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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.
Jewish Resistance in Algeria
This reading provides historical context about the Jews in Algeria and their resistance to antisemitic attacks.
“A 'Total Violation of Human Dignity’ Girlhood Interrupted in Auschwitz (1944)”
This is an excerpt from Simone Lagrange's testimony at a war crimes trial in 1987.
Ils ont volé nos terres
Lisez cette déclaration faite en 1910 par les chefs des nations Shuswap, Okanagan, et Couteau qui met en lumière la façon dont les Peuples Autochtones percevaient les Européens pendant cette période.
A Time of Crisis: The Sanitation Strike
Learn about the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers’ strike and Martin Luther King Jr.'s role in the strike and negotiations.
Kimchee on the Seder Plate
Read this reflection on Jewish identity by the daughter of an Ashkenazi, Reform Jewish father and a Korean Buddhist mother.
Excerpt from Mississippi Black Codes (1865)
The Mississippi Black Codes attempt to codify expectations of freedpeople around topics such as intermarriage and labor laws.
Mississippi Black Codes (1865) (en español)
In Spanish, the Mississippi Black Codes attempt to codify expectations of freedpeople around topics such as intermarriage and labor laws.
Bielski Brothers’ Biography
Introduce students to the four brothers whose partisan unit saved Jewish lives from the forests of Belarus.
Race and Belonging in Colonial America: The Story of Anthony Johnson
Learn about Anthony Johnson, a Black forced laborer who became free in seventeenth-century Virginia.
Black Officeholders in the South
These tables provide data about African American officeholders in the South during Reconstruction.
Black Officeholders in the South (en español)
In Spanish, these tables provide data about African American officeholders in the South during Reconstruction.