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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.
Definition of "Democracy" from Merriam-Webster's Dictionary (en español)
This handout contains the defintion of democracy according to Merriam-Webster's dictionary.
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“The Time Has Come” Civil Rights Leaders Chart
Use this chart to help students organize information about the civil rights leaders within the text.
![Picture of the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mathew Ahmann in a crowd.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-06/Civil_Rights_March_on_Washington%2C_DC_%28Dr_Martin_Luther_King%2C_Jr_and_Mathew_Ahmann_in_a_crowd%29_-_NARA_-_542015_-_Restoration%20%28FH2121834%29.jpg?h=68d52520&itok=3UBKu_9K)
Online-Search Identity Chart
The Online-Search Identity Chart helps students explore their identities by asking what they would like to see in the results of an online search for themselves.
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East LA Walkouts Viewing Guide
Students answer the questions in this guide as they watch a video clip from a PBS documentary about the East LA school walkouts.
Gallery Walk Images: Farmworkers’ Movement
Use these images of California farmworkers in the 1960s to facilitate a Big Paper activity.
![Photograph shows farm workers and supporters of the United Farm Workers (UFW) during the Peregrinacion (Pilgrimage), a 340 mile march from Delano to the steps of the state Capitol in Sacramento, California.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-03/MarchDelano.jpg?h=1d36f27a&itok=anUjEBgC)
Action Project Planning Tool
Design your Choosing to Participate civic action project using this planning tool.
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Facing History Hacks: Connecting Social Justice, History, and Technology
San Francisco Bay Area teens explore ways technology can be used for social justice and community engagement at Facing History’s first ever Civic Hackathon hosted by Brocade.
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Analyzing Choices and Consequences in Warriors Don’t Cry
Use the handout to find and record evidence to analyze the range of responses to desegregation in Little Rock.
Iceberg Diagram Template
Students use this handout to explore the multiple causal factors behind an event from history, the present, or literature, using the visual of an iceberg.
![Iceberg Diagram Preview](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-12/IcebergDiagram.png?h=d3d13267&itok=Rk170Ifq)
Mississippi Miscegenation Laws
This document lists in chronological order the evolution of Mississippi miscegenation laws between 1865 and 1942.
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