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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.
Sonia Weitz Remembers the Holocaust and Recites her Poem Icicles
Sonia Schreiber Weitz, Holocaust survivor, remembers the brutality of Bergen-Belsen.
Teaching The Children of Willesden Lane: A Concluding Discussion
Teacher Chris Mazzino facilitates an open-forum discussion on “The Children of Willesden Lane.”
Teaching The Children of Willesden Lane: Exploring Lisa's Music
Teacher Martina Grant leads a discussion about the music in “The Children of Willesden Lane.”
Teaching The Children of Willesden Lane: Gaining Insight Through Poetry
Teacher Chris Mazzino uses poetry connecting to the themes of “The Children of Willesden Lane.”
Visual Essay: Free Expression in the Weimar Republic
Explore Weimar-era fine art, film, and ballet with this collection of images. Analyze the experimental styles and social commentary of German art in the 1920s.
We May Not Have Another Chance
Holocaust survivor Sonia Weitz processes an experience she had in a slave labor camp through a poem and writing.
What Do We Do with a Difference?
A poem by James Berry invites us to question the ways we as individuals and societies react to difference.
What Do We Do with a Difference? (en español)
A poem by James Berry invites us to question the ways we as individuals and societies react to difference. This resource is in Spanish.
Teaching Night
This guide interweaves a literary analysis of Elie Wiesel’s powerful and poignant memoir with an exploration of the relevant historical context surrounding his experience during the Holocaust.
I Promised I Would Tell
Survivor Sonia Schreiber Weitz bears witness to the Holocaust through poetry and testimony in this powerful memoir.
The Power of Propaganda
In this classroom video, a high school class prepares to read Elie Wiesel’s Night.