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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.
Raphael Lemkin: Watcher of the Sky (Genocide Convention)
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This film, created in partnership between Propeller Films and Facing History & Ourselves from the feature length film Watchers of the Sky, focuses on lawyer Raphael Lemkin’s efforts to develop an international law.
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Raphael Lemkin: Watcher of the Sky (Introduction)
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This film, from the feature length movie Watchers of the Sky, focuses on Raphael Lemkin and some of his personal story as well as what became the focus of his life’s work.
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Reconciling Identities after the War
Romana Farrington, whose Jewish parents arranged for her to be raised by a Polish Catholic family during the Holocaust, describes how her wartime experience impacts her identity.
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Marched to the Ghetto
Holocaust survivor Barbara Fischman Traub describes the reactions of her neighbors as she and her family were marched through their hometown of Sighet, Hungary, to the ghetto during the Holocaust.
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Night of the Long Knives: Jonathan Petropoulos
Jonathan Petropoulos discusses the importance of the 1934 violent purge in the Nazi party.
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Brief History of Paragraph 175 in Germany
This handout provides a selection of dates and events that align with the content explored in the Paragraph 175 lesson and accompanying film.
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Brief History of Paragraph 175 in Germany (en español)
This handout provides a selection of dates and events that align with the content explored in the Paragraph 175 lesson and accompanying film. This resource is in spanish.
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Looking Back at 1920s-early 1930s Germany
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This clip from the documentary Paragraph 175 introduces four survivors of the Holocaust: three gay men and one Jewish lesbian woman.
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The Impact of Nazi Rule on Jewish Gay Youth
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In this clip from Paragraph 175, two survivors share their experiences when Hitler and the Nazi Party first came to power.
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Rewriting Paragraph 175
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This clip from Paragraph 175 explores how gay men and women experienced the Nazis’ strengthening of the consequences for Paragraph 175 and how Jewish and gay identities intersected.
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The Intersections of Gay and Jewish Life
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In this clip from Paragraph 175, Gad Beck describes the day that his lover was arrested and sent to Auschwitz.
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