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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.
Antisemitic Children's Book (en español)
From the 1938 antisemitic children’s book The Poisonous Mushroom. The boy is drawing a nose on the chalkboard, and the caption reads: “The Jewish nose is crooked at its tip. It looks like a 6.” This resource is in Spanish.
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Barometer
In this classroom video, middle school students learn how to participate in a Barometer activity during the first week of school.
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Contracting
In this classroom video, a middle school teacher leads his class through the contracting process during the first week of school and students discuss expectations and norms of how class members will treat each other.
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Exploring Identity
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Use these slides to help students learn about the social and cultural factors that help shape our identities by analysing a story and creating personal identity charts.
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Dismantling Democracy (UK)
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Use these slides to help students examine the steps the Nazis took to replace democracy with dictatorship and draw conclusions about the values and institutions that make democracy possible.
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Identity Charts
In this classroom video, students create identity charts about themselves as they prepare to write narrative essays.
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Introducing Universe of Obligation in an English Language Arts Classroom
In this classroom video, an English language arts teacher introduces the idea of a “universe of obligation."
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Journaling in a Reflective Classroom
In this classroom video, middle school students acclimate to using journals during the first week of school.
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A Young Upstander Stands Up to Hate
Learn about a young Muslim who is working to combat antisemitism and xenophobia in his native Sweden.
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How Should We Remember?
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Use these slides to help students learn how to both respond to and design Holocaust memorials as they consider the impact that memorials and monuments have on the way we think about history.
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Introducing the Unit
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Use these slides to help students prepare to study the unit by reading a letter and working together to create a classroom contract.
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