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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.
Democracy and Current Events
This toolkit provides lessons and strategies for helping your students make sense of issues in the news related to democracy.
Back to School: Building Community for Connection and Learning
These back-to-school activities and teacher resources will help you lay a foundation for a reflective and caring community at the start of the school year.
Current Events Toolkit
This toolkit provides flexible and adaptable tools and strategies for integrating current events into your teaching.
Connecting to Our Past
Jin Xuefei’s poem and Charlene Wang’s anecdote show how the context in which we understand our past can shape how we understand ourselves today.
The Brutal Realities of World War I
Gain insight into the death and destruction of World War I with firsthand accounts from former soldiers.
Building Support on the Home Front
Explore the role of propaganda in World War I, and take a closer look at one of the most successful British propaganda campaigns featuring nurse Edith Cavell.
Commemorating the War
View and analyze John Singer Sargent’s memorial to World War I, the painting Gassed.
Disillusion on the Battlefield
Get insight into the experiences of soldiers in World War I through poetry and literature excerpts.
The Impact of the Earthquake in Syria and Turkey
Students read information about the earthquake and descriptions of its impacts on people in Syria and Turkey.
Genocide under the Cover of War
Consider how the Armenian Genocide was made possible by the staggering brutality of World War I.
Hatred on the Home Front
Read about the violent response in one British neighborhood to Germany’s sinking of the Lusitania during World War I.