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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.
Building Connections with Concentric Circles
Students build connections with their peers by sharing small details about themselves in paired discussion.
![Uniformed students work together in class.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Chicago_Classroom_2019_FH2101464.jpg?h=0f4230fa&itok=eqY000u8)
Create a Goal and Discover Your “Why”
This student goal-setting activity helps students set SMART personal goals for the school year and discover their source of motivation.
![Student raising hand while seated at desk.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/5-1-17FacH07288.jpg?h=99fc88d3&itok=hU3cnDTF)
Staging the Compelling Question
Students explore the compelling question, “How can we make real the ideals of democracy and freedom?”
![Student and teacher in a classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/Community_Teach_In_FH2185452.jpeg?h=ddfec3f4&itok=gg3IvWas)
Supporting Question 1: Defining Freedom
Students explore the supporting question, “What can freedom mean in the United States?”
![Norman Rockwell, The Saturday Evening Post March 13, 1943](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-07/Freedom_from_fear.png?h=8f326fd3&itok=hJMGduZU)
Arrests during Kristallnacht
Jewish men are arrested by the SS during Kristallnacht in Baden-Baden, Germany, and forced to march through the streets to a nearby synagogue to see it destroyed.
![People walk down the street in rows accompanied by SS officers](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Arrests%20during%20Kristallnacht.jpg?h=312fc7ac&itok=bLMWvUB2)
Arrested Anti-Fascist Demonstrator
Demonstrators at the Battle of Cable Street gathered to protest against Fascist leader Oswald Mosley and the Blackshirts.
![Woman struggling with police as she is arrested for being an anti-fascist](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Arrested%20Anti-Fascist%20Demonstrator.jpg?h=5265ff56&itok=lPmk0zI3)
Antisemitic Display at Der Ewige Jude
Women examining a display at the Der Ewige Jude (The Eternal Jew) exhibition in the Reichstag building in November 1938
![two women look at anti-semitic poster depicting Jewish people](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Antisemitic%20Display%20at%20Der%20Ewige%20Jude.jpg?h=b5e7ecd0&itok=yuxt0iYg)
Anti-Fascist Demonstrators Charged
Demonstrators at the Battle of Cable Street gathered to protest against Fascist leader Oswald Mosley and the Blackshirts.
![Demonstrators flee at the Battle of Cable Street](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Anti-Fascist%20Demonstrators%20Charged.jpg?h=827069f2&itok=dWgRugCQ)
Albert Birkle, Nächtliche Strasse (Street at Night), 1921
1921 Drawing by Albert Birkle titled "Street at Night
![Sepia-colored illustration of a street full of tired people and horses](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Ch04_Image03_Medium_res.jpg?h=d614c65a&itok=Kj0hIaLW)