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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.
Two Names, Two Worlds Graphic Organizer
Students take on assigned roles to collaboratively answer questions about the poem "Two Names, Two Worlds" by Jonathan Rodriguez.
![Close view of a middle school student in a red sweatshirt writing on a piece of paper with a pencil.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/StudentWriting_FH2101717.jpg?h=0f4230fa&itok=Q4R75CQ0)
My Identity Poem
Students draft and then share identity poems, using Jonathan Rodríguez’s “Two Names, Two Worlds” as a model.
![A student looks down at their paper with a pencil in hand filling out a graphic organizer.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/CkassroomImage_FH2101620.jpg?h=c11c9c1d&itok=0kYkBiC_)
Names and Identity Graphic Organizer
Students take on assigned roles to collaboratively answer questions about Jennifer Wang's essay "Orientation Day."
![A close up of a student reading a handout with a pencil in hand.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/ClassroomImage_FH2101633.jpg?h=0f4230fa&itok=8W3kLC6F)
Speech by President Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address
This is an audio recording of President Lincoln's second inaugural address (March 4, 1865).
![Portraits superimposed on an image of the American flag](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Reconstruction_2022_FH2174814.png?h=8e4088dc&itok=zv81hdEs)
Storm Troopers, Elite Guards, and Secret Police
Learn about the roles of the the SA, the SS, and the Gestapo in Nazi Germany.
![Crackdown on Communists and Social Democrats: arrested in the SA-barracks on Friedrichstrasse, April, 1933](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1933_CrackdownOnCommunistsSocialDemocrats_%20FH223594.jpg?h=b4b77820&itok=qioklvs6)
Supporting Student Learning through Journaling
In this classroom video, social studies teacher Jenna Forton uses journaling to open a lesson on the Plessy vs. Ferguson court case.
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Using Journals at the Beginning and End of a Lesson
In this classroom video, a high school history teacher uses journals with his students both at the beginning and end of a lesson on Reconstruction.
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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)
Anti-Fascist Barricade
Demonstrators at the Battle of Cable Street gathered to protest against Fascist leader Oswald Mosley and the Blackshirts.
![Crowd of demonstrators on a London street.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/DPAWA2_Medium_res.jpg?h=b47cd95b&itok=_yM3J0yH)
Anti-Fascist Crowds
Demonstrators at the Battle of Cable Street gathered to protest against Fascist leader Oswald Mosley and the Blackshirts.
![Crowd of demonstrators in the street in London.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/DPAWA5_Medium_res.jpg?h=3a61c815&itok=Sh96XAFN)
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)