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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.
“Emancipation” (1865)
Thomas Nast's celebration of the emancipation of Southern slaves with the end of the Civil War. Nast envisions a somewhat optimistic picture of the future of free blacks in the United States.
The "In" Group
High school student Eve Shalen reflects back on a time in middle school when peer pressure and desire for belonging influenced her decision-making.
Defining Freedom: Facilitating a Conversation About the Reconstruction Era
In this classroom video, a high school history teacher leads a classroom discussion that explores the meaning of freedom to formerly enslaved people during the Reconstruction era.
Portrait de Thomas Moore
Ici, il s’agit de photographies « avant et après » mises en scène et prises par des représentants du gouvernement.
Little Things Are Big
Puerto Rican writer Jesús Colón describes a time when his awareness of stereotypes influenced his decision-making.
Little Things Are Big (en español)
Puerto Rican writer Jesús Colón describes a time when his awareness of stereotypes influenced his decision-making. This resource is in Spanish.
Sewing Class at Shubenacadie Indian Residential School
Mi’kmaq girls are in a sewing class at Shubenacadie Indian Residential School in Nova Scotia in 1929.
Cours de couture au pensionnat autochtone de Shubenacadie
Cette photographie montre des filles Mi'kmaq dans un cours de couture au pensionnat autochtone de Shubenacadie en Nouvelle-Écosse en 1929.
Students at Fort Simpson Residential School
Students at the Fort Simpson School in the Northwest Territories in 1922 hold up letters that spell “Goodbye.”