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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.
LA Mural Commemorating the Armenian Genocide
Artist Arutyun Gozukuchikyan, who goes by the name ArtViaArt, painted this mural in 2015 in Los Angeles's Little Armenia neighborhood to foster public awareness of the Armenian Genocide.
![A mural features an elderly woman with a piece of tape over her mouth with "1915" written on it.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/Armenian_Genocide_mural_card.jpg?h=707772c7&itok=teSTLdve)
Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, 1508–1512
Michelangelo’s fresco from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted c. 1508–1512, is one in a series portraying biblical stories and characters.
![Painting of Adam and God dated circa 1508-1512 by Michelangelo.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/TheCreationofAdam_FH17244.jpg?h=b82ee7a4&itok=d0WMFmyI)
SA Member Arrests Communists
After the Reichstag fire on February 27, 1933, Hitler ordered the arrest of anyone with ties to the Communist Party. By the end of March, approximately 20,000 people had been arrested.
![A man in uniform stands before a line of men and women against a brick wall with their hands up.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1933_SAMemberArrestsCommunists_FH229435.jpg?h=fa24c94f&itok=JtAo0s80)
Discouraging German-Jewish Integration
In 1933, Jewish businessman Oskar Danker and his girlfriend, a Christian woman, were forced to carry signs discouraging Jewish-German integration.
![In 1933, Jewish businessman Oskar Danker and his girlfriend, a Christian woman, were forced to carry signs discouraging Jewish-German integration. Intimate relationships between “true Germans” and Jews were outlawed by 1935.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_DiscouragingGermanJewishIntegration_FH229441.jpg?h=ad1846e1&itok=dfgQyzmm)
Dismantled German Aircraft after WWI
German military aircraft being dismantled and scrapped after World War I, according to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
![German military aircraft being dismantled and scrapped after World War I, according to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image10_Medium_res.jpg?h=8b6300e7&itok=AKXPn6CM)
Durban Strikes
The Durban strikes of 1973, and the subsequent formation of new trade unions, were instrumental in causing the first seams of apartheid to break apart.
![The Durban strikes of 1973, and the subsequent formation of new trade unions, were instrumental in causing the first seams of apartheid to break apart.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Democracy_1973_DurbanStrikes_FH282023.jpg?h=ae1281eb&itok=_wD8vdVT)
Edelweiss Pirates
A 1938 photo of a group of Edelweiss Pirates, an unofficial youth group that emerged in response to the strict regimentation of the Hitler Youth.
![A 1938 photo of a group of Edelweiss Pirates, an unofficial youth groups that emerged in response to the strict regimentation of the Hitler Youth.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1938_EdelweissPirates_%20FH229438.jpg?h=048697cd&itok=caMiT2YX)
FDNY Battalion 9 Memorial
This memorial commemorates the New York City firefighters of Battalion 9 who lost their lives on September 11.
![Relief depicting firefighters providing aid on 9/11.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/FDNY_Battalion_9_9-11_Memorial_Medium_res.jpg?h=6b5240a5&itok=krt01XAe)
Flowers and Butterfly by Margit Koretzova
Margit Koretzova painted this while imprisoned at the Terezín ghetto-camp.
![Colorful watercolor of flowers and butterfly](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Flowers%20and%20Butterfly%20by%20Margit%20Koretzova.jpg?h=048697cd&itok=fWowc9yo)
Frances Baard
Frances Baard (1909–1997) worked as a domestic servant and then a teacher before turning to activism as a result of her experience of oppression and exploitation in South Africa.
![Frances Baard (1909–1997) worked as a domestic servant and then a teacher before turning to activism as a result of her experience of oppression and exploitation in South Africa.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Democracy_1960_FrancesBaard_FH281818.jpg?h=04d92ac6&itok=Lpncs4vZ)
Francis William (F.W.) Reitz, ca. 1895
Francis William Reitz served as President of the Orange Free State from 1889 to 1895. Prior to that, he was the state’s first Supreme Court Chief Justice, serving from 1876 to 1889.
![Francis William Reitz served as President of the Orange Free State from 1889 to 1895. Prior to that, he was the state’s first Supreme Court Chief Justice, serving from 1876 to 1889.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Francis_William_Reitz.jpg?h=31c6e7c0&itok=pC8Q6b4U)