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These lessons and units demonstrate how our resources and our Scope and Sequence can be applied within a classroom setting. Since every learning context is unique, we expect educators to adapt these ideas to their own students' needs. Lessons typically include activities that run between one and two hours. Units are a series of lessons that address the same resource or theme.

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Becoming American: Exploring Names and Identities
This lesson is an icebreaker and an introduction to the Becoming American Online Museum for students involved in the project. The lesson also provides a bridge between issues of identity and the Exhibit Hall, "We The People: What Is An American?"
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American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver
The film American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver tells the story of a man who exemplified what it means to be a public servant. From his youth volunteering in tenement housing with his father, to his service in the military, to his role as director of the Peace Corps and the War on Poverty, Shriver consistently strived to live up to his belief that "[O]f all of our ideals none surpasses the importance of service."
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Grades 11 & 12 Elective World History
The course draws from the content and methodology of Facing History and Ourselves. Facing History is an international education foundation focusing on curriculum and teacher

Holocaust and Human Behavior Unit Plan for Jewish Day Schools
This course is designed with middle and high school students in mind. The unit outline can and should be adapted to suit the needs of your class. The extent

Unit Plan for Supplementary Jewish Schools
The Facing History and Ourselves Jewish Education Project provides teachers in Jewish educational settings with training, support

United States History / World History - 11th Grade This unit will highlight the dramatically different ways Germany responded to the economic crisis.

Lesson Ideas »

These lesson ideas are designed to provide classroom activities based on our resources. They show the application of our Scope and Sequence within a classroom setting. 

UDHR 1: Examining the Immediate Historical Context
UDHR 2: Universe of Obligation
UDHR 3: A Negotiated Document
UDHR 4: What is a Right?
UDHR 5: Fulfilling the Dream of the UDHR

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