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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.
Which One of These Things Is Not Like the Others?
This handout introduces students to the idea that when we sort and categorize, we make judgments about which characteristics are more meaningful than others.
![Blurred crowd used to illustrate "individual and society" in Holocaust and Human Behavior.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/HHB_Chapter_1_Medium_res.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=oyKNRFjB)
Which of These Things Is Not Like the Others? (en español)
This handout introduces students to the idea that when we sort and categorize, we make judgments about which characteristics are more meaningful than others. This handout is in Spanish.
![Blurred crowd used to illustrate "individual and society" in Holocaust and Human Behavior.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/HHB_Chapter_1_Medium_res.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=oyKNRFjB)
Public Art as Form of Participation
Use these slides to help students analyse the Battle of Cable Street Mural and reflect on the role of public art to commemorate, educate, and build community.
![Students at their desks writing.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/sedgehillY10-021115-nk-HR-25_1.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=PqO_cX_3)
We Need a New American Founding
Scholar Eddie S. Glaude draws from the history of Reconstruction and the the Civil Rights movement to call for a “new American founding.” This reading is available in Spanish.
![The image of late Rep. John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives, is projected on the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, U.S.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/John_Lewis_Projected_Lee_Monument_Richmond_2020_FH2133438.jpg?h=31c0c765&itok=0SZs7dfW)
We Need a New American Founding (en español)
In Spanish, Scholar Eddie S. Glaude draws from the history of Reconstruction and the the Civil Rights movement to call for a “new American founding.”
![The image of late Rep. John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives, is projected on the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, U.S.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/John_Lewis_Projected_Lee_Monument_Richmond_2020_FH2133438.jpg?h=31c0c765&itok=0SZs7dfW)
Glenn Ligon's Untitled: Four Etchings
Artist Glenn Ligon created Untitled: Four Etchings using quotations from writer Zora Neale Hurston's essay, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" and Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man.
![Artist Glenn Ligon created Untitled: Four Etchings [B] using a quotation from writer Zora Neale Hurston’s essay, “How It Feels to Be Colored Me.”](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/D15968_Medium_res.jpg?h=c15025bd&itok=EIHlZetq)
The Battle of Cable Street
Explore images from the Battle of Cable Street of 1936, when thousands in East London stood in solidarity against Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists.
![Crowd of demonstrators on a London street.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/DPAWA2_Medium_res.jpg?h=b47cd95b&itok=_yM3J0yH)
Protesting Discrimination in Bristol
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Use these slides to help students examine strategies for bringing about change in our communities.
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Facing History Webinar Reflection Guide
Use this guide on your own or with a team of colleagues to engage more deeply with the webinar.
![A preview of the Webinar Reflection Guide](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/WebinarReflectionGuidePDFCoverImage_0.png?h=fca6ff3f&itok=v3onh1nj)
K-W-L Chart Template
This printable K-W-L chart template is a graphic organizer that helps students organize information before, during, and after a unit or a lesson.
![K-W-L Chart template that can be printed out and used in the classroom.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-10/KWL%20Chart%20Teaching%20Strategy%20%20%281900%20%C3%97%201414%20px%29.png?h=d3d13267&itok=waUHntVd)
What Was Behind The Bristol Bus Boycott? Viewing Guide
Give students a place to take notes as they watch a video on the Bristol Bus Boycott.
![Graphic of the "What Was Behind the Bristol Bus Boycott" Viewing Guide](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/Handout_What_Was_Behind_the_Bristol_Bus_Boycott%20.jpg?h=3af9cf60&itok=rX4AN3Nv)