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![A group of high school students sit at desks in conversation.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2023-10/AdobeStock_254378868.jpg?itok=f6YAphey)
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.
The Last Chance for Justice
Learn about the trials of former Nazi perpetrators taking place in the 21st century and consider the motivation behind them and the challenges they pose.
![Photograph of Oskar Groning, a former SS member on trial in Germany in 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Former%20SS%20Member%20Oskar%20Groening.jpg?h=312fc7ac&itok=kcIwNaul)
Moral Luck and Dilemmas of Judgment
Reflect on the challenges posed by making moral judgments about the actions of people in the past.
![The city of Nuremberg with a building in ruins, 1945.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch10_Image02_Medium_res.jpg?h=5ec9f416&itok=jXQ5gMYm)
“It’s a Courageous Thing to Do”
A student reflects on why it takes courage to wear a yarmulke or kippah.
![A close up of a student reading a handout with a pencil in hand.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/ClassroomImage_FH2101633.jpg?h=0f4230fa&itok=8W3kLC6F)
Visual Essay: Holocaust Memorials and Monuments
Study various memorials and monuments and reflect on the ways in which we choose to remember history.
![Sculptor Andy Goldsworthy created this memorial at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City in 2003. Small oak trees were planted by Holocaust survivors in a hole within each stone.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch11_image18_Medium_res.jpg?h=fff89ad5&itok=FHZPZ0gI)
Acknowledging the Past to Shape the Present
Learn about two initiatives aimed at confronting past violence and reflect on how facing the past can help shape a better future.
![An arpillera (a brightly colored patchwork picture quilt) of women and dark silhouettes of figures.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Arpillera_1_Arpillera_with_Names_of_Disappeared_Men_2235018906_o.jpg?h=36cc4578&itok=JX3Eqqvw)
Finding a Voice in Art
Explore how Chilean women used folk art to heal and advocate for justice in the wake of human rights abuses by General Pinochet’s dictatorship.
![An arpillera (a brightly colored patchwork picture quilt) of women and dark silhouettes of figures.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Arpillera_1_Arpillera_with_Names_of_Disappeared_Men_2235018906_o.jpg?h=36cc4578&itok=JX3Eqqvw)
Open-Source Participation
Learn about how bloggers and activists in Kenya used technology to respond to violence after a contested election in 2008.
![An arpillera (a brightly colored patchwork picture quilt) of women and dark silhouettes of figures.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Arpillera_1_Arpillera_with_Names_of_Disappeared_Men_2235018906_o.jpg?h=36cc4578&itok=JX3Eqqvw)
Anti-Judaism before the Enlightenment
Deepen your understanding of the history of antisemitism with this overview of the persecution, violence, and restrictions Jews throughout Europe faced during the Middle Ages.
![A contemporary drawing of the Hep! Hep! riots in Frankfurt am Main in 1819. Notice that both men and women participated in the violence.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Holocaust_2015_HepHepRiots_FH147029.jpg?h=68d52520&itok=QlgzjK49)
Breeding Society’s "Fittest"
Learn how people in the late nineteenth-century used race science, social Darwinism, and eugenics to justify their ideas about membership.
![The Nazis used public displays to spread their ideas of race. The chart shown here is titled "The Biology of Growth," and is labeled "Stages of Growth for Members of the Nordic Race."](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Holocaust_2022_Stages_of_Growth_for_Members_of_the_Nordic_Race_FH2173574.jpg?h=4ef8ed75&itok=8_9e8SNU)
Creating the German Nation
Read about the confluence of nationalism, race science, and German-unification efforts in mid-eighteenth-century German society.
![Germania, painted by Philipp Veit in 1848, was a symbol of the German nation during the revolutions of 1848–49 and in later years.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch02_Image07.jpg?h=af65be21&itok=QpBQpuIJ)
"Expansion Was Everything"
Read about nineteenth-century Imperialism, the Congress of Berlin, and W. E. B. Du Bois’ analysis of the profound consequences of Europe's colonization of Africa.
![Sketch of a European imperialist standing with legs straddled and arms out.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch02_Image06.png?h=f64886a2&itok=l90yjBTr)