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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.
Historical Character Map
Help students engage with a historical character by creating an annotated illustration.
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Teaching Holocaust and Human Behaviour: Unit Overview
This unit overview gives you a brief summary of all of the lessons in the unit and lists the materials needed alongside the main activities.
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Watching Schindler’s List in Five Class Periods
Use these recommendations to segment a viewing of Schindler's List over multiple class periods.
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Forced March to the Ghetto
Holocaust survivor Moshe Shamir recalls how he and his family were uprooted when the Nazis invaded and forced to relocate to a ghetto.
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Responding to Misinformation, Disinformation and Mal-information
This handout contains tips for how to navigate online disinformation and propaganda.
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A Statement of Faith
Survivors of the ghetto-camp Terezin share stories about their underground publication Vedem and other acts of spiritual resistance.
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Forgetting Isn't Healing
Jouranlist Sonari Glinton connects Elie Wiesel’s teachings on bearing witness to his own experiences as a Black man in the United States.
![Photograph shows some participants in the civil rights march sitting on a wall resting, one holds a placard which reads, "We march together, Catholics, Jews, Protestant, for dignity and brotherhood of all men under God, Now!" Image used in Reconstruction video series.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/1965_CivilRightsMarchFromSelmatoMontgomeryAlabama1965_FH21395.jpg?h=eab7a300&itok=NIPoOKn0)
Unit Overview: Developing Media Literacy for Well-being, Relationships and Democracy
Use this handout to get an overview of the lessons, materials, and activities in this unit.
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Media Literacy Questions – The 5A Rating
This handout contains a set of questions for students to develop their media literacy skills.
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Media Content Examples
This handout contains a selection of media content for analysis using the 5A Rating.
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Media Consumption: Anticipation Guide
This handout contains an anticipation guide that prompts student reflection on media consumption patterns and choices.
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