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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.
Killed as a Fighter, Not Because I Am a Jew
Former Jewish partisan Sonia Orbuch describes how she approached the dangers of life as a partisan.
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Life on the Front Lines
Former Jewish partisan Sonia Orbuch describes providing medical care to sick and wounded partisans.
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Life or Death in the Netherlands
Marion Pritchard, a member of the Dutch resistance who hid a Jewish family during the Nazi occupation of Holland, describes what happened when a Dutch Nazi policeman investigated her house.
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Luis Moreno Ocampo: Watcher of the Sky
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This film focuses on the first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo.
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Life in the Forest
Former Jewish partisan Frank Blaichman discusses how partisans persevered in the face of challenging weather, hunger, and suffering.
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Introducing the Armenian Genocide
Scholar Richard G. Hovannisian gives an overview of the Armenian Genocide.
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Requesting Speakers
Recommended organizations for educators seeking to set up an in-person or virtual speaker visit by a Holocaust survivor or descendant of a survivor.
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What Is Genocide?
This explainer helps students understand the meaning, gravity, and history of the concept and crime of genocide.
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A Canadian Genocide in Search of a Name
Read a call to Canada's government to recognize its treatment of Indigenous Peoples in colonial Canada as genocide.
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Un génocide canadien à la recherche d’un nom
Lisez la demande faite au gouvernement du Canada pour qu’il reconnaisse la façon dont il a traité les Peuples Autochtones pendant la période coloniale du Canada comme un génocide.
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Cultural Genocide
Consider how the term cultural genocide describes the efforts of the Canadian government to assimilate the Indigenous Peoples through residential schools.
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