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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.
Choosing Names
In Spanish, use this list of famous people who have changed their names to explore the relationship between names and identity.
Coming to America, Finding Your Voice
In Spanish, journalist Maria Hinojosa explains how a story about her mother inspires her to find her voice, even when she feels powerless.
Computer Keyboard (en español)
In Spanish, a teenage immigrant from the Democratic Republic of Congo explains how he discovered his passion for electronics.
Creating Ourselves Online and in “Real Life”
In Spanish, read quotes from teenagers about how they choose to represent themselves on social media.
Family Names
In Spanish, learn how filmmaker Macky Alston learned about the history of his family name and its connection to his family's legacy in the United States.
Shifting Demographics in the United States
In Spanish, analyze data from the Pew Research Center about the demographic trends shaping the United States today.
Isolating Homosexuals (en español)
Find out how Hitler strengthened enforcement of Paragraph 175, a law that made homosexuality a crime in Germany. This resource is in Spanish.
Reconstructing Mississippi (en español)
In Spanish, learn about the accomplishments of the first interracial legislature in Mississippi from the account of John Roy Lynch, a freedman who served in the state’s House of Representatives.
A Right to the Land (en español)
In Spanish, Freedman Bayley Wyatt advocates for freedpeople's rights to their land at a public meeting.
Savannah Freedpeople Express Their Aspirations for Freedom (en español)
In Spanish, read an excerpt from the transcript of the Savannah Colloquy, a meeting between Union officials and Savannah’s Black community in January 1865.
South Carolina Freedpeople Demand Education (en español)
In Spanish, read an excerpt of the resolution passed at an 1865 convention of freedmen in South Carolina that demanded, among other rights, education.