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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.
Peril and Promise (1980-2000)
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Part six of Latino Americans covers the years since 1980, when a second wave of Cubans arrived in Miami and hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans, Nicaraguans, and Guatemalans fleeing civil wars, death squads, and unrest migrated to the US.
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Pigeon
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Set during World War II and based on a true story, Pigeon recounts a rare act of kindness.
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Power and Responsibility
Former Jewish partisan Frank Blaichman reflects on how he managed the responsibility of carrying firearms.
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Preconditions for the Holocaust: Prejudice in 20th Century Europe
Scholar Doris Bergen describes some of the preconditions that contributed to Nazi violence in World War II and the Holocaust.
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From Fitting In to Belonging: Text Set Overview
Get an overview of the materials, topics, and activities in this Text Set.
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Essential Questions for a Borders & Belonging Unit
These essential questions are designed to frame a Borders & Belonging ELA unit.
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Essential Questions for a Coming-of-Age Unit
These essential questions are designed to frame a Coming-of-Age ELA unit.
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Journal Prompts for a Borders & Belonging Unit
Explore a menu of journal prompts designed to support student reflection for a Borders & Belonging ELA unit.
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Journal Prompts for a Coming-of-Age Unit
Explore a menu of journal prompts designed to support student reflection for a Coming-of-Age ELA unit.
A Menu of Facing History ELA Assessment Ideas
This menu of assessment ideas for an ELA book-unit is designed spark your thinking as you plan a summative assessment.
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Jewish Life before World War II
Historian Jeffrey Shandler describes Jewish life in Poland before World War II. Until 1933-1935 Polish Jews were not concerned by Europe’s changing political or social climate. Polish Jews believed they lived in post-war, not pre-war, Poland.
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