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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.
Mississippi Miscegenation Laws
This document lists in chronological order the evolution of Mississippi miscegenation laws between 1865 and 1942.
The Brown Decision
This document gives students the immediate historical context of the Till murder by summarizing the segregationist reaction to the Brown decision and the emergence of White Citizens’ Councils in Mississippi.
Quotes from the Mississippi Constitutional Convention 1890
This source includes quotes from delegates at the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention asserting the desire to create a government to uphold white supremacy.
The First Nazi Uprising
Read about the role of Hitler’s trial and imprisonment after the Beer Hall Putsch in bringing him to German national attention.
War Fever in Vienna
Explore this firsthand description of Austria's atmosphere of excitement and fraternity at the outbreak of World War I.
Western Front at the Cinema
Consider how British leaders used the war film Battle of the Somme to sway the public's opinion about World War I.
Antisemitism and Jewish Identity
Consider Ernst Toller, Sigmund Freud, and Arnold Schoenberg’s reactions to the growing antisemitism in Germany in the 1920s.
Excerpts from “Board of Education: Chinese Mother Letter”, Daily Alta California, 1885
Mary Tape, a Chinese American who fought in court for her children to go to school with white children, wrote this letter to the San Francisco Board of Education in 1885.
Excerpts from “Andrew G. Imutan 1965-1974,” Essays by UFW Volunteers Collection
Andrew Imutan recounts the proceedings of a 1965 Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee meeting that led to the Delano grape workers strike.
"I Dream a World" by Langston Hughes
In this poem, poet Langston Hughes shares various dreams he has for a different world.