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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.
The Pursuit of Educational Justice in Boston
This 7–9 day C3-aligned inquiry explores the compelling question, “What can we learn from Boston’s past about what it takes to make progress toward educational justice today?”
Head, Heart, Conscience
This strategy uses reflection prompts to help students consider a complex or emotional topic through the lenses of head, heart, and ethics.
Toolbox for Care
This teaching strategy invites students to think about the “tools” they have access to that can help them take care of themselves and their community in the wake of traumatic news.
Connecting the Past to the Present Using Oral History
This strategy helps students engage with oral histories in order to deepen their understanding of how past events impacted individuals and communities, and to gain new perspectives on the present.
Learning to Infer
Educators will Introduce students to the concept of inferencing and then help them develop their inferencing skills.
Café Conversations
Students practice perspective-taking by representing the point of view of an assigned personality in a small-group discussion.
Café Conversations (UK)
Students practice perspective-taking by representing the point of view of an assigned personality in a small-group discussion.
Assigning Roles for Group Work
Make your students’ group work more effective by giving each member a specific role to fill.
Alphabet Brainstorm
This brainstorming exercise is a quick way to generate students’ thoughts, measure prior knowledge, or check learning.
Anticipation Guides
Get students thinking about the ideas and themes that they’ll encounter in a unit or a text.
Anticipation Guides (UK)
Get students thinking about the ideas and themes that they’ll encounter in a unit or a text.