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Teaching US History

Professional Development Training Videos for Educators

Museum resources designed specifically for use in teaching US history. Collection of 3 videos.

  • Video length: 9 minutes

    How did the United States government and the American people respond to Nazism? Learn how to bring the Americans and the Holocaust online exhibition and lesson plans into the classroom.

  • Video length: 15 minutes

    This timeline extension lesson is a case study examining Nazi Germany and the United States during the 1930s, a time when racism and eugenics were enshrined in law and practice.

  • Video length: 12 minutes

    During the 1930s, hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees tried to escape Europe and immigrate to the United States, but not everyone was successful. As the German government started to restrict the ability of Jews to earn a living, to own property, and to go to school it became difficult to leave, and challenging to find a country willing to accept them. This video can be used in a classroom with students.