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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.
"The Battle for Work"
Learn about the Nazis’ job creation program during their first year in power, which pursued both reemployment and military rearmament.
Breeding the New German "Race"
Learn about the sterilization law in Nazi Germany and other measures taken by the Nazis to ensure the purity of the Aryan race.
Breeding the New German "Race" (en español)
Learn about the sterilization law in Nazi Germany and other measures taken by the Nazis to ensure the purity of the Aryan race. This resource is in Spanish.
The Holocaust: The Range of Responses
Use this handout in a Jigsaw activity that asks students to explore the range of responses to the Holocaust.
Elsbeth Lewin Remembers Kristallnacht
Holocaust survivor Elsbeth Lewin describes her and her family's experience of Kristallnacht in Mainz, Germany.
Empire of Dreams (1880-1942)
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Part two of Latino Americans documents how the American population begins to be reshaped by the influx of Cubans, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans from 1880 into the 1940s.
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
Watch the 3-part series that explores the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act
Hard Times Return
Compare the party platforms of the Communists, Nazis, and Social Democrats in Germany’s 1932 presidential elections, a time of deep economic crisis.
Controlling the Universities
Learn how the Nazis pushed their ideology onto German universities, and how academics like Heidegger and Einstein responded.
Do You Take the Oath?
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Reflect on the choices and actions of two Germans who had to decide whether or not to pledge an oath of loyalty to Hitler.