Resource Library
Find compelling classroom resources, learn new teaching methods, meet standards, and make a difference in the lives of your students.
We are grateful to The Hammer Family Foundation for supporting the development of our on-demand learning and teaching resources.
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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.
Believing in Others
Learn about the challenges and successes one woman encountered in her efforts to make a difference.
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Believing in Others (en espaƱol)
Learn about the challenges and successes one woman encountered in her efforts to make a difference. This resource is in Spanish.
![Agosin Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love Pg. 76](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/HHB_Chapter_12_Medium_res.jpg?h=0704619c&itok=WsQTWf0G)
Breaking Isolation
Learn about C.P. Ellis and Ann Atwater, a white man and a black woman who learned how to work together amid racial tensions in their North Carolina town.
![C.J. Ellis, a former Ku Klux Klan member and Ann Water, a community activist, holding hands.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch12_Image06.jpg?h=cfed2447&itok=rF8GUHZy)
Bullying at School
Learn about some responses to school bullying and reflect on the power students have to make positive changes in their own school communities.
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Bullying at School (en espaƱol)
Learn about some responses to school bullying and reflect on the power students have to make positive changes in their own school communities. This resource is in Spanish.
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Finding a Voice in Art
Explore how Chilean women used folk art to heal and advocate for justice in the wake of human rights abuses by General Pinochetās dictatorship.
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Mayor Mockus
Learn about the innovative programs that BogotĆ” mayor Antanas Mocus instituted to make improvements to the city, and reflect on the ways that change can be made in a society.
Not Just Awareness, But Action
Read President Barack Obamaās commencement address at Howard University from 2016 about his vision of civic participation and the duties of citizenship.
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Not in Our Town
Learn about how the residents of Billings, Montana, responded to a wave of racist and antisemitic violence in their town.
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Not in Our Town (en espaƱol)
Learn about how the residents of Billings, Montana, responded to a wave of racist and antisemitic violence in their town. This resource is in Spanish.
![Volunteers from AmeriCorps carry a floor joist at a Habitat for Humanity home site in New Orleans.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/hurricane-katrina-new-orleans-la-1-21-06-volunteers-from-americorps-carry-a-57b2dc_teaser.jpeg?h=afe124f6&itok=o37_v0bl)
Open-Source Participation
Learn about how bloggers and activists in Kenya used technology to respond to violence after a contested election in 2008.
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