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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.
Understanding Conspiracy Theories (Advanced)
This handout provides an overview of what conspiracy theories are and the impact they have on society. This is the "advanced" version.
The Risk Factors of Extremism
This handout contains a list of 'risk factors' that push people towards extremism.
School Approaches to Generative AI
This handout contains examples of three different approaches that schools could take in relation to generative AI.
Hexagonal Thinking: Democracy and the Information Landscape
Students use this handout to reflect on the relationship between democracy and the media and information landscape.
Hexagonal Thinking Written Response
Students use this handout to reflect on the relationship between democracy and the media and information landscape.
The Impact of ChatGPT in the Classroom
An excerpt of a WIRED article about using AI in the classroom.
Changes at School under the Nazis
Kurt Klein, who emigrated from Walldorf, Germany, to the United States in 1937, recalls how Nazi policies and propaganda affected his life at school.
Introduction to the Jewish Partisans
Former Jewish partisans discuss the goals, challenges, and personal motives of the Jews who resisted the Germans.
Art as Propaganda: The Nazi Degenerate Art Exhibit
Jonathan Petropoulos discusses the importance of the German 1937 Degenerate Art exhibit.
Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville Timeline
Helps students understand the chronology of events surrounding 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.