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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)
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
Understanding Implicit Bias: What Educators Should Know
This article, written by Cheryl Staats, was originally published in American Educator.
Exploring the Concept of Identity
This informational text introduces students to the relationship between social identity and personal identity. It includes instructions for annotating, a sketching activity, and connection questions.
We also have an adapted version of this reading designed for English Learners and readers who benefit from scaffolding.
Exploring the Concept of Identity (Adapted Version)
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.
AJ from Washington, DC
In this personal narrative, a young adult shares their story, including their experience with gender identity and sexual orientation.
Rejecting Nazism
Learn about the Edelweiss Pirates and the Swing Kids, two German youth groups that questioned Nazism.
Schooling for the National Community
Learn how the Nazis transformed German schools to advance their nationalist and racial ideologies.
Speaking in Whispers
Learn about the role of cell and block wardens, Germans who collected information about their neighbors in Nazi German society.
Speaking in Whispers (en español)
Learn about the role of cell and block wardens, Germans who collected information about their neighbors in Nazi German society. This resource is in Spanish.
Spying on Family and Friends
Discover the effects of the “Malicious Attacks” law, which criminalized dissent to the Nazi party, had on one German family and on German society as a whole.
Spying on Family and Friends (en español)
Discover the effects of the “Malicious Attacks” law, which criminalized dissent to the Nazi party, had on one German family and on German society as a whole. This resource is in Spanish.