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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.
Lesson 1 PowerPoint: Confronting Islamophobia
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This PowerPoint for Lesson 1 of the Discussing Contemporary Islamophobia unit comes complete with student-facing slides and teaching notes, and is ready to use in the classroom.
Lesson 2 PowerPoint: Islamophobic Tropes
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This PowerPoint for Lesson 2 of the Discussing Contemporary Islamophobia unit comes complete with student-facing slides and teaching notes, and is ready to use in the classroom.
Lesson 3 PowerPoint: Islamophobia in the Media
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This PowerPoint for Lesson 3 of the Discussing Contemporary Islamophobia unit comes complete with student-facing slides and teaching notes, and is ready to use in the classroom.
Lesson 4 PowerPoint: Understanding Gendered Islamophobia
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This PowerPoint for Lesson 4 of the Discussing Contemporary Islamophobia unit comes complete with student-facing slides and teaching notes, and is ready to use in the classroom.
Lesson 5 PowerPoint: Standing Up Against Contemporary Islamophobia
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This PowerPoint for Lesson 5 of the Discussing Contemporary Islamophobia unit comes complete with student-facing slides and teaching notes, and is ready to use in the classroom.
Dissecting the Compelling Question (en espaƱol)
Students use this handout to read and annotate the compelling question for the inquiry. This resource is in Spanish.
Educational Justice Anticipation Guide (en espaƱol)
Students decide if they agree or disagree with a variety of statements about schools and education. This resource is in Spanish.
Boston Community Profiles (en espaƱol)
This handout includes short overviews of the three fastest-growing racial and ethnic groups in Boston in the 1960s, as well as the cityās shrinking white population during that time. This resource is in Spanish.
Defining Educational Justice (en espaƱol)
Students use evidence from sources to create a definition of educational justice. This resource is in Spanish.
A Latina Mother Responds to Conditions at School (en espaƱol)
Historian Tatiana Cruz describes what a Latina mother saw when she visited her daughterās school in Boston in the 1970s. This resource is in Spanish.
African American Parents Decry School Conditions (en espaƱol)
Ruth Batson describes the complaints about Bostonās public schools that African American parents voiced in the early 1960s. This resource is in Spanish.