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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.
Latinx Parents Demand to Be Recognized by the Court (en español)
A summary of how Boston’s Latinx parents organized and demanded to be recognized by the court. This resource is in Spanish.
White Opposition to the Desegregation Order
This reading gives an overview of the opposition to Judge Garrity’s desegregation order from Boston’s poor and working-class white neighborhoods.
White Opposition to the Desegregation Order (en español)
This reading gives an overview of the opposition to Judge Garrity’s desegregation order from Boston’s poor and working-class white neighborhoods. This resource is in Spanish.
Day of Protests, Night of Frenzy
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch article summarizes events after day two in Ferguson.
Hands Up, Don't Shoot! Built on a Lie
Washington Post journalist Jonathan Capehart documents how difficult it is, for journalists and consumers of news, to face a narrative that contradicts what we believe.
Roosevelt Williams Recalls Moving for Work in Alabama and Mississippi
Roosevelt Williams describes different jobs he held and how he moved around the segregated South to find work in the 1930s and 1940s.
Roosevelt Williams Recalls Voting in Alabama
Roosevelt Williams describes voting in segregated Alabama in the 1930s and 1940s.
The Scottsboro Affair
Consider the nature of justice with this reading about the Scottsboro Affair in which nine black teenagers were accused of raping two white women in the 1930s.
The Southern Lady and Belle: The Companion to Southern Literature by Joseph Flora and Lucinda MacKethan
Authors Joseph Flora and Lucinda MacKethan describe the social stereotypes of the "Southern lady" and the younger "Southern belle."
Understanding Jim Crow
Deepen students' understanding of the systems of racial separation and institutionalized segregation known as Jim Crow to better grasp the time and setting of To Kill A Mockingbird.
What Did You Learn in School Today?
The following is an Introduction to Teaching Mockingbird and was written by Facing History's Senior Scholar and President Emerita, Margot Stern Strom.