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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.
Act One Review
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Use these slides to help students consider the lessons we can learn from Act One of the play, before adopting the perspectives of a character for a piece of writing.
Analysing Gerald’s Character
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Use these slides to help students develop their understanding of the character Gerald, exploring the differences between his treatment of Eva/Daisy and Sheila, whilst reflecting on Edwardian gender expectations.
Bearing Witness to Eva Smith
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Use these slides to help students assess Priestley’s portrayal of Eva Smith, and consider the symbolism of Priestley’s decision to create a character who only appears in the narrative second-hand.
The Cost of Labour
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Use these slides to help students explore the moral codes and values of the world which the characters inhabit, and participate in a debate on workers' rights.
Developing Character Inferences
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Use these slides to help students draw inferences from the opening scene of the play, and consider what messages Priestley sends through language, character and setting.
Differing Perspectives and Conflict
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Use these slides to help students reflect on the differences in perception emerging between the characters and consider how conflict can arise from such differences.
Entering the World of the Play
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Use these slides to help students make predictions about the play before they begin reading, and then annotate the opening stage directions.
Barometer
In this classroom video, middle school students learn how to participate in a Barometer activity during the first week of school.
Contracting
In this classroom video, a middle school teacher leads his class through the contracting process during the first week of school and students discuss expectations and norms of how class members will treat each other.
Exploring Identity
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Use these slides to help students learn about the social and cultural factors that help shape our identities by analysing a story and creating personal identity charts.
Dismantling Democracy (UK)
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Use these slides to help students examine the steps the Nazis took to replace democracy with dictatorship and draw conclusions about the values and institutions that make democracy possible.