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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.
Growing Up with Racism (en español)
In a letter to her daughter, Lisa Delpit reflects on how racism has shaped her worldview and her hopes and fears for her child. This reading is in Spanish.
Excerpts from the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment (en español)
In Spanish, this reading contains excerpts from the Emanicipation Proclimation and the Thirteenth Amendment.
Petition from the Colored Washerwomen (en español)
In Spanish, in 1866, Black women laundry workers in Jackson, Mississippi, joined together to protest low wages.
Viewing Guide for "The Political Struggle" Part Two (en español)
In Spanish, this handout provides questions that guide students' viewing and prompt discussion on the video "The Political Struggle."
Quotes About the Fourteenth Amendment (en español)
In Spanish, this handout provides quotations that can be used to create a "Thought Museum" for students on the Fourteenth Amendment.
Speech by Frances Watkins Harper: “We Are All Bound Up Together” (en español)
In Spanish, read an excerpt from an 1866 speech by Black activist and suffragist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
They Fence Their Neighbors Away (en español)
In Spanish, Sioux chief Sitting Bull responds to different visions of land ownership in this speech excerpt.
Platform of the Workingmen’s Party of California (en español)
In Spanish, the political platform of the Workingmen's Party of California, a third party organized around eliminating competition for white laborers in the West and advocating for a ban on Chinese immigration.
Chinese Immigrants Write to President Grant (en español)
In Spanish, Chinese leaders in California write to President Ulysses S. Grant in 1876 about the discrimination their communities face from a rising anti-Chinese movement.
Healing and Justice Anticipation Guide (en español)
In Spanish, this handout helps students engage with some of the dilemmas that Americans faced after the Civil War.
Creating a Plan for Reconstruction (en español)
In Spanish, this handout serves as a guide to students as they make a plan for Reconstruction that balances the goals of healing and justice.