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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.
Partisan Life
Former Jewish partisan Sonia Orbuch explains how she perceived life among the partisans as a "good life."
Power and Responsibility
Former Jewish partisan Frank Blaichman reflects on how he managed the responsibility of carrying firearms.
Prejudice and Pride (1965-1980)
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Part five of Latino Americans details the creation of the proud Chicano identity, as labor leaders organize farm workers and activists push for better education opportunities for Latinos, the inclusion of Latino studies, and political empowerment.
Protecting Jews
Former Jewish partisan Frank Blaichman describes finding shelter for Jews who could not join the partisans' resistance efforts.
Warning the World
Jan Karski, a diplomat and member of the Polish resistance during World War II, describes his experience in the Warsaw Ghetto and his meeting with U.S. President Roosevelt.
What Kind of Asian Are You?
This short video satirizes the way we sometimes rely on stereotypes about race, ethnicity, and nationality to make assumptions about each other.
Who Will Write Our History
This educational version of the documentary tells the story of the Oyneg Shabes archive, created by a clandestine group in the Warsaw Ghetto who vowed to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda by detailing life in the ghetto from the Jewish perspective.
Milgram - Doc Miller
Doc Miller introduces a class that he taught about Stanley Milgram's obedience experiment.
Looking Back at 1920s-early 1930s Germany
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This clip from the documentary Paragraph 175 introduces four survivors of the Holocaust: three gay men and one Jewish lesbian woman.
The Impact of Nazi Rule on Jewish Gay Youth
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In this clip from Paragraph 175, two survivors share their experiences when Hitler and the Nazi Party first came to power.
The Intersections of Gay and Jewish Life
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In this clip from Paragraph 175, Gad Beck describes the day that his lover was arrested and sent to Auschwitz.