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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.
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Exploring Community in Three Ways
Students use this graphic organizer to dissect the definition of community.
![Preview of Exploring Community Graphic Organizer](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-03/ExploringCommunityTeaser.png?h=d3d13267&itok=QpzOSmCU)
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.
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Names and Identity Graphic Organizer
Students take on assigned roles to collaboratively answer questions about Jennifer Wang's essay "Orientation Day."
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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)
Storm Troopers, Elite Guards, and Secret Police (en español)
Learn about the roles of the the SA, the SS, and the Gestapo in Nazi Germany. This resource is in Spanish.
![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)
The Power of Propaganda
In this classroom video, a high school class prepares to read Elie Wiesel’s Night.
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A Range of Choices: In Action
In this classroom video, students read primary sources and discuss the roles that individuals have played in those historical cases.
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A Range of Choices: Terminology
In this classroom video, students are introduced to the terminology of the roles individuals play (bystander, upstander, collaborator, victim, and perpetrator).
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Socratic Seminar: Social Justice
In this classroom video, students participate in a Socratic seminar centered on the essential question, "How do our personal stories influence how we fight for justice?"
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