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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.
Women in Edwardian Society
This group of primary sources help students understand what life was like for women in Victorian and Edwardian England.
![Sketch of men and women in bicycle attire in 1894.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/Bicycle_Outfits_1894_FH2182330.jpeg?h=0e20087c&itok=fsP5NMGM)
Making Literary Inferences Grid
This grid helps students by breaking down the inferencing process: students combine what the text says with their background knowledge to make an inference.
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Mr Birling’s Speeches Group Activity
The connection questions contained in this activity support students in analysing Mr Birling's key speeches, and thus enable them to better understand Priestley's portrayal of his character.
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Persuasive Techniques Word Match
Use this definition match to refresh students' memory of useful persuasive writing techniques.
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Persuasive Letter Writing Examples
Give students the appropriate letter writing model for their ability, and help them understand how to write an effective persuasive letter.
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Persuasive Letter Planning Aid
Give students this planning aid to help them structure and write a persuasive letter.
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Student Activities: The Ethics of Generative AI in the Classroom
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These are the student-facing slides for the mini-lesson “The Ethics of Generative AI in the Classroom.” Students learn about tools such as ChatGPT and DALL-E and consider norms around their use in schools.
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Essential Quote Worksheet
Students use this handout to complete a collaborative activity about the Wagner-Rogers debate.
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Requesting Speakers
Recommended organizations for educators seeking to set up an in-person or virtual speaker visit by a Holocaust survivor or descendant of a survivor.
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Visual Essay: Free Expression in the Weimar Republic
Explore Weimar-era fine art, film, and ballet with this collection of images. Analyze the experimental styles and social commentary of German art in the 1920s.
![Blue Angel, directed by Josef von Sternberg, was Germany’s first full-length talkie, a motion picture with sound as opposed to a silent film. The film follows the story of college professor who is undone by his attraction to Lola-Lola, a cabaret dancer played by German-American Marlene Dietrich. The film made Dietrich an international film star, and she continued her acting career in the United States.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Ch04_Image09_Medium_res.jpg?h=ac1fc4d9&itok=W2CNh6u-)
Student Activities: Decorum and Sanctioning Representatives Jones, Pearson, and Zephyr
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These student-facing slides help students understand recent events in the Tennessee and Montana state legislatures and consider the implications of using rules of decorum to sanction state representatives.
![Expelled State Rep. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, delivers remarks outside the state Capitol, in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, April 10, 2023. Pearson was sworn in, a week after he and state Rep. Justin Jones were banished for a gun control protest on the floor of the House, in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-05/Pictures_of_the_Week_North_America_Photo_Gallery_23103817958784.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=QhGMyfDr)