The curated resources linked below are an initial sample of the resources coming from a collaborative and rigorous review process with the EAD Content Curation Task Force.
Students are introduced to the 9/11 attacks and learn that the nation’s response created tension between the need for security and America’s tradition of liberty. They are then introduced to the Declaration of Independence and Preamble to the U.S. Constitution and learn that these documents describe fundamental values and principles that characterize the American political culture.

The Roadmap
Center for Civic Education

Inspired by Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s famous words and life story, the Seat at the Table Project is a collaborative civic art and education project that encourages students to reflect on their own civics identity and agency as they consider bringing their own seat to the table of civic life. The lesson plan, resources, and companion digital exhibit guide teachers and student through participating the project.

The Roadmap
The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate

This resource probes some of the complex issues arising from the history of Japanese incarceration during World War II and invites students to explore difficult questions about national identity, institutional racism, and the boundaries of US citizenship.

The Roadmap
Facing History and Ourselves

This lesson is designed to help students develop the skills and understanding to engage in civic dialogue across differences. Students will practice empathy through telling each other’s stories.

The Roadmap
Mikva Challenge

Civil liberties are the basic individual rights of all citizens, as expressed in the Constitution and (especially) the Bill of Rights, and reinforced by the 14th Amendment.

The Roadmap
National Constitution Center

A documents-based exploration of Reconstruction in the American South, with guiding essay questions, documents representing different and often conflicting views on the same issue, and full audio recordings of all documents.

The Roadmap
Ashbrook/TeachingAmericanHistory

The form of government established by the Constitution includes three key ideas: popular sovereignty, natural rights, and rule of law.

The Roadmap
National Constitution Center

This six-lesson unit is designed to launch a course on US history, literature, or civic life through an examination of students’ individual identities. Students are empowered to develop their own voices in both the classroom and the world at large and to recognize that their voices are integral to the story of the country.

The Roadmap
Facing History and Ourselves

During World War II, the United States government forcibly removed over 120,000 Japanese Americans from the Pacific Coast. These individuals, two-thirds of them U.S. citizens, were sent to ten camps built throughout the western interior of the United States. In this webcast, panelists explore this period in American history and consider how fear and prejudice can upset the delicate balance between the rights of citizens and the power of the state.

The Roadmap
Smithsonian National Museum of American History

In the face of immense polarization, PURPLE, a new short documentary from political mediation organization Resetting the Table (RTT) and Emmy-Award-winning Transient Pictures, tells the story of everyday Americans with opposing viewpoints investigating their differences on the role of government, equity, work ethic, and the social safety net. Filmed in a swing region in rural Wisconsin, PURPLE models healthy debate on controversial issues, and the accompanying Discussion Guide teaches students two skills for understanding the motivations that underlie disparate positions and manifesting more productive discussion in their own lives.

The Roadmap
Resetting the Table

This lesson explores how individuals lay claim to a nation’s laws and ideals to assert their own rights and freedoms, and in doing so, nurture democracy in the societies where they live.

The Roadmap
Facing History and Ourselves

In the summer of 1787, delegates gathered for a convention in Philadelphia, with the goal of revising the Articles of Confederation—the nation’s existing governing document, which wasn’t really working. Instead, they wrote a whole new document, which created a revolutionary form of government: the U.S. Constitution.

The Roadmap
National Constitution Center
