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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.
Reflecting on Our Obligation to Others
Students explore the concept of “universe of obligation” within the contexts of a work of literature and their own lives.
K-W-L Charts
Use K-W-L charts to help students assess what they already know about a topic and what they want to learn.
Tableaux SVA
Aidez les élèves à évaluer ce qu’ils savent déjà sur un sujet et ce qu’ils veulent apprendre.
Reimagining School after COVID
This mini-lesson asks students to reflect on how education has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic and to propose changes they would like to see in schools when the pandemic ends.
Co-design Your Classroom with Your Students
This mini-lesson asks students to start the school year by designing their ideal learning space.
The Common Good in Times of Crisis
This mini-lesson invites students to explore how their actions and the actions of their leaders can help promote the common good in a time of crisis.
Hardship and Hope: Teaching Amanda Gorman’s “New Day’s Lyric”
This mini-lesson invites students to analyze Amanda Gorman’s poem “New Day’s Lyric” and create a class poem about hope and collective action during challenging times.
Research Three Ways
Students learn about the different ways of researching by choosing a historical or contemporary issue in the text that interests them.
Responding to Unfairness and Injustice
Students develop the vocabulary to talk about the range of human responses to injustice and then apply these labels to their analysis of a work of literature.
Understanding Social Systems as an Element of Setting
Students explore setting by analyzing the impact social systems can have on how individuals think, feel, and care about issues, choices, and actions.
Voice and Choice in Literature
Students analyze the voices and choices in a text in order to identify the perspectives that are represented.