The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is pleased to announce American History: Elementary School Edition, a multimedia resource kit providing teachers in grades three through eight with a variety of innovative tools that students can use to explore America’s past.  read more »

Resources for Teaching about China’s Transformation on the Eve of the Olympics

From the Program for Teaching East Asia at the University of Colorado at Boulder

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A FREE, National Civic Engagement Activity for the 2008 Elections!

Add Your Students’ Voices to the 2008 Elections with Open Caucus  read more »

Castro’s Legacy and the Future of Cuba

Free Resource from the Choices Program

On February 19, 2008, Fidel Castro announced to Cuba and to the world that he would not be a candidate for Cuba’s presidency (this position will be elected by the Cuban National Assembly on February 24). Head of Cuba since 1959, Castro was one of the longest serving leaders of the modern era. His time in office, along with the revolution that he helped lead, are the subject of great controversy both within Cuba and around the world.  read more »

FREE Climate Change Curriculum & Cameras Available to Document Climate Change Solutions

Facing the Future (www.facingthefuture.org) is pleased to announce the release of Climate Change: Connections and Solutions. These 2-week curriculum units, one for middle and one for high school, encourage students to think critically about climate change and to collaborate to devise solutions. Students learn about climate change within a systems framework, examining interconnections among environmental, social, and economic issues.  read more »

HIGH SCHOOL VERSION

Unit I. Colonial Era to the Revolution 1. Columbus: Hero or Rogue 2. Jamestown 3. Social Class in Colonial America 4. Mercantilism 5. Justifying the Tea Party & Intolerable Acts 6. Boston Massacre and Kent State 7. Declaring Independence.

II. The Constitution & Federalist Era  read more »

“I really like it. I like how all of the activists are young, so it’s easy to relate to them.” –High School Student

“Be the Change: Upstanders for Human Rights” — A Multimedia Website for Students (www.facinghistory.org/BeTheChange) Official Launch Date: October 9, 2007!  read more »

Media Contact: Caitlin Meyer 617-735-1641

Facing History and Ourselves Introduces a New Interactive Website to Help Students Participate in Human Rights  read more »