Resource Library
Find compelling classroom resources, learn new teaching methods, meet standards, and make a difference in the lives of your students.
We are grateful to The Hammer Family Foundation for supporting the development of our on-demand learning and teaching resources.
![A group of high school students sit at desks in conversation.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2023-10/AdobeStock_254378868.jpg?itok=f6YAphey)
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.
Propaganda Portrait of Hitler
German propaganda art depicting Adolf Hitler in Medieval armor.
This portrait, The Standard Bearer, was painted by artist Hubert Lanzinger and displayed in the Great German Art Exhibition in Munich in 1937. See full-sized image for analysis.
![Painted portrait of Adolf Hitler in profile on horseback wearing a suit of armor and waving a Nazi flag.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Ch06_Image06_Medium_res.jpg?h=327453ef&itok=txA0rGz4)
Race Science Class
Students being taught race science in a classroom setting while using Jews as examples.
While this classroom studied “race science,” Jewish students were forced to stand at the front of the room. The blackboard says, “The Jew is our greatest enemy.”
![While this classroom studied “race science,” Jewish students were forced to stand at the front of the room. The blackboard says, “The Jew is our greatest enemy.”](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_RaceScienceClass_%20FH229437.jpg?h=b47cd95b&itok=r4PimQmS)
Samuel Bak, The Creation of Wartime III, 1999–2008
Artist and Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak's depiction of the relationship between God and human invokes imagery from Michelangelo's famous The Creation of Adam.
![Painting titled The Creation of Wartime by Samuel Bak. Depicts a man with outstretched hand sitting on a pile of rubble and belongings against the crumbling walls of a house or other structure](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Samuel_Bak%2C_The_Creation_of_Wartime_III_1999%E2%80%932008_FH255093.jpg?h=7fb2964e&itok=rFeiPtoz)
Shabbtai Sonenso and Teacher
Shabbtai (Shepske) Sonenso takes one of the shtetl's Hebrew teachers for a ride on his new motorcycle, 1941.
![Shabbtai (Shepske) Sonenson takes one of the shtetl's Hebrew teachers for a ride on his new motorcycle.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1941_ShabbtaiSonensonOnMotorcycle_FH2115443.jpg?h=d392e916&itok=DmuRlDw6)
Exploring Civil Rights and Migration: 18-week Curriculum Outline
Login Required
Recommended for 7th and 8th-grade, this outline provides an instructional pathway for middle school educators to teach an 18-week curriculum exploring membership, belonging, and the power of individual and collective choices.
![Students working together in a classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/20150813_TreyClark_0826.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=yhllecYr)
Eyes on the Prize Study Guide
This guide provides a framework for using the landmark documentary film Eyes on the Prize as a tool for teaching the civil rights movement.
![Eyes on the Prize Study Guide Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Eyes_on_the_Prize.jpg?h=6e507e0f&itok=UWKQoO9Q)
Illuminations: The Art of Samuel Bak
Login Required
This guide provides those viewing paintings by Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak with a framework for analyzing the art's profound symbolism about memory, justice, and identity.
![Book cover featuring painting by Samuel Bak](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-04/Illuminations_cover.png?h=42f34769&itok=f6UchPZt)
I'm Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People During the Holocaust
Login Required
This companion guide to the film I'm Still Here helps educators use diary entries from young people who witnessed the Holocaust as a springboard for discussion and reflection.
![I'm Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People During the Holocaust Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/salvaged_pages.jpg?h=a71d6833&itok=MKlM9YO7)