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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.
What Lessons Can We Learn?
Students address the essential question of the unit in a people's assembly, reflecting on the lessons that we can learn from An Inspector Calls.
Apprendre lāHistoire: Sauvetage dans le Journal de Peter Feigl
Ć lāaide dāextraits de journal et de documents historiques, les Ć©lĆØves apprennent Ć connaĆ®tre les rĆ©seaux complexes de sauvetage qui ont coopĆ©rĆ© pour sauver la vie dāenfants juifs pendant la Shoah.
Les choix aux Ć©lections de la RĆ©publique de Weimar
Les Ć©lĆØves lisent des biographies fictives de citoyens allemands et font des hypothĆØses sur les choix de vote des citoyens lors des Ć©lections de Weimar.
The Complexity of Identity
Students explore the relationship between the individual and society by creating identity charts for a contemporary novelist, a children's book character, and themselves.
Analyzing the Effects of World War I
Students use maps of the world before and after World War I to make inferences and predictions about the ways the war changed the world.
Choices in Weimar Republic Elections
Students read fictional biographies of German citizens and make hypotheses about the citizens' voting choices in the Weimar elections.
Confronting the Suffering Caused by the Nazis
Students use journaling and group discussion to respond to emotionally-challenging diary entries of a Jewish teenager confined in a Nazi ghetto.
Examining Hitler's First Radio Address
Students investigate the messages in Adolf Hitler's speeches by performing a close read of the transcript of his first radio address as chancellor.
Exploring Justice after the Holocaust
Students contemplate the challenges the Allies faced when seeking justice after the Holocaust through an interactive, discussion-based activity.
Responding to the Stories of Holocaust Survivors
Students create a "found poem" drawing on words from the testimony of a survivor of the Holocaust.
Identifying Raphael Lemkin's Outrage
Students examine how Lemkinās outrage over the crimes committed by the Ottoman Empire during World War I inspired him to take action.