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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.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Four Freedoms by Norman Rockwell (1945) (en español)
This series of paintings by Norman Rockwell was inspired by President FDR's 1941 speech outlining four basic human freedoms for a post-war world.
![Freedom of Speech depicts a young man who appears to be of the American working class, given his plain clothing over which he wears a plain, brown jacket. Protruding from a front pocket of the jacket is a folded document that appears to bear importance in the matter at hand.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/_Freedom_of_Speech__-_NARA_-_513536.jpg?h=d8bc2a9a&itok=uVZ_kjE_)
For Freedoms: Four Freedoms by Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur (2018)
This series of photographs are modern update to Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms created by the artists Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur.
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For Freedoms: Four Freedoms by Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur (en español)
This series of photographs are modern update to Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms created by the artists Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur.
![people standing in audience](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/SPEECH_C_015.jpg?h=58c29b6d&itok=6R_VTo5h)
Freedom from…
This handout asks students to create a visual reprsentation of their definition of a "freedom from..."
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Freedom from… (en español)
This handout asks students to create a visual reprsentation of their definition of a "freedom from..."
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Freedom Of…
This handout asks students to create a visual reprsentation of their definition of a "freedom of..."
![Two Black students write at their desks.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-07/Memphis_Classroom_2018_FH288851.jpeg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=B45APPri)
Freedom Of… (en español)
This handout asks students to create a visual reprsentation of their definition of a "freedom of..."
![Two Black students write at their desks.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-07/Memphis_Classroom_2018_FH288851.jpeg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=B45APPri)
Definition of "Democracy" from Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
This handout contains the defintion of democracy according to Merriam-Webster's dictionary.
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Definition of "Democracy" from Merriam-Webster's Dictionary (en español)
This handout contains the defintion of democracy according to Merriam-Webster's dictionary.
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Facing History & Ourselves Civic Knowledge Research Project
This guide provides prompts and strategies for the written Research Project component of New York State’s Seal of Civic Readiness.
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Creating a Shared Identity for a Democratic South Africa
Former Minister of Justice Dr. A. M. Omar addresses South Africa’s struggle to achieve a single national identity considering the country’s inherent diversity and its legacy of apartheid.
![A family dressed in traditional Afrikaner clothing pose during a holiday celebration commemorating ‘the Battle of Blood River,’ on December 16, 2003 in Orania, Northern Cape province, South Africa.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/2003_AllWhiteCommunityinSouthAfricaHoldsOntoItsPast_FH281929.jpg?h=327453ef&itok=xYMYt6md)