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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.
Glenn Ligon's Untitled: Four Etchings
Artist Glenn Ligon created Untitled: Four Etchings using quotations from writer Zora Neale Hurston's essay, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" and Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man.
T.O. Jones
Learn about T.O. Jones, a sanitation worker who led the Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike in 1968.
Rabbi James A. Wax
Learn about Rabbi James A Wax, Senior Rabbi at Temple Israel in Memphis from 1954 to 1978.
Jose Guerrero
Learn about Jose Guerrero, a grassroots activist instrumental in the founding of Latino Memphis.
A General Store Interior in Moundville, Alabama
This photo of the interior of an Alabama general store was taken in the summer of 1936.
African American man Farming in Mississippi, 1936
Near Tupelo, Mississippi, an African American man farms in a field, 1936.
Birthright Citizenship Worldwide (2015)
World map highlighting in green which countries recognize birthright citizenship.
Part Three: The Political Struggle, 1865-1866
Scholars discuss the different visions for Reconstruction held by Congress and President Johnson.