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US History Curriculum Collection: Course Planning Guide
This Planning Guide supports teachers as they integrate Facing History’s US History Curriculum Collection into their existing US history course.
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- History
- Democracy & Civic Engagement
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US History Curriculum Collection: Course Planning Guide
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May 2024
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This Course Planning Guide supplements Facing History’s US History Curriculum Collection. It is designed to help you envision, plan, and implement a US History course that incorporates the collection’s classroom-ready resources and thematic throughline of democracy and freedom.
The guide provides the following resources and tools to help you through the planning process:
- Identity-focused prompts: Consider your identity, your students’ identities, and your teaching practice before you embark on the planning process.
- Goal-oriented planning tools: Identify how Facing History’s learning objectives and outcomes can be paired with federal and state standards and content you already teach.
- Essential questions: Incorporate essential questions that create student experiences centered around the theme of democracy and freedom.
- Sample curriculum maps: Learn how to use a curriculum map to incorporate our lessons, units, and inquiries into your course.
- Reflection questions: Take stock of your course at the end of the year and consider what went well and what can be improved for the next year.
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