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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.
Sketch to Stretch
Ask students to visualize a passage of text and interpret it through drawing with this reading comprehension strategy.
Connect, Extend, Challenge
Deepen students' understanding of a topic by having them connect to their prior knowledge.
Connect, Extend, Challenge (UK)
Deepen students' understanding of a topic by having them connect to their prior knowledge.
Head, Heart, Conscience
This strategy uses reflection prompts to help students consider a complex or emotional topic through the lenses of head, heart, and ethics.
Pardon/Franchise Engravings by Thomas Nast
Wood engravings by Thomas Nast depict the tension between the demands of healing and justice during the Reconstruction era.
Portrait of George Washington on the Dollar Bill (en español)
This is an image of the 1-dollar bill. This resource is in Spanish.
10 Questions Framework Poster
Introduce students to the 10 Questions for Young Changemakers developed by Professor Danielle Allen from Harvard University and YPP Network.
Somali Drought
A Somali soldier provides security as newly displaced Somalis gather at a camp in the Garasbaley area on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, March 28, 2017.
South African President P. W. Botha
South African President Pieter Willem Botha speaks to the National Party in Durban, South Africa, 1986.
The Lone Ranger
This image portrays the fictional Native American character, Tonto, in the 1930s radio show and 1970s television adaption, "The Lone Ranger."