.
![A Still image from the 1915 propaganda film The Battle of Somme. A World War I soldier carries a body on his back.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/The_Battle_of_the_Somme_film_image2.jpg?h=8e8edc7c&itok=lXwsRCvH)