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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.
Workers Unite
Founded in 1985, the Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (COSATU) calls for “One country, one federation” with the goal of uniting the South African people.
![Illustration on poster shows South Africans protesting, two carrying red flags and one a hammer.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/Workers_Unite_graphic_teaser.jpeg?h=7f3d4d01&itok=rL3LUh4K)
A General's Responsibility: Matsui, Nanjing, and the Tokyo Trial
Scholar Beth Van Schaack discusses General Matsui Iwane’s involvement in the Nanjing atrocities.
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The Declaration of Independence Excerpt
This short excerpt from the Declaration of Independence allows students to explore the ideals within the founding document.
![Image of the US Declaration of Independence](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-10/master-rbc-rbc0001-2004-2004pe76546-001.jpg?h=6399e814&itok=EyG2saN1)
The Declaration of Independence Excerpt (en español)
This short excerpt from the Declaration of Independence allows students to explore the ideals within the founding document. This resource is in Spanish.
![Image of the US Declaration of Independence](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-10/master-rbc-rbc0001-2004-2004pe76546-001.jpg?h=6399e814&itok=EyG2saN1)
An Indian’s Looking Glass for the White Man, 1833 (Heavily Abridged)
This primary source is from Native American (Pequot) minister William Apess, an advocate for racial equality and the rights of Native Americans.
![Mr. William Apes, A Native Missionary Of The Pequot Tribe Of Indians, Frontispiece](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/5188591.jpg?h=60e037a2&itok=Zk1uScTF)
An Indian’s Looking Glass for the White Man, 1833 (heavily abridged) (en español)
This heavily abridged primary source is from Native American (Pequot) minister William Apess, an advocate for racial equality and the rights of Native Americans. This resource is in Spanish.
![Mr. William Apes, A Native Missionary Of The Pequot Tribe Of Indians, Frontispiece](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/5188591.jpg?h=60e037a2&itok=Zk1uScTF)
An Indian’s Looking Glass for the White Man, 1833
This primary source is from Native American (Pequot) minister William Apess, an advocate for racial equality and the rights of Native Americans.
![Student Working on Handout](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/DSC08556.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=spaIovC-)
An Indian’s Looking Glass for the White Man, 1833 (en español)
This primary source is from Native American (Pequot) minister William Apess, an advocate for racial equality and the rights of Native Americans. This resource is in Spanish.
![Student Working on Handout](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/DSC08556.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=spaIovC-)
"Kristallnacht": The November 1938 Pogroms
Scholars discuss the events of Kristallnacht, a series of violent attacks against Jews in Germany, Austria, and part of Czechoslovakia in November, 1938.
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Sol Plaatje, ca. 1911
Sol Plaatje was the co-founder of the African National Congress (ANC). As an activist and politician, he spent much of his life fighting for the enfranchisement and liberation of the South African people.
![Black and white image of Sol Plaatje writing](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Sol_Plaatje.png?h=133ff0fb&itok=KuJIRhow)
South African Scooter Drivers Union
Spurred by the strikes in Durban in 1973, the formation of trade unions, like the South African Scooter Drivers Union in Johannesburg (1984), provided labor protection to black South Africans.
![Illusration on poster depicts men on motorcyles with shirts reading "SASDU" and gold wings.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/South_African_Scooter_Drivers_Union_teaser.jpeg?h=def8f538&itok=JVshKpJE)
Southern Africa Frontline States
The collapse of apartheid and the implementation of a democratic government in South Africa was regionally supported by a group of southern African states called the Frontline States. (The Democratic Republic of Congo, pictured here, was not supportive of the liberation.)
![Southern region of Africa, with visible countries in different colors (Democratic Republic of the Congo, United Republic of Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland)](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Southern_Africa_Frontline_States.png?h=23305f7f&itok=fLDOAQm2)