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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 Ghettos in Eastern Europe (en espaƱol)
This map shows the locations of the largest Jewish ghettos. This resource is in Spanish.
![This map shows the locations of the largest ghettos.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_2016_JewishGhettosinEasternEurope_FH229527.jpg?h=947ac768&itok=5CDOXryO)
Main Nazi Camps and Killing Sites (en espaƱol)
Between 1933 and 1945, the Nazis established more than 40,000 camps for the imprisonment, forced labor, or mass killing of Jews, Sinti and Roma, Communists, and other so-called āenemies of the state." View the Spanish version of this map.
![Map with locations of main camps and killing sites across Europe during the Nazi era.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_2016_MainNaziCampsandKillingsSites_FH229526.jpg?h=38e4958f&itok=h-q6c8c1)
El NiƱo del Gueto de Varsovia
Esta foto muestra a Tsvi Nussbaum, de 7 aƱos, en el gueto de Varsovia en 1943. La foto fue tomada por un fotĆ³grafo nazi. La informaciĆ³n sobre si este niƱo sobreviviĆ³ a la guerra es contradictoria en los registros.
![Seven year old boy Tsvi Nussbaum holds his hands up in Warsaw, 1943.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1943_BoyintheWarsawGhetto_FH249278.jpg?h=1142ef81&itok=0XIzDPv2)
1932 German Election Ballot (en espaƱol)
The 1932 German election ballot featured 36 parties, many of which existed only on paper. The number of different groups made it difficult for any single party to gain a majority in parliament in the Weimar Republic. This resource is in Spanish.
![A sample 1932 German Election ballot. A long page with a list of items to vote on, in German text.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-P046291%2C_Berlin%2C_Reichstagswahl%2C_Wahlzettel_Medium_res.jpg?h=64aaa142&itok=H6JurCwa)
The Artist and His Mother by Arshile Gorky (en espaƱol)
This image, which is on the cover of Facing History's publication Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the Armenians was painted by the artist Arshile Gorky. It is based on a photograph of Gorky and his mother, Sushan der Marderosian, taken in 1912. Although Gorky is generally identified as an American artist, he was born Vosdanig Adoian near the city of Van in what was then the Ottoman Empire. A few years after the photograph was taken, Gorky and his mother were victims of the Armenian Genocide. While he survived, Gorky remembers his mother dying in his arms. As an artist Gorky returned to the subject of the 1912 photograph many times throughout his career. This resource is in Spanish.
![Painting of artist Arshile Gorky and his mother.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/GenocideOfTheArmeniansArshileGorky.jpeg?h=83a548ea&itok=vPFn3ux0)
World War I in Europe and the Middle East (en espaƱol)
World War I was fought between the Central powers and the Allied powers simultaneously on several fronts in western Europe, eastern Europe, and the Middle East. See full-sized image for analysis. This resource is in Spanish.
![Map showing major alliances and advances of the Central and Allied powers during World War I.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Map_32_Europe_ME_WWI_1914_18.jpg?h=38e4958f&itok=hSmRZuQZ)
Otto Dix, Verwundeter (Wounded Soldier), 1924 (en espaƱol)
Dix was a New Objectivist artist known for the brutal realism of his paintings. He was wounded several times by German soldiers on the western front during World War I. He based his series Der Krieg (The War) on these experiences. This resource is in Spanish.
![Dix was a New Objectivist artist known for the brutal realism of his paintings. He was wounded several times by Germans soldier on the Western Front during World War I. He based his series entitled Der Krieg (The War) on these experiences.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image04_Medium_res.jpg?h=f3a37c6e&itok=Ne3vlzPM)
John Singer Sargent, Gassed, 1919 (en espaƱol)
John Singer Sargent painted Gassed in 1919, depicting the effects of chemical weapons used by Germans against the British in the Battle of Arras on August 21, 1918. This resource is in Spanish.
![Painting title Gassed by John Singer Sargent. Shows World War I soldiers with bandaged eyes being led by other soldiers. Many dead and injured soldiers laying at the base of the painting.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch3_Image05_Medium_res.jpg?h=fe25bc16&itok=_3yOA5E-)
Nazi Recruitment Propaganda (en espaƱol)
This mid-1930s poster says, āThe NSDAP [Nazi Party] protects the people. Your fellow comrades need your advice and help, so join the local party organization". This resource is in Spanish.
![This mid-1930s poster says, āThe NSDAP (Nazi Party) protects the people. Your fellow comrades need your advice and help, so join the local party organization.ā](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1936_NaziRecruitmentPropaganda_FH229451.jpg?h=5e938d19&itok=Wj-dTXcd)
Antisemitic Children's Book (en espaƱol)
From the 1938 antisemitic childrenās book The Poisonous Mushroom. The boy is drawing a nose on the chalkboard, and the caption reads: āThe Jewish nose is crooked at its tip. It looks like a 6.ā This resource is in Spanish.
![A child in a classroom standing at the chalkboard demonstrating anti-semitic knowledge](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Antisemitic%20Children%27s%20Book.jpg?h=3c456dbd&itok=U8MEfJuh)
The Growth of Nazi Germany (en espaƱol)
Between 1933 and 1939, Greater Germany expanded significantly as a result of the Third Reichās annexations and conquests in eastern Europe. This resource is in Spanish.
![Map showing territory conquered, annexed, and remilitarized by Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1939.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Map_71_Nazi_Germany_1933_39.jpg?h=9b2d7546&itok=zEdj_X-k)