Resource Library
Find compelling classroom resources, learn new teaching methods, meet standards, and make a difference in the lives of your students.
We are grateful to The Hammer Family Foundation for supporting the development of our on-demand learning and teaching resources.
![A group of high school students sit at desks in conversation.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2023-10/AdobeStock_254378868.jpg?itok=f6YAphey)
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.
Sewing Class at Shubenacadie Indian Residential School
Mi’kmaq girls are in a sewing class at Shubenacadie Indian Residential School in Nova Scotia in 1929.
![Children in a classroom with a sewing machine on a table. A nun stands in the back of the classroom. Taken circa 1929.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Culture%26HumanRights_1929_Mi%27kmaqGirls_FH24277.png?h=844b9453&itok=krOusKdJ)
Cours de couture au pensionnat autochtone de Shubenacadie
Cette photographie montre des filles Mi'kmaq dans un cours de couture au pensionnat autochtone de Shubenacadie en Nouvelle-Écosse en 1929.
![Children in a classroom with a sewing machine on a table. A nun stands in the back of the classroom. Taken circa 1929.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Culture%26HumanRights_1929_Mi%27kmaqGirls_FH24277.png?h=844b9453&itok=krOusKdJ)
Students at Fort Simpson Residential School
Students at the Fort Simpson School in the Northwest Territories in 1922 hold up letters that spell “Goodbye.”
![Young boys in top hats and girls in dresses are standing in a line, each holding up a letter.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Culture_2022_FortSimpsonResidentialSchool_FH24276.png?h=89357a44&itok=wOAtV0Wg)
Étudiants du pensionnat autochtone de Fort Simpson
Cette photographie de 1922 illustre des étudiants de l’école de Fort Simpson dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest qui tiennent des lettres formant le mot « Goodbye » (au revoir en français).
![Young boys in top hats and girls in dresses are standing in a line, each holding up a letter.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Culture_2022_FortSimpsonResidentialSchool_FH24276.png?h=89357a44&itok=wOAtV0Wg)
Sun Dance Ceremony
The annual Sun Dance ceremony at the Blood Indian Reserve, near Cardston, Alberta.
![Two men wearing feathered and beaded headwear and clothing celebrate the sundance.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1953_SunDanceCeremony_FH24267.png?h=1efa62dd&itok=EEYQ5zCt)
La cérémonie de la danse du soleil
Des hommes célèbrent la danse du soleil, une cérémonie annuelle traditionnellement pratiquée par les Peuples Autochtones de la réserve Blood en Alberta.
![Two men wearing feathered and beaded headwear and clothing celebrate the sundance.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1953_SunDanceCeremony_FH24267.png?h=1efa62dd&itok=EEYQ5zCt)
Sol Plaatje, ca. 1911
Sol Plaatje was the co-founder of the African National Congress (ANC). As an activist and politician, he spent much of his life fighting for the enfranchisement and liberation of the South African people.
![Black and white image of Sol Plaatje writing](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Sol_Plaatje.png?h=133ff0fb&itok=KuJIRhow)
Soweto Youth Uprising
The June 16, 1976, youth-led uprising that began in Soweto and spread countrywide, profoundly changed the socio-political landscape in South Africa.
![Group of black South African schoolboys running frantically](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Soweto_Youth_Uprising.jpg?h=278a64c5&itok=mnoF6QBw)
Steve Biko
Steve Biko spearheaded the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) in South Africa from the mid 1960s until his death while in police custody in 1977.
![Steve Biko spearheaded the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) in South Africa from the mid 1960s until his death while in police custody in 1977.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Democracy_2018_SteveBiko_FH282029.jpg?h=39c2980c&itok=RY4sYtvP)