Resource Library
Find compelling classroom resources, learn new teaching methods, meet standards, and make a difference in the lives of your students.
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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.
‘63 Boycott: Today is Freedom Day
During the 1963 Chicago Public Schools Boycott, 225,000 students protested racial segregation and unequal conditions in Chicago's schools. This video features footage of the boycott and student participants' eyewitness accounts.
Centering Student Voice and Choice: A Book Club Guide
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Implement book clubs that build community and help students make meaningful connections to books they are excited to read.
Building a Classroom Community: Creating an Environment for Connection and Learning
This back-to-school resource contains activities and routines to help you create a sense of community, build relationships, and nurture students’ social-emotional needs.
Teaching Brown Girl Dreaming
Teach a unit on Jacqueline Woodson's coming-of-age memoir in verse that invites students to reflect on their own experiences and identities.
Curriculum Planning Begins with Self-Reflection
Dr. Kimberly Parker discusses the internal work that teachers need to do during the curriculum development process in order to engage and support students in their learning.
Stolen Lives: The Charge of Genocide and the Residential Schools
Various scholars, indigenous and non-indigenous, discuss the charge of genocide regarding the Residential School system in Canada and its effects. This video is a part of the resource Stolen Lives: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada and The Indian Residential Schools.
China and Japan: Neighbors, Friends, Enemies
Scholar Joshua A. Fogel discusses the history of interactions between Japan and China.
Choosing Cruelty: The Psychology of Perpetrators
Social psychologist James Edward Waller describes the importance of studying perpetrator behavior.
Color Adjustment
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This film traces many years of turbulent race relations by looking at television programs.
Strategies for Parents & Teens: Back to School
Support your teen as they navigate the start of the school year.
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
Watch the 3-part series that explores the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act