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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.
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.
![Poster with information about a public meeting at Johannesburg City Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Call_to_Whites.jpg?h=258346de&itok=fxQqyjY4)
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.
![Poster advertising a rally in Capetown contains an illustration of people marching carrying a "UDF" flag.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/UDF_Unites_-_Apartheid_Divides.jpg?h=2b832867&itok=CtZS0cnT)
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.
![Birds eye view of Johannesburg with many tall modern buildings.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/View_Of_Johannesburg_Medium_res.jpg?h=7fb2964e&itok=KfDXW4P8)
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.
![South Africa divided and colored based on free territories (Transvaal, Orange Free State, Stella Land) and British possessions (Cape Colony, Griqua Land West, Griqua Land East, Natal, Basuto Land, Bechuanaland).](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1885_MapSouthAfricaBritishPossessions_FH281152.jpg?h=2d839f00&itok=vdlgsUCm)
Student Activities: The Supreme Court, Trust, and Political Partisanship
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These student-facing slides help students learn about the recent decline in public trust in the Supreme Court and the history of partisan politics in the Court.
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Sources: The Hope and Fragility of Multiracial Democracy
These sources help students explore the history of democratic and anti-democratic efforts in the United States.
Say, Mean, Matter: The Hope and Fragility of Multiracial Democracy
This handout contains a graphic organizer that helps students analyze key quotes from the sources in Handout 1.
Antisemitism and Its Impacts
Use this Explainer and Tropes Chart to help students understand what antisemitism is, how it shows up in contemporary settings, why it persists, and how it impacts individuals and communities.
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Voting Rights in the United States
These three excerpted stories demonstrate how voting restrictions in the United States can impact various groups of people in different ways.
![General Election 2016, Voters in NY](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Midterm_Elections_high-res_AP_17307716664453_.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=_2pZdXA_)
American Experience: America and the Holocaust
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This episode of The American Experience examines the role of the United States in the Holocaust, exploring such issues as American antisemitism and the deliberate suppression of information that European Jews were slated for genocide.
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