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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.
Envisioning Our Classroom Space
Students analyze a poem in order to determine the qualities of a classroom community where members are seen, valued, and heard.
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Learning to Infer
Educators will Introduce students to the concept of inferencing and then help them develop their inferencing skills.
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Contracting for Back to School
Develop a classroom contract to create a brave and reflective community of mutual respect and inclusion.
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Building Connections with Concentric Circles
Students build connections with their peers by sharing small details about themselves in paired discussion.
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Create a Goal and Discover Your “Why”
This student goal-setting activity helps students set SMART personal goals for the school year and discover their source of motivation.
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Pronouncing Names
Students examine the importance of pronouncing names correctly through this class activity.
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Alphabet Brainstorm
This brainstorming exercise is a quick way to generate students’ thoughts, measure prior knowledge, or check learning.
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Anticipation Guides
Get students thinking about the ideas and themes that they’ll encounter in a unit or a text.
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Anticipation Guides (UK)
Get students thinking about the ideas and themes that they’ll encounter in a unit or a text.
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Barometer: Taking a Stand on Controversial Issues
Structure an active class discussion in which students express their opinions by standing along a continuum.
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Barometer: Taking a Stand on Controversial Issues (UK)
Structure an active class discussion in which students express their opinions by standing along a continuum.
![Students discussing in pairs facing each other](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Memphis_Classroom_2015_FH221010.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=bm1hqy9J)