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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.
Authoring Identity (Adapted Version) (En Español)
In Spanish, this reading is adapted for English Learners and readers who benefit from scaffolding, this informational text introduces students to the concept of narrative identity. It includes simplified text, definitions, and reflection questions with sentence stems.
Exploring the Concept of Identity (Adapted Version) (en español)
In Spanish, this reading is adapted for English Learners and readers who benefit from scaffolding, this informational text introduces students to the relationship between social identity and personal identity. It includes simplified text, definitions, and reflection questions with sentence stems.
Gender and Identity (en español)
Read the personal reflections of a mother whose young son has challenged her assumptions and expectations about gender identity. This resource is in Spanish.
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.
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.
Exploring the Purpose of Poetry (en español)
This handout supports students to complete a close reading of a section of Amanda Gorman's TED Talk in Spanish.
Read the Word, Read the World (en español)
This handout helps students consider how an author uses conflict, perspective, and plot to develop a central theme in a work of literature in Spanish.
Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors (en español)
This handout asks students to read a quote by Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop and then reflect on texts that have shown them something about themselves, others, and/or the world in Spanish.
How Assimilation Changed My Identification with My Culture (En Español)
In Spanish, in this personal narrative Tiara McKinney reflects on feeling stuck between two places and cultures as she moves between her home country, the Bahamas, and her boarding school in New Jersey.