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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 Canadian Genocide in Search of a Name
Read a call to Canada's government to recognize its treatment of Indigenous Peoples in colonial Canada as genocide.
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Un génocide canadien à la recherche d’un nom
Lisez la demande faite au gouvernement du Canada pour qu’il reconnaisse la façon dont il a traité les Peuples Autochtones pendant la période coloniale du Canada comme un génocide.
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Cultural Genocide
Consider how the term cultural genocide describes the efforts of the Canadian government to assimilate the Indigenous Peoples through residential schools.
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Génocide culturel
Réfléchissez sur la façon dont le terme génocide culturel décrit les mesures prises par le gouvernement canadien pour assimiler les Peuples Autochtones au moyen des pensionnats autochtones.
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Genocide
Learn about the origin and meaning of the term genocide as defined in the UN Genocide Convention.
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Social Media and the Information Landscape (Intermediate)
This reading provides an overview of how social media has changed the information landscape. This is the "intermediate" version.
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Social Media and the Information Landscape (Advanced)
This reading provides an overview of how social media has changed the information landscape. This is the "advanced" version.
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The Impact of ChatGPT in the Classroom
An excerpt of a WIRED article about using AI in the classroom.
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Apology
Despite the apologies Japanese political leaders have issued, the Chinese people and Sino-Japanese relations still remain strained. This reading helps students explore the role apologies play as a means toward achieving justice.
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Healing Historical Wounds
How do two nations who share a past of violence, war, and atrocities forge a new relationship?
A Nation’s Past
The Shinto Yasukuni shrine has become a focal point for national tensions between China and Japan.