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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.
Reporter: Psychic Numbing
Nicholas Kristof describes psychic numbing: caring less as a number of victims increases.
Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life Viewing Guide
This guide provides a framework for using the documentary film Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life as a tool for teaching about antisemitism.
What Do We Do With a Variation? Question Sort
Help students analyze James Berry's poem "What Do We Do with a Variation?" by challenging them to sort and categorize its lines.
A Class Divided Viewing Guide
Guide students viewing of the documentary A Class Divided about a classroom experiment that examined difference and privilege.
“The Time Has Come” Civil Rights Leaders Chart
Use this chart to help students organize information about the civil rights leaders within the text.
Action Project Planning Tool
Design your Choosing to Participate civic action project using this planning tool.
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.
Power and Choices Anticipation Guide
Students decide if they agree or disagree with a set of statements about the different ways to make change.
The Range of Responses at Central High School
Students analyze how individuals in the memoir Warriors Don't Cry responded to the events surrounding desegregation.
Conventional Revolution: Raphael Lemkin and the Crime Without a Name
Scholar Donna-Lee Frieze chronicles the life and work of Raphael Lemkin.