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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.
Barometer: Taking a Stand on Controversial Issues
Structure an active class discussion in which students express their opinions by standing along a continuum.
Barometer: Taking a Stand on Controversial Issues (UK)
Structure an active class discussion in which students express their opinions by standing along a continuum.
Big Paper: Building a Silent Conversation
Students have a written conversation with peers and use silence as a tool to explore a topic in depth.
Grand Papier –Conversation silencieuse
Les élèves ont une conversation écrite avec leurs pairs et utilisent le silence comme outil pour explorer un sujet en profondeur.
Character Charts
Provide students with a graphic tool to record and organize information about characters in a text.
Political Polarization Activities
This collection of 20-minute activities is designed to help students understand political polarization, reflect on its causes and consequences, and imagine potential solutions.
Teaching Resources for US Elections
Use these resources on voting, media literacy, polarization, and bias to talk about US elections with your high school and middle school students.
Coming of Age in a Complex World
This modular ELA collection for grades 7–12 invites students to explore the complexity of identity and develop a sense of agency as they reflect on what it means to grow up in today’s complex, interconnected world.
Found Poems
Students compose poems using only words, phrases, or quotations from a text that they find meaningful.
Four Corners
Get all students involved by asking them to show their stance on a statement through their positioning around the room.