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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.
“It’s a Courageous Thing to Do”
A student reflects on why it takes courage to wear a yarmulke or kippah.
Independent vs. Dependent Learner
This excerpt from Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta Hammond outlines four practices-areas of culturally responsive teaching.
Introducing Agency (Adapted Version)
Introduce your students to the concept of agency, and help them learn how to apply the concept in their own lives.
Why Are Successful Black Men Assumed to Be Athletes or Entertainers?
In this excerpted Mother Jones article, Michael Mechanic tells the story of a friend who is always asked if he is a basketball player.
"You Get Proud by Practicing" by Laura Hershey
This reading contains a poem by disability activist Laura Hershey.
Introducing Agency (Adapted Version)
Students use this reading to learn about the concept of individual and collective agency.
“A Jewish Adolescent Ponders her Identity (1939)” by Marie Abravanel
A teenage girl in Libya named Marie Abravanel reflects on her Jewish identity.