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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.
Exploring Contemporary Social Issues
This handout asks students to choose a contemporary social issue and identify key scenes where the author explores this issue.
Exploring Contemporary Social Issues (en español)
This handout asks students to choose a contemporary social issue and identify key scenes where the author explores this issue in Spanish.
Reading for Empathy Sketch to Stretch
This handout asks students to create a sketch that reflects their ideas about a quotation on reading and empathy.
Reading for Empathy Sketch to Stretch (en español)
This handout asks students to create a sketch that reflects their ideas about a quotation on reading and empathy in Spanish.
Spoken Word Mind Map
Help students generate ideas as they prepare to write their own spoken word poem.
Exploring the Purpose of Poetry
This handout supports students to complete a close reading of a section of Amanda Gorman's TED Talk.
Exploring the Purpose of Poetry (en español)
This handout supports students to complete a close reading of a section of Amanda Gorman's TED Talk in Spanish.
Using Your Voice Is a Political Choice
Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in US history, explains in this TED Talk why poetry is inherently political and stresses the value of speaking out despite your fears.
Read the Word, Read the World
This handout helps students consider how an author uses conflict, perspective, and plot to develop a central theme in a work of literature.
Read the Word, Read the World (en español)
This handout helps students consider how an author uses conflict, perspective, and plot to develop a central theme in a work of literature in Spanish.