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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.
We May Not Have Another Chance
Holocaust survivor Sonia Weitz processes an experience she had in a slave labor camp through a poem and writing.
What Do We Do with a Difference?
A poem by James Berry invites us to question the ways we as individuals and societies react to difference.
Journaling in a Reflective Classroom
In this classroom video, middle school students acclimate to using journals during the first week of school.
Start with Yourself: Reflection Prompts and Action Steps
As you prepare to welcome students back to school, use these reflection questions and action items to consider how your beliefs, values, biases, and politics influence your interactions with your students.
Center Relationships and Care: Reflection Prompts and Action Steps
As you prepare to welcome students back to school, use these reflection questions and action items to help you center relationships and care in your teaching.
Infuse Personal Reflection and Self-Care into Your Practice: Reflection Prompts and Action Steps
As you prepare to welcome students back to school, use these reflection questions and action items to help you incorporate self-care and reflection into your teaching.
Untitled Poem by Beth Strano
Read this poem by Beth Strano with your students to consider what a brave classroom community looks like.
Agency and Action in the World Today
This handout helps students reflect on an example of individual or collective agency in the world today that inspires them.
Analyzing Actions and Outcomes
This handout helps students analyze a character's decision-making process in a scene and discuss as a group.
Perspectives on Power: Big Paper Quotations
Students use this handout to reflect on five different perspectives about power and consider the ways in which each one confirms, challenges, or changes their initial thinking about the concept.