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K-16 History, Civics and Ethnic Studies teaching and learning. 🔎📚 A CA subject matter site.
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Teaching Critical Missions-in partnership with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, UCSC scholars, and K-12 teachers-see the imagined fable -When the Mission Bells Rang- to read w students
historyandcivicsproject.sites.ucsc.edu/the-critical...
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The Critical Missions Project
Written by Professor Judy Scott and illustrated by Lydia Gibson, When the Mission Bells Rang is an imagined fable created to depict the kinds of interactions the Amah Mutsun people had with ...
https://historyandcivicsproject.sites.ucsc.edu/the-critical-missions-project/
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Good clear explanation starting w Constitutional text and including primary & secondary evidence-help your students understand the 14th Amendment &
#birthrightcitizenship
From
@marthasjones.bsky.social
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@katemasur.bsky.social
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#sschat
#civics
#teachinghistory
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...
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Opinion | Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Was Only for the Children of Slaves. He’s Wrong.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/opinion/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XVA.gdIY.VTQfyc6XzmS_&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Freedom of the press as a first, essential principle. We hail investigative, ground breaking, courageous journalism and journalists to close this month of March- Inc the brave truth teller Ida B. Wells.
shorturl.at/sb1RI
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Making -beautiful- art when imprisoned under Executive Order 9066. Learn more about Hisako Hibi at
www.becomingvisible.si.edu/stories/hisa...
from the Smithsonian
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Women’s rights-a deep collection of primary sources from the National Archives. Hard fought rights indeed, including suffrage.
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docsteach.org/topics/women/
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Laurie Halse Anderson
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My pleasure!!! Thank you for creating such wonderful and important things to share! ✊🏻🇺🇸❤️
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“True patriotism springs from a belief in thedignity of the individual, freedom&equality not only 4 Americans but 4 all people on earth, universalbrotherhood & good will, & a constant striving toward theprinciples & ideals on which this country was founded.
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Quotations by Eleanor Roosevelt | Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project | The George Washington University
Browse some of Eleanor Roosevelt's most popular quotes, in topics including democracy, women, human rights, politics, foreign policy, racism and religion.
https://erpapers.columbian.gwu.edu/quotations-eleanor-roosevelt
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Civics, history, ethnic studies K-12 lessons from the Dolores Huerta Foundation for Community Organizing. Practical, powerful & “designed to inspire action and community engagement“ ✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾
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Dolores Huerta Lesson Plans - Dolores Huerta Foundation
https://doloreshuerta.org/about-us/lesson-plans/
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Hey there, have your students read the Constitution lately? Mini-lessons - say on Article 7 or the 19th Amendment or maybe the First Amendment? 📜#teachinghistory
#teachingdemocracy
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good storymaps for students⬇️ talking historiography, place, sources, visibility. from Women’s History Illuminated -National Historic Landmarks Program. Visit their website and find more 💯
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9871...
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Building Connections
Do you think it is possible to have a "whole" picture of U.S. history? Why or why not?
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/98715b6da1334f399b2c2e8a9828ecfb
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good storymaps for students⬇️ talking historiography, place, sources, visibility. from Women’s History Illuminated -National Historic Landmarks Program. Visit their website and find more 💯
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9871...
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Building Connections
Do you think it is possible to have a "whole" picture of U.S. history? Why or why not?
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/98715b6da1334f399b2c2e8a9828ecfb
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Are you attending the California Council for Social Studies conference? Please stop by our CA History-Social Science Project booth! Say hi and learn more abt CHSSP and the site in your region.
#CCSS2026
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This is cool. Changemaking women across time and space coupled with themed contemporary data.
#sschat
#pastandpresent
#teachinghistory
interactive.unwomen.org/multimedia/t...
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Timeline: Women’s Footprint in History
Throughout history, women have made extraordinary contributions. Explore a selection of these women and learn what the reality is today for many women and girls.
https://interactive.unwomen.org/multimedia/timeline/womensfootprintinhistory/en/index.html
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This is cool. Changemaking women across time and space coupled with themed contemporary data.
#sschat
#pastandpresent
#teachinghistory
interactive.unwomen.org/multimedia/t...
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Timeline: Women’s Footprint in History
Throughout history, women have made extraordinary contributions. Explore a selection of these women and learn what the reality is today for many women and girls.
https://interactive.unwomen.org/multimedia/timeline/womensfootprintinhistory/en/index.html
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Teacher leaders sharing such good lessons! Tomorrow, March 5-#media literacy in practice. Session 2. Free for You!!
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Teachers! ⬇️ Good short current clips, find more at this account on TikTok, insta, and YouTube and Google will take you to some also. The war and misinfo.
#medialiteracy
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youtu.be/01-2pNCZiNk
#teachinghistory
#musicasprotest
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Edwin Starr - War (Original Video - 1969)
YouTube video by Stream Crops
https://youtu.be/01-2pNCZiNk
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UNC Press
about 1 month ago
On the blog today
@aaronfountainjr.bsky.social
explores how Black students fought for justice in a forgotten school sit-in in 1968 Cincinnati, Ohio. This is a timely read for Black History Month 👇
uncpressblog.com/2026/02/27/h...
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How Black Students Fought for Justice in a Forgotten High School Sit‑In - UNC Press Blog
For a timely read during Black History Month, we’re sharing a guest post by Aaron G. Fountain Jr., author of High School Students Unite! Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI Surveillance in Postwa...
https://uncpressblog.com/2026/02/27/how-black-students-fought-for-justice-in-a-forgotten-high-school-sit-in/
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Silent protest parade in New York [City] against the East St. Louis riots, 1917, organized by the NAACP.
#marchfordemocracy
#dissentisdemocratic
#sschat
www.loc.gov/pictures/res...
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Silent protest parade in New York [City] against the East St. Louis riots, 1917, organized by the NAACP.
#marchfordemocracy
#dissentisdemocratic
#sschat
www.loc.gov/pictures/res...
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Teaching
#MediaLiteracy
or interested in doing so? Register and attend our virtual sessions Feb 26 (!) and March 5-hear from secondary educators abt lessons they’ve taught & learn about digital Library of Congress resources!
#sschat
historyandcivicsproject.sites.ucsc.edu/2026/02/05/m...
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Media Literacy in Practice: Teacher-Created Lessons Using the Library of Congress
Join us to hear from local teacher leaders who have written and integrated a media literacy lesson into their curriculum....Continue Reading Media Literacy in Practice: Teacher-Created Lessons Using t...
https://historyandcivicsproject.sites.ucsc.edu/2026/02/05/media-literacy-in-practice-teacher-created-lessons-using-the-library-of-congress/
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John Carter Brown Library
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TODAY! Join us virtually at 5:30 p.m. EST for a panel discussion featuring JCB Director Karin Wulf, Laurent Dubois (University of Virginia), Nicole Hemmer (Vanderbilt University), and Martha Jones (Johns Hopkins University). Register here:
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Do you teach with this document? History, intersectionality, ethnic studies, voice 💥
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blackpast.org/african-amer...
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(1977) The Combahee River Collective Statement
We are a collective of Black feminists who have been meeting together since 1974. [1] During that time we have been involved in the process of defining and clarifying our politics, while at the same t...
https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/combahee-river-collective-statement-1977/
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Like this essay :) by Dr Edda Fields-Black
#TeachReconstruction
msmagazine.com/2022/02/15/h...
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'Harriet' and the Combahee River Raid
Harriet Tubman was a Civil War leader. She was the first woman in U.S. history to lead men into battle in the Combahee River Raid.
https://msmagazine.com/2022/02/15/harriet-tubman-civil-war-combahee-river-raid-collective-black-feminist-history/
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A treasure trove for ways to learn about (and teach) the visionary Harriet Tubman. (& so mich context!)
#sschat
#teachinghistory
msmagazine.com/tubman200/
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The Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Project
The Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Project explores the meaning of freedom through the example of one extraordinary life. #Tubman200
https://msmagazine.com/tubman200/
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A treasure trove for ways to learn about (and teach) the visionary Harriet Tubman. (& so mich context!)
#sschat
#teachinghistory
msmagazine.com/tubman200/
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The Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Project
The Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Project explores the meaning of freedom through the example of one extraordinary life. #Tubman200
https://msmagazine.com/tubman200/
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This lesson may be useful. Investigating representations, narrative, agency!🔎Make a copy, adapt :)
#sschat
#teachinghistory
tinyurl.com/yv8dkdct
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Interrogating_Reimagining_ Emancipation_Lesson Plan_2024 slides.pptx
source info, credits and more in subsequent slides. Who freed the enslaved?
https://tinyurl.com/yv8dkdct
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This lesson may be useful. Investigating representations, narrative, agency!🔎Make a copy, adapt :)
#sschat
#teachinghistory
tinyurl.com/yv8dkdct
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Interrogating_Reimagining_ Emancipation_Lesson Plan_2024 slides.pptx
source info, credits and more in subsequent slides. Who freed the enslaved?
https://tinyurl.com/yv8dkdct
about 1 month ago
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Tomorrow! Talking abt inquiry, sources, deportations- we will be sharing resources inc this good quick contextualizing read- from
@americanstudier.bsky.social
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/01/cons...
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This is interesting and parts could be used with students in understanding and investigating CA’s 2022 Committee on reparations for African-Americans-
oag.ca.gov/system/files...
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https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/exec-summary-ca-reparations.pdf
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43 minutes - learn about Callie House- pensions, civics, standing up
#teachreconstruction
-w Professors Berry and Patterson
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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Callie House: Reparations Advocate and Trailblazer
Podcast Episode · We the People · 08/16/2018 · 46m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?i=1000417929604
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43 minutes - learn about Callie House- pensions, civics, standing up
#teachreconstruction
-w Professors Berry and Patterson
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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Callie House: Reparations Advocate and Trailblazer
Podcast Episode · We the People · 08/16/2018 · 46m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431?i=1000417929604
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Are you an educator in the
#santacruz
#montereybay
region? Join us Thursday, Feb 19 or in March to talk and learn together! We will be talking abt teaching the Deportations of the 1930s in today’s context.
historyandcivicsproject.sites.ucsc.edu/2026/01/06/t...
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Amplifying the History Curriculum for Multilingual Learners
Calling all local teachers and school leaders to join us as we celebrate the publication of the second edition of Amplifying the Curriculum: Designing Quality Learning Opportunities for Multilingual L...
https://historyandcivicsproject.sites.ucsc.edu/2026/01/06/teaching-history-to-multilingual-learners/
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Monterey County Now
about 2 months ago
Longtime organizer Sabino Lopez donates his extensive archive of historical documents to Stanford University.
#sabinolopez
#stanforduniversityarchive
#farmworkerhistory
#ufwdocuments
#centralcoastactivism
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Longtime organizer Sabino Lopez donates his extensive archive of historical documents to Stanford University.
Read the full article on Monterey County Now.
https://www.montereycountynow.com/people/831/longtime-organizer-sabino-lopez-donates-his-extensive-archive-of-historical-documents-to-stanford-university/article_c4fafabf-ca21-4246-8e32-b14c3e6fa77e.html
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Gabrielle Plastrik
about 2 months ago
I used it in a scaffolded rhetorical analysis lesson set up on pear deck.
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The Case for Reparations- Full Text
The Case for Reparations A Rhetorical Analysis Activity
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1r7_qDrp5RT8Uf1eYxmzeMCZZsIRs4wAHNsFjWBoGjlM/edit?usp=drivesdk
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Colored Conventions
about 2 months ago
Did you all see this
#DouglassDay
cake?!?!
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an oldie but a goodie, a classic essay-The Case for Reparations- teachers, have you read it?
#learning
(and we 👀 those of you who use it with your students! 🙂🤓) -from 2014-
www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf...
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https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Coates_Reparations.pdf
about 2 months ago
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“The history of Black History Month 100 years in.” 35 min And yes we will be buying Professor Jarvis Givens’ book and yes we will be sharing it with teacher candidates.
www.npr.org/sections/cod...
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“The history of Black History Month 100 years in.” 35 min And yes we will be buying Professor Jarvis Givens’ book and yes we will be sharing it with teacher candidates.
www.npr.org/sections/cod...
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle
about 2 months ago
Today, February 7, 2026, is officially the 100th anniversary of Negro History Week and the 50th anniversary of Black History Month. Carter G Woodson purposely started Negro History Week on February 7th so that it would end on February 14th, which is Frederick Douglass's birthday
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Are you reading Langston Hughes with your students this year? Maybe Theme for English B? Or Ballad of the Landlord? Poetry, race, America, history, context. So much to talk together about.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47880/...
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Are you reading Langston Hughes with your students this year? Maybe Theme for English B? Or Ballad of the Landlord? Poetry, race, America, history, context. So much to talk together about.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47880/...
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Have you seen this set of lessons that spans a significant time period? Includes an essay- The African American Struggle vs Racism since the Civil War by
@drpenieljoseph.bsky.social
and loads of primary sources. 💯
#sschat
@gliamericanhistory.bsky.social
www.gilderlehrman.org/history-reso...
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Milestones in African American History, 1865–2020 | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Milestones in African American History, 1865–2020 | |
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/lesson-plan/milestones-african-american-history-1865-2020
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Have you seen this set of lessons that spans a significant time period? Includes an essay- The African American Struggle vs Racism since the Civil War by
@drpenieljoseph.bsky.social
and loads of primary sources. 💯
#sschat
@gliamericanhistory.bsky.social
www.gilderlehrman.org/history-reso...
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Milestones in African American History, 1865–2020 | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Milestones in African American History, 1865–2020 | |
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/lesson-plan/milestones-african-american-history-1865-2020
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Do you or your students need to review or learn parts of Black American history? Remember Clint Smith’s crash course! 💯
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Crash Course Black American History - YouTube
Over the course of 51 episodes, we're going to learn about Black American History. Clint Smith will teach you about the experience of Black people in America...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNYJO8JWpXO2JP0ezgxsrJJ
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Do you or your students need to review or learn parts of Black American history? Remember Clint Smith’s crash course! 💯
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Crash Course Black American History - YouTube
Over the course of 51 episodes, we're going to learn about Black American History. Clint Smith will teach you about the experience of Black people in America...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNYJO8JWpXO2JP0ezgxsrJJ
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This is a beautiful powerful book for classrooms including high school and beyond - The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson. Do u know it? Poetry, history, and could be a launching pad for student chosen inquiry :)
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about 2 months ago
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This is a beautiful powerful book for classrooms including high school and beyond - The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson. Do u know it? Poetry, history, and could be a launching pad for student chosen inquiry :)
#sschat
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Good news! Juristac protected!
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POST Protects 2,284 Acres of Sargent Ranch in South Santa Clara County
https://openspacetrust.org/post-news/sargent-ranch/
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This looks so good! Saturday, Jan 31.
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