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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.
Confronting Apartheid
Explore South Africa’s tumultuous history from the early interactions between white European settlers and native African tribes to the implementation of apartheid and the long struggle for democracy.
Power, Agency, and Voice
Designed for students in grades 11-12, this text set includes lesson plans and multi-genre texts for a 1–2 week unit exploring the essential question, "How do I empower myself to speak up and take action on behalf of myself and others?”
Read Aloud
Encourage class participation and develop students’ active listening skills by reading aloud text excerpts.
La lecture à haute voix
Encouragez la participation en classe et développez les capacités d’écoute active des élèves en lisant à haute voix des extraits de texte.
Concept Maps: Generate, Sort, Connect, Elaborate
Students sort, arrange, and connect their thoughts on an idea or question, creating a visual representation of their understanding.
Concept Maps: Generate, Sort, Connect, Elaborate (UK)
Students sort, arrange, and connect their thoughts on an idea or question, creating a visual representation of their understanding.
Create a Headline
This strategy helps students synthesize and articulate the most important takeaways from a variety of resources containing information about a particular topic or theme.
Crop It
Help students interpret an image by “framing” smaller portions of the image and analyzing them.