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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.
Universe of Obligation (UK)
Reflect on how individuals, communities, and nations decide who has rights that are worthy of respect and protection with this introduction to the concept of the "universe of obligation".
![Integrated classroom listening to lecture.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Integrated_Classroom_at_Anacostia_High_School_Washington_DC.jpg?h=84d4f253&itok=A77sd2zj)
Universe of Obligation (en español)
Reflect on how individuals, communities, and nations decide who has rights that are worthy of respect and protection with this introduction to the concept of the "universe of obligation". This resource is in Spanish.
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Revenge
Reflect on the desire for revenge that many victorious troops held at the end of World War II.
![After American soldiers liberated Dachau in 1945, an inmate of the camp attacks a German soldier.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch10_Image01_Medium_res.jpg?h=d2de68a6&itok=kmBPzss-)
Does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Matter?
Consider the reverberations that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has made in the years since it was adopted.
![Sixty pairs of shoes mark the site in Budapest, Hungary, where fascist Arrow Cross militiamen shot Jews and threw their bodies into the river in 1944 and 1945. The memorial opened in 2005.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-04/Shoes_On_The_Danube_Bank_Memorial_FH229489.jpg?h=8ed7bdd6&itok=hik9xZai)
Remembering the Names
Learn about German artist Gunter Demnig and his work installing plaques that honor Holocaust victims across Europe.
The Last Chance for Justice
Learn about the trials of former Nazi perpetrators taking place in the 21st century and consider the motivation behind them and the challenges they pose.
![Photograph of Oskar Groning, a former SS member on trial in Germany in 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Former%20SS%20Member%20Oskar%20Groening.jpg?h=312fc7ac&itok=kcIwNaul)
One Identity, Multiple Belongings
Consider the danger of forcing people to choose one part of their identity over another with this essay from a Lebanon-born writer living in France.
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Religion and Identity
Four teenagers from different religious traditions reflect on their experiences of religious belief and belonging.
![Symbols of the Three Monotheistic Religions](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/11_Nov_2006%2C_Paris%2C_France_Symbols_of_Three_Monotheistic_Faiths_5790055817_o.jpg?h=7685ba0d&itok=N1VwnAM7)
Creating a Constitutional Government
Examine the rights, protections, and democratic aspirations in the constitution of Germany’s newly formed democracy, the Weimar Republic.
![A crowd of women standing in line at a polling station in the Weimar Republic in 1919, the first year women were allowed to vote.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image12_Medium_res.jpg?h=7627bb82&itok=YljeUuli)
Who Is Human?
Consider the conflict in eighteenth-century US and France between the Enlightenment ideal of equality and the existence of deep social inequalities like slavery.
![Photograph by James Luna.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/HHB_Chapter_2_Medium_res.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=OtysDNT5)
Voices in the Dark
Use this handout in a Stations activity that asks students to explore several aspects of life in the Weimar Republic.
![Poster for Women's Day, March 8, 1914, demanding voting rights for women.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/Frauentag_1914_Heraus_mit_dem_Frauenwahlrecht.jpg?h=3818de31&itok=CNoaJGZQ)