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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.
Boston Educational Justice, 1980–2022
A timeline of significant dates and events in the movements for educational justice in Boston from 1980–2022.
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Year-by-Year Titles | Boston Educational Justice Timeline
In preparation for the human timeline activity, teachers should print this handout and hang the years (1961 to 1974) in chronological order around the classroom.
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The Story Behind Bilingual Education in Boston
This clip from "Dos Idiomas, Una Comunidad: The Story Behind Bilingual Education" provides insight into the experience of Latinx parents organizing around bilingual education in Boston.
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The Experience of a Bus Monitor in South Boston
In this clip from the documentary “Busing: A Rough Ride in Southie”, a Black mother describes her experience as a bus monitor in South Boston.
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Different Trajectories and Inequity in Boston Schools
In this video from the "Boston Globe", reporter Deanna Pan breaks down the disparities in Boston Public Schools.
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Petition for Freedom to the Massachusetts Legislature, 1877
This 1777 primary source is an antislavery petition from a group of African Americans in Massachusetts.
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“On the Equality of the Sexes” by Judith Sargent Murray, 1790
This 1790 primary source is an influential essay from a white female writer and intellectual.
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Ils ont volé nos terres
Lisez cette déclaration faite en 1910 par les chefs des nations Shuswap, Okanagan, et Couteau qui met en lumière la façon dont les Peuples Autochtones percevaient les Européens pendant cette période.
Peril and Promise (1980-2000)
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Part six of Latino Americans covers the years since 1980, when a second wave of Cubans arrived in Miami and hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans, Nicaraguans, and Guatemalans fleeing civil wars, death squads, and unrest migrated to the US.
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Prejudice and Pride (1965-1980)
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Part five of Latino Americans details the creation of the proud Chicano identity, as labor leaders organize farm workers and activists push for better education opportunities for Latinos, the inclusion of Latino studies, and political empowerment.
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War and Peace (1942-1954)
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Part three of Latino Americans, this episode covers World War II and the following years, as Latino Americans serve their new country by the hundreds of thousands but still face discrimination and a fight for civil rights back in the United States.
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