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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.
An Indian’s Looking Glass for the White Man, 1833 (en español)
This primary source is from Native American (Pequot) minister William Apess, an advocate for racial equality and the rights of Native Americans. This resource is in Spanish.
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Eugenics, Race, and Marriage
Learn about the case of Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter, who were prosecuted because they violated a Virginia law banning interracial couples from marrying.
The Origins of Eugenics
Learn about Francis Galton and the beginnings of eugenics, or “race science,” and consider the relationship between science and society.
#IfTheyGunnedMeDown
Journalists explore social media activism by discussing #IfTheyGunnedMeDown, a Twitter hashtag response to what was seen as racism and stereotypes in the images featured in the media.
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Activists C. P. Ellis and Ann Atwater
C. P. Ellis, a former Ku Klux Klan member, and Ann Atwater, a community activist, formed an unlikely partnership after being assigned as co-leaders of a group of citizens navigating court-ordered school desegregation in Durham, North Carolina, in the 1970s.
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Civic Agency and the Pursuit of Democracy
This elective, designed for New York’s Seal of Civic Readiness, intertwines the history of US Reconstruction, current events, and civic participation.
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Excerpts from “Board of Education: Chinese Mother Letter”, Daily Alta California, 1885
Mary Tape, a Chinese American who fought in court for her children to go to school with white children, wrote this letter to the San Francisco Board of Education in 1885.
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Excerpts from “Board of Education: Chinese Mother Letter”, Daily Alta California, 1885 (en español)
Mary Tape, a Chinese American who fought in court for her children to go to school with white children, wrote this letter to the San Francisco Board of Education in 1885.
![This photograph of the Tape family shows Mamie in the center.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/Tape_family.jpg?h=f58e46b7&itok=KNSF5ACq)
Excerpts from “Andrew G. Imutan 1965-1974,” Essays by UFW Volunteers Collection
Andrew Imutan recounts the proceedings of a 1965 Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee meeting that led to the Delano grape workers strike.
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Excerpts from “Andrew G. Imutan 1965-1974,” Essays by UFW Volunteers Collection (en español)
Andrew Imutan recounts the proceedings of a 1965 Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee meeting that led to the Delano grape workers strike.
![Photograph shows farm workers and supporters of the United Farm Workers (UFW) during the Peregrinacion (Pilgrimage), a 340 mile march from Delano to the steps of the state Capitol in Sacramento, California.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/MarchDelano.jpg?h=1d36f27a&itok=anUjEBgC)
Introduction to the Levers of Power Graphic Organizer
This handout prompts students to analyze how the groups and individuals in the sources they examined used democratic tools to fight for freedoms.
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