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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 American Response to the Armenian Genocide
Professor Peter Balakian describes the American response to the Armenian Genocide during World War I.
The Armenian Genocide
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During World War I, the Ottoman Turks carried out one of the largest genocides in the world's history. This film provides a historical overview of the Armenian Genocide and looks at its denial by Turkey that continues to this day.
Timeline of Major Events in China, 1839–1919
Introduce students to nineteenth-century Chinese history and the country's response to Western imperialism.
The Outbreak of World War II in East Asia Documents
Students investigate these primary and secondary sources in order to understand the underlying causes of the outbreak of World War II in Asia.
Reporter: Psychic Numbing
Nicholas Kristof describes psychic numbing: caring less as a number of victims increases.
The Nanjing Atrocities: The Range of Human Behavior
Give students a framework for analyzing their assigned story about a response to the Nanjing atrocities.
Justice after the Nanjing Atrocities Anticipation Guide
Students decide whether they agree or disagree with a set of statements about achieving justice after the Nanjing atrocities.
Dehumanizing the Enemy
Scholar James Edward Waller discusses how perpetrators of atrocities dehumanize their victims.
Conventional Revolution: Raphael Lemkin and the Crime Without a Name
Scholar Donna-Lee Frieze chronicles the life and work of Raphael Lemkin.
Mobile Killing Units
Dr. Kutorgene write about what had happened in Kovno as the Nazis prepared to murder the Jews in the ghetto there.