“Building on the ten themes of the National Council for the Social Studies’ national curriculum standards, the NMAI’s Essential Understandings reveal key concepts about the rich and diverse cultures, histories, and contemporary lives of Native Peoples. These concepts reflect a multitude of untold stories about American Indians that can deepen and expand your teaching of…
“Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever. As America becomes more diverse, and more divided, while facing unimaginable challenges, how do we move forward together? Told through intimate and personal lives, the series will cast a new lens on U.S….
Guampedia is a community project that highlights the unique Chamorro heritage and history of Guam and the Mariana Islands.Includes lesson plans for elementary through high school. Topics covered range widely (e.g religion, architecture, health, medicine to contemporary history) Online: https://www.guampedia.com/chamorro-migration-to-the-u-s/
Lesson plan with the objective of the defriefing an election that has profound negative impact on communities of color. Online: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t-yjKl5oRRFAVtXAFknWImdmnsLCcumR4S2Y2nmriag/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR26ExJg6ZBLomGKkUiysiHx_ZAlWhUKCGSJ-49fACjPPYyaNF1q-153fb4
The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center is working on building out resources to support education in the classroom around Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. There are currently only a few entries but some of them are very rich, for example the collection of photographs around the transcontinental railroad. Online: https://smithsonianapa.org/learn/learn-archives/
The New York Times aligns their journalism with lesson plans. They are organized by subject area but also just listed. Some examples include learning about slavery using primary sources Online: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/learning/learning-about-slavery-with-primary-sources.html
Includes lessons teaching students how to be their own (photo)journalists and tied to investigating current events/news/issues. Some examples are “Interview Analysis: How Can We Save Black and Brown Lives During a Pandemic?”, which looks at demographic data to understand the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, and “Exploring Media Representation and Bias in Photography” to teach youth…
A Pulitzer-prize winning project focused on the history of slavery. Includes a few lesson plans and other curricular resources, and some are tied fairly closely to New York Times articles. Online: https://pulitzercenter.org/lesson-plan-grouping/1619-project-curriculum
Most of the lesson plans are ethnic studies focused, however there are some that may be useful for educators. For example, there are materials written for grade levels across K-12 on immigration and America using “A Different Mirror” Online: http://www.nea.org/tools/BrowseAllLessons.html