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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.
Taking Barometer Online
Learn how to implement the Barometer teaching strategy in an online learning environment. This strategy asks students to take a stand on an issue in an online class discussion.
Taking Big Paper Online
Learn how to implement the Big Paper teaching strategy in an online learning environment.
Teaching The Children of Willesden Lane: A Concluding Discussion
Teacher Chris Mazzino facilitates an open-forum discussion on “The Children of Willesden Lane.”
Teaching The Children of Willesden Lane: Choices That Make a Difference
Students discuss and reflect on difficult moral choices in history and in their own lives.
Teaching The Children of Willesden Lane: Exploring Lisa's Music
Teacher Martina Grant leads a discussion about the music in “The Children of Willesden Lane.”
Teaching The Children of Willesden Lane: Gaining Insight Through Poetry
Teacher Chris Mazzino uses poetry connecting to the themes of “The Children of Willesden Lane.”
Teaching The Children of Willesden Lane: Introducing the Universe of Obligation, High School
Teacher Martina Grant leads a discussion on the concept of the universe of obligation.
Teaching The Children of Willesden Lane: Introducing the Universe of Obligation, Middle School
Teacher Sheila Huntley leads a discussion on the concept of a universe of obligation.
Teaching The Children of Willesden Lane: Upstanders and Bystanders
Teacher Nancy Parrish explores the concept of upstanders and bystanders with her students.
Testimony of Resistance at Auschwitz
Holocaust survivor Helen K. recalls an act of courageous resistance by inmates at Auschwitz.
The Arpilleras of Chile (with Marjorie Agosin)
Marjorie Agosin discusses women’s artistic response to Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile.