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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.
Sholem Aleichem: Identity in a Changing World
This clip from "Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness" centers on his story "On Account of a Hat".
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Sholem Aleichem: Understanding the Life of Shtetl Jews
This clip from "Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness" covers the advantages and disadvantages of growing up in a shtetl as seen through Sholem Aleichem's story "The Town of the Little People."
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Sonia Weitz Remembers the Holocaust and Recites her Poem Icicles
Sonia Schreiber Weitz, Holocaust survivor, remembers the brutality of Bergen-Belsen.
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Step By Step: Phases of the Holocaust
Scholar Doris Bergen describes the phases of events that led to the Holocaust.
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Surviving a Massacre
In this graphic testimony, Holocaust survivor Zvi Michaeli describes realizing that he survived after the Jewish community of Eishyshok, Lithuania was murdered by the Nazis.
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Teaching The Children of Willesden Lane: A Concluding Discussion
Teacher Chris Mazzino facilitates an open-forum discussion on “The Children of Willesden Lane.”
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Teaching The Children of Willesden Lane: Choices That Make a Difference
Students discuss and reflect on difficult moral choices in history and in their own lives.
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Teaching The Children of Willesden Lane: Introducing the Universe of Obligation, High School
Teacher Martina Grant leads a discussion on the concept of the universe of obligation.
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Teaching The Children of Willesden Lane: Upstanders and Bystanders
Teacher Nancy Parrish explores the concept of upstanders and bystanders with her students.
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Testimony of Resistance at Auschwitz
Holocaust survivor Helen K. recalls an act of courageous resistance by inmates at Auschwitz.
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The Ancient Roots of Anti-Judaism
Scholars trace anti-Jewish myths, hatred, and violence back to the time of the Roman Empire in this historical overview of anti-Judaism’s roots.
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