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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.
Inhabiting the World of the Book
This handout offers creative ways for students to explore the world of their book while pursuing their own interests and passions.
Get Organized! Make a Book Club Schedule
Book club groups can use this handout to create a reading schedule, so that everyone knows which pages they need to read for each meeting.
Book Club Meeting and Reading Calendar
Book club groups can use the blank calendar in this handout to keep track of their meeting schedule.
The Great Migration and the Power of a Single Decision
Journalist and author Isabel Wilkerson tells the story of the Great Migration, the outpouring of six million African Americans from the Jim Crow South to cities in the North and West between World War I and the 1970s.
What Reading Slowly Taught Me About Writing
Jacqueline Woodson invites us to slow down and appreciate stories that take us places we never thought we'd go and introduce us to people we never thought we'd meet. She recalls the role that storytelling plays in connecting humans.
Strategies for Parents & Teens: Back to School
Support your teen as they navigate the start of the school year.
Identity Chart Template
Use this printable identity chart template in your classroom to help students map the many factors that shape a person or group's identity.
Race: The Power of an Illusion Viewing Guide
This handout provides questions that guide students' viewing and discussion of the film, "Race: The Power of an Illusion."
All-Community Read Guide: They Called Us Enemy
This guide will support your school community as you read the graphic memoir of actor and activist George Takei.
Why I Love a Country That Once Betrayed Me
In his TED talk, actor and activist George Takei looks back at how his life in a Japanese incarceration camp shaped his surprising, personal definition of patriotism and democracy.
Where Do You Start with Text Selection?
Dr. Kimberly Parker shares steps educators can take to ensure that their curriculum choices make room for student voice and reflect a broad range of stories and experiences.