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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.
Stranger at the Gate Viewing Guide
Bring the short documentary film Stranger at the Gate into your classroom with the streaming video and companion guide of discussion questions and activities.
Inquiry Blueprint | The Pursuit of Educational Justice in Boston
This blueprint provides an at-a-glance view of the inquiry The Pursuit of Educational Justice in Boston.
They Called Us Enemy All-Community Read Guide
This guide will support your school community as you read the graphic memoir of actor and activist George Takei.
Unit Overview: Developing Media Literacy for Well-being, Relationships and Democracy
Use this handout to get an overview of the lessons, materials, and activities in this unit.
From Reflection to Action: A Choosing to Participate Toolkit | For Educators in Canada
For educators in Canada, this guide contains activities, readings, lessons, and strategies to help you develop a meaningful civic education experience in your classroom.
Connecting Students to Memorials via Arts/Makerspace
In this classroom video, students learn how to create art to memorialize those lost in the Holocaust.
Exploring Judgment and Justice
In this classroom video, students explore the nature of justice and how the unwritten rules of society can impact how laws are carried out.
Becoming American Study Guide
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This guide to accompany the film Becoming American helps students investigate identity and belonging through the stories of generations of Chinese immigrants in the United States and their paths to "becoming American."
Teaching Enrique's Journey
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This guide provides activities and discussion questions for leading your students through a six-week reading of Enrique's Journey that explores themes of identity, belonging, and choices.
Teaching Farewell to Manzanar
Use this guide to Jeanne Wakatsuki's memoir about the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II to develop students' literacy skills and increase understanding of this history.