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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.
Viewing Guide: The Murder of Emmett Till (en español)
Students use this handout to take notes while they watch a clip from the PBS documentary The Murder of Emmett Till. This resource is in Spanish.
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African American and White Voter Registration in Louisiana (1878 -2010)
This graph shows the strategies that white Southern legislators used to disenfranchise African Americans during the Jim Crow era.
![Demonstrators at the March on Washington holding signs](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/Marchers_with_signs_at_the_March_on_Washington%2C_1963.jpg?h=2baf552d&itok=8B1HeAKT)
African American and White Voter Registration in Louisiana (1878 -2010) (en español)
This graph shows the strategies that white Southern legislators used to disenfranchise African Americans during the Jim Crow era. This resource is in Spanish.
![Demonstrators at the March on Washington holding signs](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/Marchers_with_signs_at_the_March_on_Washington%2C_1963.jpg?h=2baf552d&itok=8B1HeAKT)
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.
California Grape Workers' Strike Viewing Guide
Students answer the questions in this guide as they watch clips from a PBS documentary about the Delano grape strike.
Race and Racism
Have students annotate and reflect on scholar George Fredrickson's definition of race.
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Race and Racism (en español)
Have students annotate and reflect on scholar George Fredrickson's definition of race. This handout is in Spanish.
![Black ink etching on white paper with the words "I do not always feel colored" written repeatedly. The ink gets smudged and illegible toward the end](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/D11335_Medium_res.jpg?h=38731381&itok=Jh7iUy6T)
Photo Analysis of Pre-War Jewish Life
Complete a Text-to-Text, Text-to-Self, Text-to-World activity using photographs of Jewish life in Europe before World War II.
Historical Character Map
Help students engage with a historical character by creating an annotated illustration.
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The Holocaust: The Range of Responses
Use this handout in a Jigsaw activity that asks students to explore the range of responses to the Holocaust.