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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.
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All White Community in South Africa Holds Onto Its Past
A family dressed in traditional Afrikaner clothing pose during a holiday celebration commemorating ‘the Battle of Blood River,’ on December 16, 2003 in Orania, Northern Cape province, South Africa.
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Exploring Contemporary Social Issues
This handout asks students to choose a contemporary social issue and identify key scenes where the author explores this issue.
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Exploring Contemporary Social Issues (en español)
This handout asks students to choose a contemporary social issue and identify key scenes where the author explores this issue in Spanish.
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Apartheid Era Sign
The Reservation of Separate Amenities Act (passed in 1953) led to signs such as the one shown below.
![The Reservation of Separate Amenities Act (passed in 1953) led to signs such as the one shown above. The Act prohibited people of different races from using the same public amenities.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Apartheid_Era_Sign.jpg?h=77e8015d&itok=b86oNSyE)
Reading for Empathy Sketch to Stretch
This handout asks students to create a sketch that reflects their ideas about a quotation on reading and empathy.
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Reading for Empathy Sketch to Stretch (en español)
This handout asks students to create a sketch that reflects their ideas about a quotation on reading and empathy in Spanish.
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Archbishop Tutu and the Chasm
Standing at the edge of a cliff labeled ‘Truth,’ Archbishop Desmond Tutu clutches a blank map. Behind him stand a perpetrator, a victim, and members of the media. A deep chasm separates them from the cliff labeled ‘Reconciliation.’
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Spoken Word Mind Map
Help students generate ideas as they prepare to write their own spoken word poem.
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