American History Toolkit

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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."
  CreatorThis resource was created in collaboration between PBS, the New York Department of Education, the Hetrick-Martin Institute, and the Human Rights Campaign. The Hetrick Martin Institute is the oldest organization in the U.S. "helping queer and trans youth reach their full potential." The Human Rights Campaign is the nation's largest LGBTQ+ Civil Rights Organization. To learn more, please click the links below.About the Hetrick-Martin InstituteAbout the Human Rights Campaign

  DescriptionFrom 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."

  PublisherPBS and the New York City Department of Education
• Settler Colonialism and the American Revolution: Women and the American Story History Unit (1692-1783)
  Content wise, this unit goes best with 5th grade USHG Eras 2 and 3. There are opportunities for geography, economics, and civics integration.
  DescriptionContent wise, this unit goes best with 5th grade USHG Eras 2 and 3. There are opportunities for geography, economics, and civics integration. Related standards 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 standards.

  PublisherThe New York Historical
• Growth and Turmoil: U.S. History Unit (1948–1977)
  Content wise, this unit goes best with High School USHG Eras 7 + 8. There are opportunities for geography, economics, and civics integration.
  DescriptionContent wise, this unit goes best with High School USHG Eras 7 + 8. There are opportunities for geography, economics, and civics integration.Related standards 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 standards.

  PublisherThe New York Historical
• End of the Twentieth Century Women and the American Story History Unit (1977-2001): A Conservative Turn
  Content wise, this unit goes best with High School USHG Eras 8+ 9. There are opportunities for geography, economics, and civics integration.
  DescriptionContent wise, this unit goes best with High School USHG Eras 8+ 9. There are opportunities for geography, economics, and civics integration.Related standards 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 standards.

  PublisherThe New York Historical
• Early Encounters: Women and the American Story History Unit (1492-1734)
  Content wise, this unit goes best with 5th grade USHG Eras 1 and 2.
  DescriptionContent wise, this unit goes best with 5th grade USHG Eras 1 and 2.Related standards 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 standards. How to use WAMS in your classroom

  PublisherThe New York Historical
• Confidence and Crises: Women and the American Story History Unit (1920-1948)
  Content wise, this unit goes best with High School USHG Eras 6, 7, and 8. There are opportunities for geography, economics, and civics integration.
  DescriptionContent wise, this unit goes best with High School USHG Eras 6, 7, and 8. There are opportunities for geography, economics, and civics integration.Related standards 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 standards.

  PublisherThe New York Historical
• Chaldean American Month Video Series
  A 4 minute, 4-part YouTube playlist that explores: 1. Who are the Chaldeans? 2. Aramaic Language 3. Religion 4. Demographics
  CreatorChaldean Community Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to lifting the cultural heritage, community, and labor of Chaldeans and Chaldean Americans in and beyond Michigan.Learn more about the Chaldean Community Foundation

  DescriptionA 4 minute, 4-part YouTube playlist that explores: 1. Who are the Chaldeans? 2. Aramaic Language 3. Religion 4. Demographics

  PublisherChaldean Community Foundation
• At Risk of Prejudice: The Arab American Community
  PublisherNational Council for the Social Studies
• Asian American Education Resource Database
  AHT note: all standards listed in the database are from Illinois. It is our hope that we will be able to align each resource in this database to Michigan standards, but we haven't had the opportunity yet.
  DescriptionAHT note: all standards listed in the database are from Illinois. It is our hope that we will be able to align each resource in this database to Michigan standards, but we haven't had the opportunity yet.

  PublisherAsian Americans Advancing Justice: Chicago