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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.
The Jews of Poland
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This resource draws on autobiographies, diaries, official documents, and literary works to help students explore how Jews and non-Jews living in Poland throughout history have responded to questions about identity.
Fostering Civil Discourse: A Guide for Classroom Conversations (UK)
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This guide provides strategies to help you navigate the challenging times and support your students to develop effective skills for active citizenship.
Fostering Civil Discourse: Difficult Classroom Conversations in a Diverse Democracy
The tools and strategies in this guide will help you prepare students to engage in difficult conversations on topics that matter to them, to their communities, and to our world.
Taking School Online With a Student-Centered Approach
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The resources in this packet are designed to help teachers approach online learning with a focus on sustaining community, supporting students, and creating engaging, meaningful learning experiences.
Common Core Writing Prompts and Strategies: The Reconstruction Era and the Fragility of Democracy
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This resource guides students through a deep exploration of the pivotal era of American history when a nation divided by slavery and war was challenged to rebuild.
The Power of Propaganda
In this classroom video, a high school class prepares to read Elie Wiesel’s Night.
Teaching about the Weimar Republic
In this classroom video, a teacher helps her students consider several first-person accounts of life in Weimar Germany.
Think, Pair, Share
This classroom video shows the Think, Pair, Share strategy in action with high school students.
Two-Column Note-Taking
In this classroom video, the teacher uses the Two-Column Note-Taking strategy with his students to help them organize their thoughts and emotional responses as they listen to recorded survivor testimony.
Using Survivor Testimony: Preparation
In this classroom video, students view, react to, and discuss first-person accounts of the Holocaust.
Socratic Seminar: Weimar Republic
In this classroom video, students participate in a Socratic seminar after reading Voices in the Dark, a first-person account of antisemitism experienced by a WWI veteran.