Resource Library
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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.
Back to School: Building Community for Connection and Learning
These back-to-school activities and teacher resources will help you lay a foundation for a reflective and caring community at the start of the school year.
Current Events Toolkit
This toolkit provides flexible and adaptable tools and strategies for integrating current events into your teaching.
Democracy and Current Events
This toolkit provides lessons and strategies for helping your students make sense of issues in the news related to democracy.
Contracting for Back to School
Develop a classroom contract to create a brave and reflective community of mutual respect and inclusion.
Building Connections with Concentric Circles
Students build connections with their peers by sharing small details about themselves in paired discussion.
Create a Goal and Discover Your “Why”
This student goal-setting activity helps students set SMART personal goals for the school year and discover their source of motivation.
Pronouncing Names
Students examine the importance of pronouncing names correctly through this class activity.
Staging the Compelling Question
Students explore the compelling question, “How can we make real the ideals of democracy and freedom?”
Supporting Question 1: Defining Freedom
Students explore the supporting question, “What can freedom mean in the United States?”
Supporting Question 2: Defining Democracy
Students explore the supporting question, “What can democracy mean in the United States?”
Supporting Question 3: Using Democratic Tools to Pursue Freedom
Students explore the supporting question, “How have people used the tools of democracy to fight for their freedoms in the United States?”