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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.
Psychic Numbing and Genocide
Read excerpts from a research paper by Dr. Paul Slovic, a University of Oregon professor who performs research in human psychology and decision-making.
Holocaust and Human Behavior One-Week Unit Outline
The five lessons in this unit give students an overview of the history of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust and provide a window into the choices individuals, groups, and nations made that contributed to genocide.
Decision-Making in Times of Fear and Crisis
Help students analyze a reading about the choices made by a person or group during Kristallnacht.
The Range of Human Behavior Vocabulary Terms
Students predict the definitions of perpetrator, victim, bystander, and upstander, using context clues.
Notes on the Growth of Nazi Germany, 1933–1939
Help students follow along a mini-lecture about Nazi Germany's expansion in the 1930s.
Phases of the Holocaust
Help students understand the four major stages of the Holocaust according to scholar Doris Bergen.
Youth in Nazi Germany Reading Set 1
Have students read and annotate passages on the experiences of youth in Nazi Germany.
Youth in Nazi Germany Reading Set 2
Have students read and annotate passages on the experiences of youth in Nazi Germany.
Choices and Consequences
Help students be active listeners of their classmates' presentations about the choices individuals in Nazi Germany.
The French Bishops' Protest Against the Nazi Occupation in France and the Vel' d'Hiv Police Roundup
Scholar Aliza Luft discusses how French bishops reacted to the growing hostility towards Jews in occupied France during World War II.
The “Immigration Problem”
Learn about the restrictive immigration measures established in the United States throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.