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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.
Japanese Woodblock Print, 1861
This Japanese print is titled “Foreigner and Wrestler at Yokohama." It depicts a sumo wrestler, representing Japan, confronting "foreign" opponents.
![Sumo wrestler throwing a foreigner at Yokohama.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/Foreigner_and_Wrestler_at_Yokohama_1861.jpg?h=ce1ab32c&itok=qnw5To10)
Timeline of Major Events in Japan, 1853–1919
Introduce students to nineteenth-century Japanese history and the country's response to Western imperialism.
![Vehicles of the Japanese Navy enter the port of Nanking, and thus support with their guns the arrival of tank regiments from the land side.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H30040%2C_Japanisch-Chinesischer_Krieg.jpg?h=048697cd&itok=QWqUzmfp)
Historical Context and Excerpts from the Purim Story
Students use this handout to complete a Purim text study.
![Queen Esther Accuses Haman Before King Ahasuerus](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-03/iStock-693362992.jpg?h=262493cb&itok=CyJCstUG)
Luis Moreno Ocampo: Watcher of the Sky
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This film focuses on the first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo.
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Introducing the Armenian Genocide
Scholar Richard G. Hovannisian gives an overview of the Armenian Genocide.
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Requesting Speakers
Recommended organizations for educators seeking to set up an in-person or virtual speaker visit by a Holocaust survivor or descendant of a survivor.
![Rena Finder talks with Facing History & Ourselves students](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-01/Rena_Finder_with_FHAO_students2.jpg?h=08b866d1&itok=RkZs-OQE)
What Is Genocide?
This explainer helps students understand the meaning, gravity, and history of the concept and crime of genocide.
![Close-up on dictionary definition of the word genocide including key descriptive words.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-02/iStock-1082625266.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=Z16zXIIY)
A Canadian Genocide in Search of a Name
Read a call to Canada's government to recognize its treatment of Indigenous Peoples in colonial Canada as genocide.
![Cover of "Stolen Lives: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the Indian Residential Schools."](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/FHAO_stolenLives_HR_graphic.png?h=e2f3be3a&itok=E26V-38t)
Un génocide canadien à la recherche d’un nom
Lisez la demande faite au gouvernement du Canada pour qu’il reconnaisse la façon dont il a traité les Peuples Autochtones pendant la période coloniale du Canada comme un génocide.
![Cover of "Stolen Lives: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the Indian Residential Schools."](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/FHAO_stolenLives_HR_graphic.png?h=e2f3be3a&itok=E26V-38t)