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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.
Pico Iyer: Where Is Home?
Watch the video and use the accompanying viewing guide of travel writer Pico Iyer's TED Talk "Where Is Home?"
![Pico Lyer speaking on a stage at Ted Talk](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-08/Pico_Iyer_Where%20is%20home_screenshot.jpg?h=25eeee34&itok=-HssGbFT)
How Urban, Suburban, and Rural Communities View One Another: Pew Research Study
Explore recent perceptions of rural, urban, and suburban communities using a 2018 Pew research study and get a handout to guide students' analysis.
"Transubstantiation” by Molly McCully Brown
In this poem, Molly McCully Brown describes a town at night at the edge of a city—a place that feels like home to her.
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“west of philly” by Yolanda Wisher
In this poem, Yolanda Wisher reflects on being asked to describe her home city.
![Philadelphia Skyline consists of buildings of various heights](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-08/alejandro-barba-YLn87mac45M-unsplash.jpg?h=f54bfa0f&itok=sW_v_UL3)
"Suburban" by Michael Blumenthal
In this poem, Michael Blumenthal describes the mundane aspects of suburban life.
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“eco-hood” by Melania Luisa Marte
In this poem, Melania Luisa Marte reflects on environmentalism and identity.
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“An Offering” from Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
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Read a chapter from the young adult edition of Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass.
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“Meteor Shower” by Clint Smith
Clint Smith uses the natural phenomenon of a meteor shower to reflect on place and belonging.
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“The Singularity” by Marie Howe
Read Marie Howe’s ode to Stephen Hawking where she reflects on our cosmic belonging and the meaning of home.
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Protecting Jews
Former Jewish partisan Frank Blaichman describes finding shelter for Jews who could not join the partisans' resistance efforts.
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Who Will Write Our History
This educational version of the documentary tells the story of the Oyneg Shabes archive, created by a clandestine group in the Warsaw Ghetto who vowed to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda by detailing life in the ghetto from the Jewish perspective.
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