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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.
Supporting Question 1: Defining Freedom
Students explore the supporting question, “What can freedom mean in the United States?”
Exploring Political Diversity in Communities
This 20-minute activity helps students explore the meaning of community and the nature of politically diverse communities.
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Understanding Political Polarization
This 20-minute activity helps students understand political polarization and its impact.
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The Impacts of Political Polarization
This 20-minute activity helps students reflect on where they see polarization, its negative effects, and potential solutions.
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Young People’s Perspectives on Democracy & Polarization
This 20-minute activity helps students compare the perspectives of young people across the country.
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Imagining a World Without Extreme Political Polarization
This 20-minute activity engages students in imagining a world without extreme political polarization.
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Rejecting Nazism
Learn about the Edelweiss Pirates and the Swing Kids, two German youth groups that questioned Nazism.
Schooling for the National Community
Learn how the Nazis transformed German schools to advance their nationalist and racial ideologies.
Speaking in Whispers
Learn about the role of cell and block wardens, Germans who collected information about their neighbors in Nazi German society.
Speaking in Whispers (en español)
Learn about the role of cell and block wardens, Germans who collected information about their neighbors in Nazi German society. This resource is in Spanish.
Spying on Family and Friends
Discover the effects of the “Malicious Attacks” law, which criminalized dissent to the Nazi party, had on one German family and on German society as a whole.