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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.
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Social Studies
Genre et identité
Lisez les réflexions personnelles d’une mère dont le jeune fils a remis en question ses hypothèses et ses attentes en matière d’identité de genre.
Building Connections and Strengthening Community Project
This project gives students an opportunity to champion the stories of individuals and groups in their school community that they believe have been told in a limited way.
United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Crime of Genocide
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, or the Genocide Convention, is an international treaty that criminalizes genocide and obligates state parties to pursue the enforcement of its prohibition.
Negotiating the Convention on the Punishment and Prevention of the Crime of Genocide
Lemkin proved himself a relentless activist. He worked tirelessly as a lobbyist, a strategist, and an agitator, in order to establish the Genocide Convention with the help of the United Nations on December 9, 1948.
International Law in the Age of Genocide
While Lemkin was able to convince diplomats at the United Nations to pass the Genocide Convention, his work was not complete upon his death. The job of lobbying governments across the world to ratify the convention was left to ordinary people.
Fear
With his story of a childhood bully, Gary Soto challenges us to look more closely at what lies behind one's behavior.
Which One of These Things Is Not Like the Others?
This handout introduces students to the idea that when we sort and categorize, we make judgments about which characteristics are more meaningful than others.
Which of These Things Is Not Like the Others? (en español)
This handout introduces students to the idea that when we sort and categorize, we make judgments about which characteristics are more meaningful than others. This handout is in Spanish.
Betraying the Youth
Former Nazi youth member Alfons Heck reflects on coming to terms with Germany’s role and his own part in the Holocaust.
Independent vs. Dependent Learner
This excerpt from Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta Hammond outlines four practices-areas of culturally responsive teaching.
The Racial Divide in the Women’s Suffrage Movement
This clip from the documentary "The Vote" explores how the Fifteenth Amendment created conflict within the women’s suffrage movement.