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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.
Three Images of Michael Brown
Use the Analyzing Visual Images teaching strategy to look at three images of Michael Brown.
Color Adjustment
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This film traces many years of turbulent race relations by looking at television programs.
Journal: The Reconstruction Era
This digital journal, available in Google Slides, gives students a place to record their responses to the unit's journal prompts. This resource is also available in Spanish.
Journal: The Reconstruction Era (Spanish)
Esta es una versión en español del diario Google Slides, que les brinda a los estudiantes un espacio para registrar sus respuestas a las ideas de partida del diario de la unidad.
Combating Confirmation Bias
Reporters and media professionals give suggestions for how to avoid our own biases when we consume news.
CPS Letter to Parents and Guardians: The Reconstruction Era
Use this letter to inform parents and guardians about what their students will be experiencing in the weeks to come during their study of Reconstruction .
CPS Letter to Parents and Guardians: The Reconstruction Era (Spanish)
Use this letter to inform parents and guardians about what their students will be experiencing in the weeks to come during their study of Reconstruction .
CPS HHB Letter to Parents and Guardians
Use this letter to inform parents and guardians about what their students will be experiencing in the weeks to come during their study of Holocaust and Human Behavior.
CPS HHB Letter to Parents and Guardians (Spanish)
Use this letter to inform parents and guardians about what their students will be experiencing in the weeks to come during their study of Holocaust and Human Behavior.
Mamie Till-Mobley Chooses to Hold an Open-Casket Funeral
Mamie Till-Mobley describes why she insisted on an open-casket funeral. She told the funeral director, “Let the world see what I’ve seen”.
Mamie Till-Mobley Chooses to Hold an Open-Casket Funeral (en español)
Mamie Till-Mobley describes why she insisted on an open-casket funeral. She told the funeral director, “Let the world see what I’ve seen”. This resource is in Spanish.