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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.
Changing Public Opinion in the North Mini-Lecture
This handout contain key points for a mini-lecture on the factors that caused white Northern public opinion to shift against Reconstruction.
Changing Public Opinion in the North Mini-Lecture (en español)
In Spanish, this handout contain key points for a mini-lecture on the factors that caused white Northern public opinion to shift against Reconstruction.
Wendell Phillips Speaks Out in Support of Reconstruction
This speech by abolitionist Wendell Phillips illustrate the shift in public opinion about Reconstruction in the North.
Wendell Phillips Speaks Out in Support of Reconstruction (en español)
In Spanish, this speech by abolitionist Wendell Phillips illustrate the shift in public opinion about Reconstruction in the North.
We Need a New American Founding
Scholar Eddie S. Glaude draws from the history of Reconstruction and the the Civil Rights movement to call for a “new American founding.” This reading is available in Spanish.
We Need a New American Founding (en español)
In Spanish, Scholar Eddie S. Glaude draws from the history of Reconstruction and the the Civil Rights movement to call for a “new American founding.”
Mamie Till-Mobley Chooses to Hold an Open-Casket Funeral
Mamie Till-Mobley describes why she insisted on an open-casket funeral. She told the funeral director, “Let the world see what I’ve seen”.
Mamie Till-Mobley Chooses to Hold an Open-Casket Funeral (en español)
Mamie Till-Mobley describes why she insisted on an open-casket funeral. She told the funeral director, “Let the world see what I’ve seen”. This resource is in Spanish.
Myrlie Evers-Williams Reflects on the Impact of Emmett Till’s Murder
Civil rights activist and leader in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) reflects on the impact of Emmett Till’s murder.
Myrlie Evers-Williams Reflects on the Impact of Emmett Till’s Murder (en español)
Civil rights activist and leader in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) reflects on the impact of Emmett Till’s murder. This resource is in Spanish.
Excerpt from Crusade for Justice
This excerpt from Ida B. Wells’s autobiography gives us insight into Wells’s decision to take a stand and speak out against racial lynchings.