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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.
Former SS Member Oskar Groening
Defendant Oskar Gröning, a former SS member, at a courtroom in Lüneburg, Germany, April 21, 2015. Gröning, age 93, was found guilty of aiding in the murder of 300,000 Jews at Auschwitz and sentenced to four years in prison.
![Photograph of Oskar Groning, a former SS member on trial in Germany in 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Former%20SS%20Member%20Oskar%20Groening.jpg?h=312fc7ac&itok=kcIwNaul)
Flowers and Butterfly
Margit Koretzova painted this while imprisoned at the Terezín ghetto-camp. She died at age ten.
![Colorful watercolor of flowers and butterfly](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Flowers%20and%20Butterfly%20by%20Margit%20Koretzova.jpg?h=048697cd&itok=fWowc9yo)
Facades for the International Commission by Bedřich Fritta
This illustration by Bedřich Fritta, a prisoner at Terezín, depicts the “beautification” of the ghetto-camp undertaken by the SS before the Red Cross visit in 1944.
![Sketch of a ghetto building, pile of dead bodies visible](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Facades%20for%20the%20International%20Commission%20by%20Bed%C5%99ich%20Fritta.jpg?h=6834cfb5&itok=SiudHHX3)
Ensemble of Jewish Musicians in Latvia, 1930s
A small ensemble of Jewish musicians performs in Riga, Latvia, in the 1930s.
![Three musicians on stage playing a piano, violin, and cello.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Ensemble%20of%20Jewish%20Musicians%20in%20Latvia%2C%201930s.jpg?h=0429cc9e&itok=iI53r9Wo)
Edith Cavell Propaganda Poster
A British propaganda poster depicting the execution of Edith Cavell in 1915.
![Illustration of a German soldier holding a gun stands over a dead woman. The text reads, "Miss Edith Cavell murdered October 12th, 1915. Remember!"](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Edith%20Cavell%20Propaganda%20Poster.jpg?h=c4842d71&itok=60RifXb-)
Marketplace during Weimar's Hyperinflation
A woman takes a basket of banknotes to buy cabbage at a market during the 1923 hyperinflation in Weimar Germany.
![A woman takes a basket of banknotes to buy cabbage at a market during the 1933 hyperinflation in Weimar Germany.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image11_Medium_res.jpg?h=743bf4af&itok=TikJcpxP)
Members of Sighet’s Jewish Community
Romanian Jews standing in front of a Synagogue before World War 2.
![Group portrait outside of a wooden synagogue](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Members_of_Sighet%E2%80%99s_Jewish_Community_FH260043.jpg?h=f83c6171&itok=ED05ruNK)
National Socialism Election Poster
German election propaganda poster for the Prussian Landtag elections targeting the working class
![1930 poster of a masculine white farmer with a sack over his shoulder](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/National_Socialism_Election_Poster_FH229410.jpg?h=b12eb09c&itok=E_TgVnLD)
Nazi Propaganda Depicting Martin Luther
This propaganda poster from 1933 reads, “Hitler’s fight and Luther’s teaching are the best defense for the German people.”
![This propaganda poster from 1933 reads, “Hitler’s fight and Luther’s teaching are the best defense for the German people.”](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1933_NaziPropagandaDepictingMartinLuther_FH229430.jpg?h=8e8ffec8&itok=U_tsi-fT)
Common Core Writing Prompts and Strategies: Holocaust and Human Behavior
This resource provides writing prompts and strategies that align Holocaust and Human Behavior with the expectations of the Common Core State Standards.
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Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior
This 23-lesson unit on the Holocaust and World War II asks students to reflect on the essential question, What does learning about the choices people made during the Weimar Republic, the rise of the Nazi Party, and the Holocaust teach us about the power and impact of our choices today?
![Teaching Holocaust and Human Behavior Cover.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/TeachingHHB_cvr.png?h=e224772d&itok=CQ71PD0_)