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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.
Jewish Life in Pre-War North Africa
In this clip, Professor Sarah Abrevaya Stein and Professor Aomar Boum discuss Jewish life in North Africa, highlighting the diversity of Jewish communities across Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia.
Map the Internal World of a Writer
Students practice using evidence from the text and their own understanding to analyze a writer’s thoughts, feelings, motivations, and sense of belonging.
“A Jewish Adolescent Ponders her Identity (1939)” by Marie Abravanel
A teenage girl in Libya named Marie Abravanel reflects on her Jewish identity.
Weimar Republic Images (Holocaust and Human Behavior Elective)
Use these photos and fine art from the Weimar Era to have students complete an image-analysis activity.
Language, Names, and Individual Identity
Learn about the relationship between name, identity, and tradition reflected in Inuit naming practices.
Langue, noms et identité individuelle
Découvrez la relation qui existe entre le nom, l’identité et la tradition dans la façon de sélectionner les noms chez les Inuits.
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.
Métis
Learn about the development of the Michif language and how it exemplifies a fusion of Métis and French cultures.
Métis
Apprenez-en plus sur l’évolution du Métchif et la façon dont cette langue illustre bien la fusion des cultures métisse et française.
Words Matter
An Anishinaabe woman of Cree and Ojibway descent recalls the first instance in her childhood when she encountered the term Indian.
Les mots sont importants
Une femme Anishinaabe d’origine crie et ojibwée se rappelle la première fois qu’elle a entendu le terme Indien.