American History Toolkit Searchable Resource Collection

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• The LGBTQ+ Identity: Teacher's Guide
  From the website: "Understanding LGBTQ+ Identity: A Toolkit for Educators offers a series of digital media resources to help teachers, administrators, guidance counselors, and other educators understand and effectively address the complex and difficult issues faced by LGBTQ students. "These resources, intended for use in teacher professional development settings or with GSAs, feature short segments of video content from the groundbreaking PBS Digital Studios show First Person. First Person delivers candid personal narratives illustrating larger conversations about gender, sexuality, social norms, and identity development. "All video content is scaffolded by a suite of materials (informational text, conversation guides, discussion questions, and teaching tips) to facilitate their use in either classroom or professional development settings. The videos and accompanying educational resources are designed to help promote understanding, awareness, and self-esteem."
• Teacher’s Guide: Analyzing Primary Sources
  A one-page guide for teachers on how to support students learning from and about primary sources.
• Settler Colonialism and the American Revolution: Women and the American Story History Unit (1692-1783)
  Content wise, this unit goes best with 3rd grade history and 5th grade USHG Eras 2 and 3. There are opportunities for geography, economics, and civics integration. Which standards are best will depend on the resources you include, how you include them, and the grade you teach. That said, we do recommend these resources for all grades to help develop historical thinking and inquiry skills described in the K - 12 standards.
• Let’s Talk about Race: It isn’t Real, but Racism is Lesson Plan and Materials
  "Objective: Students will begin the process of “unlearning” the deeply ingrained societal myth that race is a biological reality by tracing the origins of the invention of ‘race.' "THIS KEY CONCEPT IN AN ANTIRACIST CLASSROOM: “Racism is real, Race is not...so race does not account for racism.” - Dr. Barbara Fields "If race isn’t real, where does racism come from? This lesson follows the research of Dr. Barbara Fields and Dr. Ibram X. Kendi to show to students that racism does not actually come from ignorance or hate, but from racist policies which were created for the financial benefit of people in power. Later, racism was invented to justify those racist policies. Unfortunately, the made-up idea of race is going to have a gigantic impact on the story of American history. "
• Industry and Empire: Women and the American Story History Unit (1866-1904)
  Content wise, this unit goes best with 3rd and 4th grade history, 8th grade USHG Eras 5 + 6 and High School USHG Era 6. There are opportunities for geography, economics, and civics integration. Which standards are best will depend on the resources you include, how you include them, and the grade you teach. That said, we do recommend these resources for all grades to help develop historical thinking and inquiry skills described in the K - 12 standards.
• Expansions and Inequalities: Women and the American Story History Unit (1820-1869)
  Content wise, this unit goes best with 8th grade USHG Eras 4 + 5. There are opportunities for geography, economics, and civics integration. Which standards are best will depend on the resources you include, how you include them, and the grade you teach. That said, we do recommend these resources for all grades to help develop historical thinking and inquiry skills described in the K - 12 standards.
• Early Encounters: Women and the American Story History Unit (1492-1734)
  Content wise, this unit goes best with 3rd Grade history and 5th grade USHG Eras 1 and 2. Which standards are best will depend on the resources you include, how you include them, and the grade you teach. That said, we do recommend these resources for all grades to help develop historical thinking and inquiry skills described in the K - 12 standards.
• Building a New Nation: Women and the American Story History Unit (1776-1831)
  Content wise, this unit goes best with 3rd Grade history and 5th grade USHG Era 3 and 8th grade USHG Eras 3 + 4. There are opportunities for geography, economics, and civics integration. Which standards are best will depend on the resources you include, how you include them, and the grade you teach. That said, we do recommend these resources for all grades to help develop historical thinking and inquiry skills described in the K - 12 standards.