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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.
Words Matter
Reflect on the power of the words that we attach to people through an Anishinaabe woman’s memory of being called an “Indian” while growing up in Canada (Spanish available).
Examining the Holocaust and Human Behavior: 18-week Curriculum Outline
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Recommended for 8th and 10th grade, this outline provides an instructional pathway for middle school educators teaching the Holocaust.
The Jews of Poland
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This resource draws on autobiographies, diaries, official documents, and literary works to help students explore how Jews and non-Jews living in Poland throughout history have responded to questions about identity.
Sacred Texts, Modern Questions
Designed for educators in Jewish settings, this resource connects biblical, rabbinic, and contemporary Jewish sources to moral questions of today.
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?
Witness to a Massacre
Barbara Turkeltaub, a Jewish girl who was hidden by Catholic nuns during the war, describes witnessing a Nazi massacre.
Gender and Identity
Read the personal reflections of a mother whose young son has challenged her assumptions and expectations about gender identity.
Analysis & Reflection
Enhance your students’ understanding of our readings on civic participation with these follow-up questions and prompts.
Holocaust and Human Behavior One-Week Unit Outline
The five lessons in this unit give students an overview of the history of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust and provide a window into the choices individuals, groups, and nations made that contributed to genocide.
Holocaust Memorials and Monuments
Explore images of memorials and monuments to the Holocaust located in Europe and the United States.
Fear
With his story of a childhood bully, Gary Soto challenges us to look more closely at what lies behind one's behavior.