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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.
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Race and Racism
While we know that "race" is a social construct and not a biological fact, "racism" still exists. In this audio reading Lisa Delpit - scholar, author, writer and mother-writes to her daughter about her own experiences with racism growing up in the United States.
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The Armenian Genocide Viewing Guide
Guide for students to take notes as they watch a film about the history of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.
![A mural features an elderly woman with a piece of tape over her mouth with "1915" written on it.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/Armenian_Genocide_mural_card.jpg?h=707772c7&itok=teSTLdve)
The Armenian Genocide Viewing Guide (en español)
Guide for students to take notes as they watch a film about the history of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. This resource is in Spanish.
![A mural features an elderly woman with a piece of tape over her mouth with "1915" written on it.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/Armenian_Genocide_mural_card.jpg?h=707772c7&itok=teSTLdve)
Civic Self-Portrait
This handout help students explore what it means to “choose to participate” and to visualize the different elements of being a civic agent.
![Picture of students writing in a group.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-01/Facing-History_SJLA_218.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=QW12Ek9J)
Front Page News on August 15, 2014
To further explore the power of images and the editorial choices made by different news agencies, have students compare the images and headlines featured on the front pages of a number of newspapers from August 15, 2014.
![People hold hands in prayer in the parking lot of convenience store that was looted and burned after Michael Brown was shot by police in Ferguson, Mo.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/2014_LivinginFerguson_FH230964.jpg?h=8b6300e7&itok=E_y1giir)
Responses to the Armenian Genocide
Students read different accounts about how individuals and nations responded to the Armenian Genocide.
![Photo shows Henry Morgenthau (1856-1946), lawyer, businessman and United States ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-01/14648u_LOC.jpg?h=a467131d&itok=yY0dARw0)
Responses to the Armenian Genocide (en español)
Students read different accounts about how individuals and nations responded to the Armenian Genocide. This resource is in Spanish.
![Photo shows Henry Morgenthau (1856-1946), lawyer, businessman and United States ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-01/14648u_LOC.jpg?h=a467131d&itok=yY0dARw0)
Responding to Genocide Jigsaw
Students use this handout to complete a jigsaw activity about responses to the Armenian Genocide.
![Fleeing from death. An Armenian mother on the heights of the Taurus Mountains.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/1915_mother_and_child_in_the_desert_Medium_res.jpg?h=fcb26060&itok=ExhdlGru)
Responding to Genocide Jigsaw (en español)
Students use this handout to complete a jigsaw activity about responses to the Armenian Genocide. This resource is in Spanish.
![Fleeing from death. An Armenian mother on the heights of the Taurus Mountains.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/1915_mother_and_child_in_the_desert_Medium_res.jpg?h=fcb26060&itok=ExhdlGru)
Police Officer in Ferguson
A member of the St. Louis County Police fires tear gas during demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 18, 2014.
![Picture of Police Officer in Ferguson.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-01/71_Police.jpg?h=32b60151&itok=99j1rWDu)
Clark Doll Study
Psychologists Mamie and Kenneth Clark prove a connection between segregation and low self-esteem.
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