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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.
Anti-Black, Anti-Jewish Ideology of National States Rights Party
Have students analyze an FBI report from the 1970s on a white supremacist party as part of a jigsaw activity.
National States Rights Party Membership Application
Have students analyze this application to a white supremacist party founded in the 1950s as part of a jigsaw activity.
Protestors Carrying Flags at 2017 Unite the Right Rally
Have students analyze a photo of demonstrators at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville as part of a jigsaw activity.
Unite the Right Rally Big Paper Sources
Use these photos and quotations from the 2017 Unite the Right to facilitate a silent conversation with your students about the events.
Hatred Data Fact Sheet
Have students analyze statistics about antisemitic attitudes in the United States as part of a jigsaw activity.
Student Activities: Creating Healthy News Habits
These student-facing slides help students develop healthy habits for protecting their mental health while staying informed and taking action.
Strategies for Parents & Teens: Current Events
Explore strategies for reflection, discussion, and more to engage with your children and help them process current events.
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.
Deconstructing Antisemitic Memes
This short video is intended to be used as an aid in lessons that help students closely analyze memes that appear in their social media feeds for racist or antisemitic messaging.
Student Activities: Deconstructing Antisemitic Memes
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These are the student-facing slides for the lesson Deconstructing Antisemitic Memes. Students consider the intentions, dangers, and impacts of online hate by engaging in a step-by-step close analysis and deconstruction of antisemitic memes.
How to Deconstruct a Meme
This handout provides a procedure and prompts students can use to analyze and deconstruct a meme.