Resource Library
Find compelling classroom resources, learn new teaching methods, meet standards, and make a difference in the lives of your students.
We are grateful to The Hammer Family Foundation for supporting the development of our on-demand learning and teaching resources.
![A group of high school students sit at desks in conversation.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2023-10/AdobeStock_254378868.jpg?itok=f6YAphey)
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.
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.
Document Analysis Form
Use a graphic organizer to help students analyze a historical document and determine its perspective or bias.
![Document Analysis Document Preview image](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-12/Document_Analysis_Form.png?h=d3d13267&itok=B8Cxk1eQ)
Character Map
This graphic organizer will help students create annotated illustrations of a fictional or historical character.
![Teaser of Character Map Document](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-12/CharacterMap.png?h=d3d13267&itok=6mMK20RJ)
Student Activities: The Ethics of Generative AI in the Classroom
Login Required
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.
![Students in classroom work on their laptops.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/facing-history-sf-drew-bird-a-033.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=IbVf0V2d)
Evidence for ESSA Endorses Facing History
Facing History is now included in “Evidence for ESSA,” a resource that identifies and ranks programs that exemplify the educational standards outlined in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) based on evidence of their efficacy.
![A birds eye view of a classroom filled with students in conversation.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/2018_classroomimage_FH287366_teaser_2.jpeg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=4gzMWU8f)
Create a Book Club Contract
Book club groups can use this handout to create a contract that establishes norms for how students will treat each other during their meetings.
![Create a Book Club Contract Document Preview](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-12/Create_a_Book_Club_Contract.png?h=d3d13267&itok=KmXmTubm)
What Are We All About?
Book club groups can use the prompts in this handout to discuss their group's identity, purpose, and message.
![Students engage in classroom discussion.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-11/Los_Angeles_Classroom_2019_FH2109020.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=foX85JWV)
Taking Charge of the Discussion
This handout describes the different roles that students can take on during their book club discussions.
![Students around a table in conversation while looking at a notebook.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-01/studentconversation_FH293949.png?h=06ac0d8c&itok=5khTR0XO)
Routines for Getting Started and Wrapping Up
This handout provides routines that book club groups can use during meetings to get the conversation started and to say goodbye.
![Three students in conversation around a table.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-01/StudentDiscussion_FH293908.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=ykkLym4s)
Compelling Questions for Book Club Discussions
Book club groups can choose from the questions on this handout to help guide their conversation during meetings.
![Three students reading.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-08/_DSF7262-13_for_Web_or_Office_Use.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=V9j8TcWh)