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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.
ELA Unit Planning Template
This editable ELA unit plan template will help you outline the content and learning objectives for your next unit.
Anatomy of an Upstander
This handouts asks students to analyze a scene where a character chooses to be an upstander.
Keep the Discussion Alive!
This handout provides sentence starters that students can turn to when they need support keeping their discussion going.
Compelling Questions for Literary Analysis
Students can choose questions from this handout to help guide their discussion and literary analysis.
Compelling Questions for Literary Analysis (en español)
Access the "Compelling Questions for Literary Analysis" handout in Spanish.
"You Get Proud by Practicing" Connection Questions
Students use this handout to analyze Laura Hershey's poem, "You Get Proud by Practicing".
"You Get Proud by Practicing" Connection Questions (en español)
Students use this handout to analyze Laura Hershey's poem, "You Get Proud by Practicing".
This resource is in Spanish.
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.