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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.
What Makes Hate Crimes Different from Other Crimes?
Students learn what hate crimes are and how they can take care of themselves and others while learning about hate crimes.
Expressing Diversity in Jewish Identity: Blending In and Standing Out
This two-day lesson uses the story of Purim as a frame to examine how Jews have preserved and protected their identities and culture in dominant societies by choosing when to blend in and when to stand out.
Antisemitism Resource Collection
Learn about how to identify and stand up to antisemitism today in your classroom and your community.
Understanding the Conditions that Lead to “Ethnic Cleansing"
Help students understand news from Myanmar about the persecution of the Rohingya by analyzing a New York Times article.
Post-Viewing: Responding to Hate in Our Communities Today
Students begin to relate Schindler's List to the contemporary world by examining recent stories of racial hatred in Charlottesville and Germany.
Post-Viewing: Building a Toolbox against Hate
Students create a "toolbox" of the skills, attitudes, and actions that are necessary to respond to and prevent hatred from taking hold in their communities.
The World Cup: Activism, Upstanding, and Free Speech
Learn about how athletes and fans can engage in activism and consider the limits placed on free speech during professional sports games.
Teaching in the Wake of Violence (UK)
This lesson contains strategies and activities for supporting your students in the aftermath of violent events in which people are targeted because of aspects of their identity.
Creating Healthy News Habits
Help students develop healthy habits for protecting their mental health while staying informed and taking action.
Deconstructing Antisemitic Memes: Helping Students Critically View Online Hate
Students consider the intentions, dangers, and impacts of online hate by engaging in a step-by-step close analysis and deconstruction of antisemitic memes.
Introducing Freedom Dreams: Culminating Lesson
Students create a definition for “freedom dreaming” and are introduced to the prompt for the “My Freedom Dream” capstone project.