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US History Curriculum Collection: Course Planning Guide
This Planning Guide supports teachers as they integrate Facing History’s US History Curriculum Collection into their existing US history course.
Subject
- History
Language
English — USUpdated
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US History Curriculum Collection: Course Planning Guide
Date of Publication:
May 2024
This Course Planning Guide supplements Facing History’s US History Curriculum Collection. It is designed to help you envision, plan, and implement a US History course that incorporates the collection’s classroom-ready resources and thematic throughline of democracy and freedom.
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The guide provides the following resources and tools to help you through the planning process:
- Identity-focused prompts: Consider your identity, your students’ identities, and your teaching practice before you embark on the planning process.
- Goal-oriented planning tools: Identify how Facing History’s learning objectives and outcomes can be paired with federal and state standards and content you already teach.
- Essential questions: Incorporate essential questions that create student experiences centered around the theme of democracy and freedom.
- Sample curriculum maps: Learn how to use a curriculum map to incorporate our lessons, units, and inquiries into your course.
- Reflection questions: Take stock of your course at the end of the year and consider what went well and what can be improved for the next year.
How to Cite This Guide
Facing History & Ourselves, “US History Curriculum Collection: Course Planning Guide”, last updated May 3, 2024.
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