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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.
How Many Bars? Exit Card (En Español)
In Spanish, have students complete this handout in order to assess their understanding and determine what concepts you need to revisit in the next lesson.
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Part Three: The Political Struggle, 1865-1866
Scholars discuss the different visions for Reconstruction held by Congress and President Johnson.
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The Range of Human Behavior Vocabulary Terms
Students predict the definitions of perpetrator, victim, bystander, and upstander, using context clues.
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The Range of Human Behaviour Vocabulary Terms
Students predict the definitions of perpetrator, victim, bystander, and upstander, using context clues.
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The Range of Human Behavior Vocabulary Terms (en español)
In Spanish, Students predict the definitions of perpetrator, victim, bystander, and upstander, using context clues. This resource is in Spanish.
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Say Something Sentence Starters
This handout helps students practice the Say Something teaching strategy as they read a text together in small groups.
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Say Something Sentence Starters (en español)
This handout helps students practice the Say Something teaching strategy as they read a text together in small groups. This resource is in Spanish.
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Part Two: Defining Freedom
Scholars discuss the evolution of the definition of freedom for emancipated slaves after the Civil War.
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How It Feels to Be Colored Me
Zora Neale Hurston describes her sense of identity and experience being a black woman in this 1928 essay.
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"Shall We Call Home Our Troops?" (1875)
Wood engraving by Thomas Nast from Harper's Weekly depicting the reaction of the radical South toward African Americans after the North does not follow up their promises.
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Nina Katz
Learn about Nina Katz, a Holocaust survivor instrumental in establishing the Facing History & Ourselves office in Memphis, TN.
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