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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.
Teaching Mockingbird: Images
These photographs were taken by Walker Evans in the 1930s for the Farm Security Administration of the United States Government. The government established the FSA to help document the reality and effects of the Great Depression on farmers and communities in the rural South.
![A cabin where an African American family lived, in rural Hale County, Alabama during the Great Depression.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/5_Negro_cabin%2C_Hale_County%2C_AL.jpg?h=54dfc285&itok=Oh_qn6Vu)
Glenn Ligon's Untitled: Four Etchings
Artist Glenn Ligon created Untitled: Four Etchings using quotations from writer Zora Neale Hurston's essay, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" and Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man.
![Artist Glenn Ligon created Untitled: Four Etchings [B] using a quotation from writer Zora Neale Hurston’s essay, “How It Feels to Be Colored Me.”](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/D15968_Medium_res.jpg?h=c15025bd&itok=EIHlZetq)
Our Kind of People
Explore how the choices individuals make about clothing affect how others perceive them with Bayeté Ross Smith’s 2010 photography series.
![Portrait of a man.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-10/Our_Kind_1_FH260750.jpg?h=c848f0b8&itok=RxHoKT_1)
Our Kind of People (en español)
In Spanish, explore how the choices individuals make about clothing affect how others perceive them with Bayeté Ross Smith’s 2010 photography series.
![Portrait of a man.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-10/Our_Kind_1_FH260750.jpg?h=c848f0b8&itok=RxHoKT_1)
The Range of Human Behavior Vocabulary Terms
Students predict the definitions of perpetrator, victim, bystander, and upstander, using context clues.
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The Range of Human Behaviour Vocabulary Terms
Students predict the definitions of perpetrator, victim, bystander, and upstander, using context clues.
![Classroom image.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/2017_classroomimage_FH256520.png?h=56d0ca2e&itok=KfOf28kY)
The Range of Human Behavior Vocabulary Terms (en español)
In Spanish, Students predict the definitions of perpetrator, victim, bystander, and upstander, using context clues. This resource is in Spanish.
![Classroom image.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/2017_classroomimage_FH256520.png?h=56d0ca2e&itok=KfOf28kY)
Untitled Poem by Beth Strano
Read this poem by Beth Strano with your students to consider what a brave classroom community looks like.
!["Facing History And Ourselves Lick-Wilmerding High School San Francisco, CA, USA Drew Bird Photography San Francisco Bay Area Based International Photographer Have Camera. Will Travel. www.drewbirdphoto.com drew@drewbirdphoto.com "](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/facing-history-sf-drew-bird-a-162.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=g3TYrdec)
Identity Chart (UK)
Identity charts are a graphic tool that can help students consider the many factors that shape who we are as individuals and as communities.
![Diagram with the student's name in the center surrounded by adjectives.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Identity_Chart_UK.jpeg?h=bfe9072a&itok=iDQI3kzl)
Becoming American Study Guide
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This guide to accompany the film Becoming American helps students investigate identity and belonging through the stories of generations of Chinese immigrants in the United States and their paths to "becoming American."
![Cover of "Becoming American: The Chinese Experience."](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/BecomingAmerican_cvr.png?h=1db1c0b8&itok=WjablqqZ)
Taking School Online With a Student-Centered Approach
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The resources in this packet are designed to help teachers approach online learning with a focus on sustaining community, supporting students, and creating engaging, meaningful learning experiences.