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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.
The Brown Decision (en español)
This document gives students the immediate historical context of the Till murder by summarizing the segregationist reaction to the Brown decision and the emergence of White Citizens’ Councils in Mississippi. This resource is in Spanish.
Quotes from the Mississippi Constitutional Convention 1890 (en español)
This source includes quotes from delegates at the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention asserting the desire to create a government to uphold white supremacy. This resource is in Spanish.
African American and White Voter Registration in Louisiana (1878 -2010) (en español)
This graph shows the strategies that white Southern legislators used to disenfranchise African Americans during the Jim Crow era. This resource is in Spanish.
Race and Racism (en español)
Have students annotate and reflect on scholar George Fredrickson's definition of race. This handout is in Spanish.
Race: The Power of an Illusion Viewing Guide (en español)
This handout provides questions that guide students' viewing and discussion of the film, "Race: The Power of an Illusion." This handout is in Spanish.
“Concentration Constellation” by Lawson Fusao Inada (en español)
In this poem, Lawson Fusao Inada, a survivor of Japanese American incarceration during World War II, describes the prison camps across the United States. This resource is in Spanish.
Snapshots of Japanese American Incarceration (en español)
Create a Gallery Walk for students using these photographs of life during Japanese American incarceration. This resource is in Spanish.
Mamie Till-Mobley Chooses to Hold an Open-Casket Funeral (en español)
Mamie Till-Mobley describes why she insisted on an open-casket funeral. She told the funeral director, “Let the world see what I’ve seen”. This resource is in Spanish.
Myrlie Evers-Williams Reflects on the Impact of Emmett Till’s Murder (en español)
Civil rights activist and leader in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) reflects on the impact of Emmett Till’s murder. This resource is in Spanish.
Excerpt from "Lynching and the Excuse for It" (en español)
In this editorial, Ida B. Wells responds to Jane Addams, a progressive who was known for her work serving immigrant communities in Chicago. This resource is in Spanish.
John Lewis, “I Couldn’t Accept The Way Things Were” (en español)
In this excerpt from his memoir Walking with the Wind, Congressman John Lewis describes the impact of Emmett Till's murder. This resource is in Spanish.