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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.
Exploring Judgment and Justice
In this classroom video, students explore the nature of justice and how the unwritten rules of society can impact how laws are carried out.
Identity Charts for Historical Figures
In this classroom video, students create identity charts for different civil rights activists.
Introduction to Contracting
In this classroom video, a teacher leads a class through the contracting process and students discuss expectations and norms of how class members will treat each other.
Human Rights, Civil Rights, and the Cold War
Dr. Carol Anderson discusses the emergence of human rights discussions during World War II. She examines links between the Cold War, the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and politics of race in the United States in the 1950s.
At the River I Stand
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This film reconstructs the events that led to the climax of the Civil Rights Movement.
Socratic Seminar: Social Justice
In this classroom video, students participate in a Socratic seminar centered on the essential question, "How do our personal stories influence how we fight for justice?"
Choices in Little Rock Student Guide
This student guide, designed for Chicago Public Schools, contains all print materials students will need throughout the Choices in Little Rock unit.
Choices in Little Rock Student Guide (Spanish)
This Spanish language student guide contains all print materials students will need throughout the Choices in Little Rock unit.
Breaking Civil Rights Away from Human Rights
Carol Anderson investigates the relationship between social and civil rights and the failure in the United States to expand the term “civil rights” to include broader human rights.
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.