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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.
A Class Divided Viewing Guide
Guide students viewing of the documentary A Class Divided about a classroom experiment that examined difference and privilege.
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Student Activities: Responding to Recent Shootings and the Perils of Daily Life
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These student-facing slides contain activities designed to help students process feelings of insecurity in the face of the recent shootings of young people going about their daily lives.
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In Search of Meaning
Consider why paramilitary groups such as the Freikorps formed in the aftermath of World War I in Germany.
![The Triadic Ballet was created by Oskar Schlemmer, a painter, sculptor, designer, and choreographer who taught at the Bauhaus art school in Germany during the Weimar Republic. Schlemmer’s ballet represented the Bauhaus style–uncluttered, modern, and geometric.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_image06_Medium_res.jpg?h=ba1117de&itok=QZNmQtuq)
Action Project Planning Tool
Design your Choosing to Participate civic action project using this planning tool.
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Creating a Constitutional Government
Examine the rights, protections, and democratic aspirations in the constitution of Germany’s newly formed democracy, the Weimar Republic.
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Facing History Hacks: Connecting Social Justice, History, and Technology
San Francisco Bay Area teens explore ways technology can be used for social justice and community engagement at Facing History’s first ever Civic Hackathon hosted by Brocade.
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Power and Choices Anticipation Guide
Students decide if they agree or disagree with a set of statements about the different ways to make change.
The Range of Responses at Central High School
Students analyze how individuals in the memoir Warriors Don't Cry responded to the events surrounding desegregation.
Literary Devices Definitions Match
Use this definition match to refresh your students' memory on a range of useful literary devices.
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Where I'm From Brainstorm
Use the handout below to help students create their very own “Where I’m From” poem.
Where I'm From Brainstorm
Students use the prompts in this handout to describe the place where they are from.
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