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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.
Triumph of the Will Propaganda Film
Leni Riefenstahl's documentary-style film glorified Hitler and the Nazi Party. It was shot at the 1934 Nazi Party congress and rally in Nuremberg.
Tswana and Venda Wedding
This Tswana-Venda wedding demonstrates the continued importance of traditional culture in contemporary South African society.
UDF Public Meeting
The Johannesburg Democratic Action Committee (JODAC) was formed as an affiliate of the UDF in 1983, and provided an opportunity for whites to join the struggle against apartheid.
UDF Unites, Apartheid Divides
Established in 1983, the United Democratic Fronts' goal was the establishment of a non-racial, united South Africa in which segregation is abolished and society is freed from institutional and systemic racism.
View of Johannesburg
A view of Johannesburg and its northern suburbs as seen from the top floor of the Carlton Centre, depicting the city’s modern infrastructure.
Map of South Africa Showing British Possessions, July 1885
This map illustrates territorial boundaries and colonial possessions in southern Africa in the late nineteenth-century.
Durban Strikes
The Durban strikes of 1973, and the subsequent formation of new trade unions, were instrumental in causing the first seams of apartheid to break apart.
Frances Baard
Frances Baard (1909–1997) worked as a domestic servant and then a teacher before turning to activism as a result of her experience of oppression and exploitation in South Africa.
Francis William (F.W.) Reitz, ca. 1895
Francis William Reitz served as President of the Orange Free State from 1889 to 1895. Prior to that, he was the state’s first Supreme Court Chief Justice, serving from 1876 to 1889.
Girl Walking to School, Mthatha
A child walks to school through the barren village of Qunu, South Africa, located just outside of the town of Mthatha.