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Discussing Race and Racism in the Classroom

This unit is designed to help teachers in the UK have conversations about race with their students in a safe, sensitive, and constructive way.
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Democracy and Current Events

This toolkit provides lessons and strategies for helping your students make sense of issues in the news related to democracy.
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Angel Island Immigration Station: Exploring Borders and Belonging in US History

This 5-7 day C3-aligned inquiry explores the compelling question “How does the history of the Angel Island Immigration Station help us understand how borders are erected, enforced, and challenged?”
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Memphis 1968

Lessons and resources help you explore the sanitation workers’ strike and other events that brought Dr. King to Memphis in the spring of 1968. This lesson is part of our partnership with the National Civil Rights Museum's MLK50 initiative. 
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The Reconstruction Era and the Fragility of Democracy

Use this rich collection of Reconstruction era primary sources, videos, and a 3-week unit to engage your students in this pivotal period in US history and its legacies today.
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Facing Ferguson: News Literacy in a Digital Age

Help students become informed and effective civic participants in today's digital landscape. This unit is designed to develop students' critical thinking, news literacy, civic engagement, and social-emotional skills and competencies.
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The Reconstruction Era 3-Week Unit

Teach a 3-week study of the Reconstruction era guided by the essential question "What can we learn from the history of Reconstruction as we work to strengthen democracy today?"
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The Reconstruction Era Primary Sources

Enrich your teaching on the Reconstruction era with these primary source documents and images.
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Resources for Civic Education in California

Explore resources that meet the California History–Social Science Framework standards.
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Latinx Rights in 1960s California

Explore two pivotal moments in the Latinx rights movement in California: the East LA school walkouts and the first year of the Delano grape strike.
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Resources for Civic Education in Massachusetts

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Resources for Civic Education in New York

This collection features all the Facing History resources recommended in the New York Department of Education’s Civics for All curriculum.
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