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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.
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.
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.
GLSEN LGBTQIA+ History Cards
Use this handout to help students learn about two millennia of LGBTQIA+ history and reflect on how that history is represented in their textbooks and curricula.
"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.
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.
Sughar Women Empowerment Project
Women hold embroidery they created with the Sughar Foundation, an organization that provides Pakistani women with opportunities for socioeconomic empowerment.
Support the Consumer Boycott
Designed in 1985, this UDF poster, is the first from a set of five that were produced to highlight the demands of a consumer boycott in the Western Cape.
The National Coal Strikes: The Miner Emerges
Artist Boardman Robinson drew ‘The Miner Emerges’ in response to the National Coal Strikes in 1912 in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Residential school survivor Joe George of the Tselei-Waututh First Nation (right) and elder Marie George embrace at a proceeding of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada in 2013.
La Commission de vérité et de réconciliation du Canada
Joe George, Survivant des pensionnats et membre de la Première nation Tselei-Waututh (à droite) et l’aînée Marie George s’embrassent en 2013 lors d’un événement de la Commission de vérité et de réconciliation du Canada.
United Nations Founding Members
On June 26, 1945, 50 nations signed a charter to create the United Nations in order to promote international cooperation and human rights.