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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.
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Social Studies
Why Little Things Are Big
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Use these slides to help students reflect on the power of being labelled and use Jesús Colón’s essay to reflect on their own experiences of being misjudged.
Youth in Nazi Germany (UK)
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Use these slides to help students learn about the experiences of young people in Nazi Germany through a variety of firsthand accounts and identify the range of choices that they faced.
Blending In and Standing Out
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Use these slides to help students review the factors that make up our identities and then explore the ways in which individuals, groups, and society can shape our identities and sense of belonging.
The Challenge of Confirmation Bias
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Use these slides to help students define confirmation bias and examine why people sometimes maintain their beliefs in the face of information that contradicts their understanding.
Dismantling Democracy (UK)
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Use these slides to help students examine the steps the Nazis took to replace democracy with dictatorship and draw conclusions about the values and institutions that make democracy possible.
Gallery Walk
This classroom video shows a high school class using the Gallery Walk strategy to consider images of monuments and memorials before embarking on an "Action Project."
Graffiti Boards
This classroom video shows a high school class using the Graffiti Board strategy as a brainstorming tool in preparation for their "Action Project."
Identity Charts for Historical Figures
In this classroom video, students create identity charts for different civil rights activists.
Introducing the Weimar Republic
In this classroom video, students read about and discuss the Weimar Republic using primary source readings from Holocaust and Human Behavior.
Introduction to Contracting
In this classroom video, a teacher leads a class through the contracting process and students discuss expectations and norms of how class members will treat each other.
Memory and Legacy: Preparing to Learn from Descendants of Holocaust Survivors
In this classroom video, explore how framing a lesson around the importance of memory using classroom discussion and journaling can prepare students to learn from survivors of the Holocaust and their descendants.