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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.
Image Analysis Procedure
Use this handout to help students analyze images to further understand their readings.
How to Bring Nazi Leaders to Justice?
Learn about how the Allies sought to bring German leaders to justice after World War II and the Holocaust.
Creating a Found Poem: Founding Era Primary Sources
Students use this handout as a guide for creating a poem using a primary source from the founding era.
Image Analysis Procedure: “Absconded from the Household of the President of the United States"
Students use the procedure outlined in this handout to analyze a painting by Titus Kaphar.
A Letter to Teachers: This is Facing History
Margot Stern Strom, students and educators discuss Facing History’s story and impact.
Student Activities: When Online Hate Speech Has Real World Consequences
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These slides help students explore celebrity influence and online hate, specifically antisemitism.
A Plea for Humanity: The Einsatzgruppen on Trial
Benjamin Ferencz, International Law Scholar and Former Nuremberg Prosecutor, shares his experience as Chief Prosecutor at the trial of the Einsatzgruppen commanders.
Introducing Agency (Adapted Version)
Introduce your students to the concept of agency, and help them learn how to apply the concept in their own lives.
From Unrest to Peace and Prosperity
Consider how the return of peace and prosperity in Germany in 1924 affected the popularity of extremist groups like the Nazis.
Violence in the Streets
Read about the atmosphere of violence in Weimar Germany cultivated by the paramilitary forces of the Nazis, Communists, and other political groups.
Visual Essay: Free Expression in the Weimar Republic
Explore Weimar-era fine art, film, and ballet with this collection of images. Analyze the experimental styles and social commentary of German art in the 1920s.