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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.
Bacon's Rebellion
This 1905 painting by Howard Pyle depicts the burning of Jamestown in 1676 by black and white rebels led by Nathaniel Bacon.
![Painting of people in colonial dress march as Jamestown burns in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1676_BaconsRebellion_FH229397.jpg?h=88e54252&itok=3JWoSeNI)
Imperialist Cecil Rhodes
This caricature, “Rhodes Colossus,” depicts British imperialist Cecil Rhodes straddling the continent of Africa after announcing plans for a telegraph line from Cape Town to Cairo.
![Sketch of a European imperialist standing with legs straddled and arms out.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch02_Image06.png?h=f64886a2&itok=l90yjBTr)
Bud Fields and Family
Sharecropper Bud Fields and his family at their home in Hale County, Alabama, in the mid-1930s.
![Three adults and three children pose for the photo in a small room, circa mid-1930s.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/3_Bud_Fields_and_his_family_--_Alabama_Sharecroppers.jpg?h=df3f433b&itok=Ah5ayqiO)
Capture of Jewish Resistance Fighters
Jewish resistance fighters who fought against the SS and German army during the Warsaw ghetto uprising between April 19 and May 16, 1943, are captured.
![Jewish resistance fighters who fought against the SS and German army during the Warsaw ghetto uprising between April 19 and May 16, 1943, are captured.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1943_CaptureofJewishResistanceFighters_FH229479.jpg?h=80724209&itok=yPkpM8hK)
Métis Dancer
Métis dancer Jeanette Kotowich from the Cree Metis nation during a performance from the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival at the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver.
![A woman in a blue dress with a colorful waist-sash is dancing for a group of children.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/MetisDancer_FH24265.jpg?h=33252b2e&itok=ON1y5HiC)
Danseur Métis
La danseuse métisse Jeanette Kotowich de la nation métisse crie lors d'un spectacle du Coastal First Nations Dance Festival au Musée d'anthropologie de Vancouver.
![A woman in a blue dress with a colorful waist-sash is dancing for a group of children.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/MetisDancer_FH24265.jpg?h=33252b2e&itok=ON1y5HiC)
Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, 1508–1512
Michelangelo’s fresco from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted c. 1508–1512, is one in a series portraying biblical stories and characters.
![Painting of Adam and God dated circa 1508-1512 by Michelangelo.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/TheCreationofAdam_FH17244.jpg?h=b82ee7a4&itok=d0WMFmyI)
‘63 Boycott: Today is Freedom Day
During the 1963 Chicago Public Schools Boycott, 225,000 students protested racial segregation and unequal conditions in Chicago's schools. This video features footage of the boycott and student participants' eyewitness accounts.
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Building a Classroom Community: Creating an Environment for Connection and Learning
This back-to-school resource contains activities and routines to help you create a sense of community, build relationships, and nurture students’ social-emotional needs.
![Students sitting in groups in a classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/London_Classroom_2019_%20FH2117946.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=UGM9knhg)
Hawaii’s Legacy of Colonialism
Use this timeline and article excerpt to help students understand Native Hawaiians' protests against the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea.
![Demonstrators gather to block a road at the base of Mauna Kea](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/IndigenousRights_AP_19196579152982_full-res.jpg?h=b6580eb4&itok=Muc3hfzj)
Red Scarf Girl
A child's nightmare unfolds in Ji-li Jiang's chronicle of the excesses of Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution in China in the late 1960s.