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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.
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"How to Bloom in Dark Places” by Warsan Shire
Poet Warsan Shire tells the story of a young Somali-born refugee in this poem from the film Brave Girl Rising.
Creating a New Narrative
This speech delivered at the dedication of the Lynching of Ell Persons Historical Marker is a powerful reflection on the creation of new historical symbols.
Hope Frye's Testimony on Child Migrant Detention
Immigration lawyer Hope Frye describes the conditions at child migrant detention centers in her congressional hearing testimony.
Overcoming Fears and Spurring Action
Read Ambassador Samantha Power's 2016 speech on the global refugee crisis, and her examples of the "small steps" communities are taking to aid refugees.
Reconstruction and the Meaning of Freedom
Hasan Kwame Jeffries and George Lipsitz discuss Reconstruction and the meaning of freedom.
Firsthand Accounts of the Great Depression
Read and listen to firsthand accounts of the shame, humiliation, and deprivation experienced by those who lived through the Great Depression.
H. J. Williams Recalls Learning About the Rules of Jim Crow in Yazoo County, Mississippi
H. J. Williams, in an interview about living in the segregated South, describes when he first realized that blacks and whites were treated differently.
Refusing Passengers Aboard the St. Louis
US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power explains how World War II and the Holocaust changed how we think about refugees today.
H. J. Williams Recalls Lynching in Yazoo County, Mississippi
H. J. Williams, in an interview about living in the segregated South, shares a memory of a lynching that took place in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
Remembering the Past: Sonia Weitz's History
Sonia Weitz speaks about her experiences before and during the Holocaust.
Rena Finder on Krakow at the Start of World War II
Rena Finder, a Holocaust survivor rescued by Oskar Schindler, recalls how her life changed after the Nazis invaded Poland when she was ten years old.