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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.
Weaving Workshop at a Yeshiva
Students in a weaving workshop at a yeshiva, or rabbinical academy, in Sighet before the war.
![Boys standing beside weaving machines posing for a photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Weaving_Workshop_at_a_Yeshiva_FH260053_1.jpg?h=99aae415&itok=So2RGhwX)
Witness to a Massacre
Barbara Turkeltaub, a Jewish girl who was hidden by Catholic nuns during the war, describes witnessing a Nazi massacre.
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Decision-Making in Times of Fear and Crisis
Help students analyze a reading about the choices made by a person or group during Kristallnacht.
![Image showing the destruction resulting from Kristallnacht.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Test223817_Original_Medium_res.jpg?h=c8d479ee&itok=g317b1wn)
The Range of Human Behavior Vocabulary Terms
Students predict the definitions of perpetrator, victim, bystander, and upstander, using context clues.
![Classroom image.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/2017_classroomimage_FH256520.png?h=56d0ca2e&itok=KfOf28kY)
Notes on the Growth of Nazi Germany, 1933–1939
Help students follow along a mini-lecture about Nazi Germany's expansion in the 1930s.
Phases of the Holocaust
Help students understand the four major stages of the Holocaust according to scholar Doris Bergen.
![Preview of Phases of the Holocaust Handout](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-03/PhasesofTheHolocaustTeaser.png?h=d3d13267&itok=snAHFmGT)
Youth in Nazi Germany Reading Set 1
Have students read and annotate passages on the experiences of youth in Nazi Germany.
![Hitler Youth groups educated young people according to Nazi principles, and the encouraged comradeship and physical fitness through outdoor activities](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_HitlerYouthHiking_FH229449.jpg?h=827069f2&itok=PbrzWAsf)
Youth in Nazi Germany Reading Set 2
Have students read and annotate passages on the experiences of youth in Nazi Germany.
![Hitler Youth groups educated young people according to Nazi principles, and the encouraged comradeship and physical fitness through outdoor activities](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_HitlerYouthHiking_FH229449.jpg?h=827069f2&itok=PbrzWAsf)
Choices and Consequences
Help students be active listeners of their classmates' presentations about the choices individuals in Nazi Germany.
![Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst in June 1942.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_2016_WhiteRoseResistanceGroup_FH229473.jpg?h=dfc3751c&itok=BjXT-amv)
The Bear That Wasn't
Explore identity, conformity, and authority with this modern fable about a bear forced to navigate society's perception of who he is.
![An illustration from Fred Tashlin's The Bear That Wasn't.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Bear_04_Medium_res.jpg?h=e234a08a&itok=1oJczY0C)
The Blink of an Eye
Learn what new research into human behavior reveals about prejudice, unconscious bias, and our brains' practice of creating categories and expectations for others.
![Photograph by James Luna.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/HHB_Chapter_2_Medium_res.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=OtysDNT5)