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.
ELA Unit Planning Guide
This guide provides the framework and classroom resources to help you design an English Language Arts unit for middle or high school students centered around a book of your choosing.
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Discussing the Suicide in An Inspector Calls
Find suggested resources and approaches for discussing the suicide in An Inspector Calls with students.
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Journal Prompts for a Borders & Belonging Unit
Explore a menu of journal prompts designed to support student reflection for a Borders & Belonging ELA unit.
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Journal Prompts for a Coming-of-Age Unit
Explore a menu of journal prompts designed to support student reflection for a Coming-of-Age ELA unit.
A Menu of Facing History ELA Assessment Ideas
This menu of assessment ideas for an ELA book-unit is designed spark your thinking as you plan a summative assessment.
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Strategies for Addressing Racist and Dehumanizing Language in Literature
Prepare to teach a challenging text with intention and care using the following recommendations.
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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.
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