Resource Library
Find compelling classroom resources, learn new teaching methods, meet standards, and make a difference in the lives of your students.
We are grateful to The Hammer Family Foundation for supporting the development of our on-demand learning and teaching resources.
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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.
Democracy and Current Events
This toolkit provides lessons and strategies for helping your students make sense of issues in the news related to democracy.
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Back to School: Building Community for Connection and Learning
These back-to-school activities and teacher resources will help you lay a foundation for a reflective and caring community at the start of the school year.
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Current Events Toolkit
This toolkit provides flexible and adaptable tools and strategies for integrating current events into your teaching.
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What Is Islamophobia?
Use this explainer to help students understand Islamophobia and how it manifests in contemporary society through various tropes.
![The words Go Home spray painted in green on a brick wall at the Islamic Center of America](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-04/GettyImages-73082928.jpg?h=36d6ba9e&itok=xrTJVIGJ)
Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From
First-generation American LatinX Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-white school. But when family secrets spill out and racism at school ramps up, she must decide what she believes in and take a stand.
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Patron Saints of Nothing
A powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin’s murder.
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They Called Us Enemy
This graphic memoir from actor, author, and activist George Takei recounts his childhood incarcerated in Japanese American internment camps during World War II.
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Almost American Girl
A powerful and moving coming-of-age graphic memoir about immigration, belonging, and how art can be a bridge to a new life.
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The Marrow Thieves
In this dystopian novel, humanity has nearly destroyed its world through global warming, but now an even greater evil lurks. The indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream.
![The Marrow Thieves- Book Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/the-marrow-thieves-cover.jpg?h=6105ce8f&itok=2PPC4AyP)
The Poet X
A novel-in-verse about a Dominican American heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth.
![The Poet X- Book Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-02/the_poet_x_cover.jpg?h=4aa65539&itok=l3HbZLyY)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
This novel is a “tender, honest exploration of identity” (Publishers Weekly) that distills lyrical truths about family and friendship.
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