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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.
Teach the Teacher Exit Ticket (En Español)
Use this Exit Ticket Template, translated to Spanish, to give students an opportunity to tell you about themselves.
Viewing Guide for "The Political Struggle" Part Two (en español)
In Spanish, this handout provides questions that guide students' viewing and prompt discussion on the video "The Political Struggle."
Quotes About the Fourteenth Amendment (en español)
In Spanish, this handout provides quotations that can be used to create a "Thought Museum" for students on the Fourteenth Amendment.
Healing and Justice Anticipation Guide (en español)
In Spanish, this handout helps students engage with some of the dilemmas that Americans faced after the Civil War.
Creating a Plan for Reconstruction (en español)
In Spanish, this handout serves as a guide to students as they make a plan for Reconstruction that balances the goals of healing and justice.
Viewing Guide for "The Political Struggle" (en español)
In Spanish, this handout contains questions that guide students' viewing and prompt discussion on the video "The Political Struggle."
Analyzing the Causes of Klan Violence (en español)
In Spanish, this handout contains an iceberg diagram that helps students analyze the causes of violence by the Ku Klux Klan.
Changing Public Opinion in the North Note-Taking (en español)
In Spanish, this handout provides space for students to take notes as they listen your mini-lecture on shifting public opinion against Reconstruction.
Student Journal: Choices in Little Rock (Spanish)
This digital journal, available in Google Slides, gives students a place to record their responses to the unit's journal prompts.
Which of These Things Is Not Like the Others? (en español)
This handout introduces students to the idea that when we sort and categorize, we make judgments about which characteristics are more meaningful than others. This handout is in Spanish.
Decision-Making in Times of Fear and Crisis (en español)
Help students analyze a reading about the choices made by a person or group during Kristallnacht. This resource is in Spanish.