The curated resources linked below are an initial sample of the resources coming from a collaborative and rigorous review process with the EAD Content Curation Task Force.
This unit plan deeply explores the motives, pressures, and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism and the humanitarian refugee crisis it provoked during the 1930s and 1940s. Students will examine why widespread American sympathy for the plight of Jewish refugees never translated into widespread support for prioritizing their rescue.

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Facing History and Ourselves

This lesson gives students the opportunity to interact with historical newspapers available through Chronicling America and read the conflicting viewpoints of America's opinion leaders and ordinary citizens. Students will engage in dialogue as they struggle to decide: should the Unites States remain neutral or join the fight?

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National Endowment for the Humanities

This lesson gives students the opportunity to interact with historical newspapers available through Chronicling America and read the conflicting viewpoints of America's opinion leaders and ordinary citizens. Students will engage in dialogue as they struggle to decide: should the Unites States remain neutral or join the fight?

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National Endowment for the Humanities

This unit of lessons and tools examines the executive branch of the United States and the office of the President.

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iCivics, Inc.

Students play a game modeled on the classic ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ economic theory to explore the problem of collective action in managing the Earth’s resources. They reflect on the way their short-term self-interest clashes with the long-term interest of the collective. Students identify strategies that will help them to act in the collective interest of the human race and the planet.

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High Resolves

This lesson looks at the domestic mobilization during World War II and President George W. Bush's call to action for Americans following 9/11. Students will compare these two events to see how civic participation at home is important for ordinary citizens.

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National Endowment for the Humanities

This lesson plan explores the Supreme Court cases known as the Guantanamo cases so that students understand, among other takeaways, how our institutions make a tradeoff between national security and civil liberties in times of conflict.

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Annenberg Classroom

This lesson asks students to consider the ethical and legal implications of the global refugee crisis and what those implications mean in terms of our human responsibilities.

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Facing History and Ourselves

Through the use of primary and secondary sources, students will understand the impact that World War I had on Arkansas.
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Arkansas Digital Archives
This free curriculum guide from the New-York Historical Society explores World War II through the lens of New York City, examining what it meant to live on the home front and the impact of wartime on peoples' lives.

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New-York Historical Society
