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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.
Talking About Religion
Eboo Patel reflects on how religion impacts his identity and a time in his past when he was a bystander.
We the People in the United States
Learn how the US Constitution’s promise of equal protection under the law has been questioned throughout US history in debates over issues such as women's right to vote and birthright citizenship.
Boston Community Profiles (en español)
This handout includes short overviews of the three fastest-growing racial and ethnic groups in Boston in the 1960s, as well as the city’s shrinking white population during that time. This resource is in Spanish.
A Latina Mother Responds to Conditions at School
Historian Tatiana Cruz describes what a Latina mother saw when she visited her daughter’s school in Boston in the 1970s.
A Latina Mother Responds to Conditions at School (en español)
Historian Tatiana Cruz describes what a Latina mother saw when she visited her daughter’s school in Boston in the 1970s. This resource is in Spanish.
African American Parents Decry School Conditions
Ruth Batson describes the complaints about Boston’s public schools that African American parents voiced in the early 1960s.
African American Parents Decry School Conditions (en español)
Ruth Batson describes the complaints about Boston’s public schools that African American parents voiced in the early 1960s. This resource is in Spanish.
Report on the Exclusion of Latinx Children from Schools
This excerpt from a report published in 1970 examines the exclusion of children in the Boston Public School system.
Demographic Trends Shaping the US and the World in 2018
Get an overview of the Pew Research Center's findings on global migration and immigration as of 2018.
Black Teen Shot in Mo. Was Unarmed
An article in the Washington Post about the events in Ferguson, published two days after the incident, provides larger context for the shooting.
White Paper, Red Paper
Learn how activists rejected the White Paper policy and led a campaign to get the Canadian government to honour its past agreements with the Indigenous nations.