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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.
Creating "We and They": Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses how and why humans create a “we and they” distinction.
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Positive-Negative Line Graph
Students practice character analysis by charting important events in the life of a character.
![Positive-Negative Line Graph Template Preview](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-12/PositiveNegativeLineGraph.png?h=d3d13267&itok=OSJc5xpy)
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)
Day of Learning 2013 - Binna Kandola: Diffusing Bias
Binna Kandola delivers a talk as part of the Day of Learning “Reimagining Self and Other.”
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Bullying and Cyberbullying Anticipation Guide
Student reflect on bullying by deciding if they agree or disagree with a set of statements.
Social Identity Map
Students create an identity map that looks at the the relationship between identity, sense of belonging, and place.
Introducing the Armenian Genocide
Scholar Richard G. Hovannisian gives an overview of the Armenian Genocide.
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Requesting Speakers
Recommended organizations for educators seeking to set up an in-person or virtual speaker visit by a Holocaust survivor or descendant of a survivor.
![Rena Finder talks with Facing History & Ourselves students](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-01/Rena_Finder_with_FHAO_students2.jpg?h=08b866d1&itok=RkZs-OQE)
What Is Genocide?
This explainer helps students understand the meaning, gravity, and history of the concept and crime of genocide.
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“Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon
In this poem, George Ella Lyon lists all the characteristics that shape her identity and where she’s from.
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