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They Called Us Enemy Teacher’s Guide

The graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy by George Takei is a great resource for teaching the Japanese American World War II experience. JANM is proud to share a teacher’s guide they developed for IDW Publishing to accompany Takei’s book.

Black History Month Lessons & Resources

To help educators integrate Black History Month into their classrooms, NEA offers a selection of lesson plans that cover a variety subjects and that can be adapted to fit multiple grade levels.

Democracy Class Movement

Democracy Class is a free, nonpartisan curriculum that educates high school students about the importance and history of voting and pre-registers and registers them to vote. Educators will have access to additional lesson plans featuring the history and importance of voting, modern-day voting rights, the importance of local elections, how voting can impact issues in communities, and the 2020 Census

Using Oral History in Reporting

After reading this article students will be able to explore examples of Pulitzer Center-supported reporting in which the reporter used family history to frame or complement a story, define oral history and learn about the techniques and value of oral history by looking at examples used in reporting, connect historical events to events in their family or community history, and use oral history skills to carry out their own interviews at home or in their community.

The 1619 Project Curriculum

The 1619 Project, inaugurated with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when the first enslaved Africans arrived on Virginia soil as our nation’s foundational date. Here you will find reading guides, activities, and other resources to bring The 1619 Project into your classroom.

National September 11 Memorial & Museum Lesson Plans

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms.

Seven Resources for Independence Day

As your family preps for 4th of July, the summer’s biggest party, consider adding in a bit of science with a “fireworks in a jar” lesson, or a red, white, and blue art project for your preschooler.

Zinn Education Project

The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. Based on the lens of history highlighted in Howard Zinn’s best-selling book, “A People’s History of the United States”, the website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level.

Middleschool.net

A site dedicated to middle school educators filled with online resources of curricula, reference material, and professional development information.

iCivics

Here students can play games and enter into simulations that teach them civics lessons.

Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office.