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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.
Defining Freedom: Facilitating a Conversation About the Reconstruction Era
In this classroom video, a high school history teacher leads a classroom discussion that explores the meaning of freedom to formerly enslaved people during the Reconstruction era.
Teaching about Segregation and Its Consequences: Examining Plessy v. Ferguson
In this classroom video, social studies teacher Jenna Forton teaches a lesson from the Choices in Little Rock unit
Using Journals at the Beginning and End of a Lesson
In this classroom video, a high school history teacher uses journals with his students both at the beginning and end of a lesson on Reconstruction.
The Legacy of Eugenics: Facilitating a Classroom Conversation
In this classroom video, a high school history teacher facilitates a conversation with students about the legacy of the eugenics movement in the United States.
Supporting Student Learning through Journaling
In this classroom video, social studies teacher Jenna Forton uses journaling to open a lesson on the Plessy vs. Ferguson court case.
Introducing the Weimar Republic
In this classroom video, students read about and discuss the Weimar Republic using primary source readings from Holocaust and Human Behavior.
Developing Students’ Capacity to Connect with History
In this classroom video, social studies teacher Tareeq Rasheed teaches the lesson “The First Day of School” from the Choices in Little Rock unit.
Supporting a Culture of Inquiry in Your Classroom
In this classroom video, social studies teacher Tareeq Rasheed teaches the lesson “The Choices the Leaders Made (Part II)” from the Choices in Little Rock unit.
Teaching Strategy: Big Paper
In this classroom video, a high school history teacher uses the Big Paper teaching strategy as he shares primary source documents about the Reconstruction era with his students.
Teaching Strategy: Found Poems
In this classroom video, a high school history teacher leads students in the construction of found poems based on their research about the eugenics movement in the early twentieth century in the United States.
Memory and Legacy: Preparing to Learn from Descendants of Holocaust Survivors
In this classroom video, explore how framing a lesson around the importance of memory using classroom discussion and journaling can prepare students to learn from survivors of the Holocaust and their descendants.