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What does the say about sovereignty? Learn about this complex and enduring issue in our teacher's guide.

Commemorating Constitution Day September 17th is Constitution Day, commemorating the day in 1787 when, at the end of a long hot summer of discussion, debate and deliberation, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed America’s most important document.

How can understanding language help us understand other cultures?

This curriculum about Hopi heritage explores as an important part of cultural identity.

Language of Place: Hopi Place Names, Poetry, Traditional Dance and Song A curriculum unit of three lessons in which students explore Hopi place names, poetry, song, and traditional dance to better understand the ways Hopi people connect with the land and environment through language. The unit is centered on the practice of growing corn. Students make inferences about la...

It’s ! We’ll be sharing resources all month to commemorate and celebrate peoples and cultures.



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American Indian History and Heritage This Teacher's Guide will introduce you to the cultures and explore the histories of some groups within the over 5 million people who identify as American Indian in the United States, with resources designed for integration across humanities curricula and classrooms throughout the school year.

in 1884, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was born.

She was a key figure in several of the most important movements of the 20th c.: the Progressive movement, the New Deal, the struggle for racial justice, and the U.N.

Lesson 5: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Rise of Social Reform in the 1930s This lesson asks students to explore the various roles that Eleanor Roosevelt a key figure in several of the most important social reform movements of the twentieth century took on, among them: First Lady, political activist for civil rights, newspaper columnist and author, and representative to the...