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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.
Bio-Poem Examples
This reading contains 3 examples of a bio-poem, an 11-line poem describing a person.
Chunking Worksheet: What is a Community?
Students use this worksheet to help them decode text and paraphrase key ideas using the chunking strategy.
What is a Law? What is a Custom?
Students use this Venn diagram handout to reflect on examples of laws, examples of customs, and examples of laws that are also customs.
East LA Walkouts Viewing Guide
Students answer the questions in this guide as they watch a video clip from a PBS documentary about the East LA school walkouts.
Where I'm From Brainstorm
Use the handout below to help students create their very own “Where I’m From” poem.
Race and Racism
Have students annotate and reflect on scholar George Fredrickson's definition of race.
Creating "We and They": Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses how and why humans create a “we and they” distinction.
Positive-Negative Line Graph
Students practice character analysis by charting important events in the life of a character.
Character Map
This graphic organizer will help students create annotated illustrations of a fictional or historical character.
Day of Learning 2013 - Binna Kandola: Diffusing Bias
Binna Kandola delivers a talk as part of the Day of Learning “Reimagining Self and Other.”
Bullying and Cyberbullying Anticipation Guide
Student reflect on bullying by deciding if they agree or disagree with a set of statements.