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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.
Qui est à blâmer?
Réfléchissez sur les réflexions de certains dirigeants autochtones sur le rôle que peuvent jouer les auteurs de la maltraitance en ce qui concerne la réconciliation après la fin du système des pensionnats autochtones.
Why Reconcile?
Consider how important it can be for survivors of the Indian Residential Schools system to speak about their experiences.
Civic Agency and the Pursuit of Democracy
This elective, designed for New York’s Seal of Civic Readiness, intertwines the history of US Reconstruction, current events, and civic participation.
From "Noble Savage" to "Wretched Indian"
Examine the differing ideas about Indigenous Peoples conveyed in a painting by George Catlin and an excerpt from Charles Dickens.
De « noble sauvage » à « Indien misérable »
Découvrez les idées divergentes qui existaient sur les Peuples Autochtones, comme en témoigne un tableau de George Catlin et un extrait d’un livre de Charles Dickens.
Race Theory
Learn about the development of race science in the nineteenth-century and its role in the history of racism.
La théorie des races
Apprenez-en plus sur le développement de la « science de la race » au XIXe siècle et sur son rôle dans l’histoire du racisme.
Empire of Dreams (1880-1942)
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Part two of Latino Americans documents how the American population begins to be reshaped by the influx of Cubans, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans from 1880 into the 1940s.
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
Watch the 3-part series that explores the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act
Excerpts from “Board of Education: Chinese Mother Letter”, Daily Alta California, 1885
Mary Tape, a Chinese American who fought in court for her children to go to school with white children, wrote this letter to the San Francisco Board of Education in 1885.
Excerpts from “Board of Education: Chinese Mother Letter”, Daily Alta California, 1885 (en español)
Mary Tape, a Chinese American who fought in court for her children to go to school with white children, wrote this letter to the San Francisco Board of Education in 1885.