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 will engage with the Constitution and the events on September 11, 2001 to analyze American values and ideals. Students will examine the most fundamental American values and evaluate progress made to close the gap between ideals and reality.

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Center for Civic Education

These lessons supplement to the Civil Rights history already being taught in classrooms with a focus is on local events and people. Many lessons reference time periods earlier than the 1960s, while also drawing connections from those events up to today.
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The Rhode Island Historical Society
Congress is made up of a group of people who work together to improve the quality of lives of citizens throughout the nation. Long ago Congress decided that it was important to pass labor laws to protect children. Why did they think that child labor was a problem? We will explore this question by investigating a series of photographs of children working in fish factories long ago.

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KidCitizen

Students explore the experiences of Mexican-American farmworkers in the United States and learn about how they – especially through the leadership of Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers – worked with others for improvements in pay and working conditions, as well as respect for their civil rights. Students analyze primary sources and then complete a writing assignment to reflect on working with others to help solve a problem.

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Citizen U

Have you ever heard of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington? What was his dream for America, who was the man behind those famous words, and why do we celebrate his story every January? Martin's Big Words is an illustrated biography that traces Dr. King's life from his childhood and includes quotes from his writings and speeches. Explore Dr. King's story by reading together and then try some of these fun activities to learn more about him and other brave Americans who worked on the civil rights movement.

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Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Students analyze primary sources from the Library of Congress to identify freedoms, then review background information about the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution. Next, students match the amendments related to some of the freedoms they identified through primary source analysis. Then, they will work in small groups to reach consensus and to propose a new amendment to secure freedoms not included in the Bill of Rights.

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Citizen U

Students learn about “freedom of the press” from the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the crucial role journalists and reporters play in keeping the citizens in a democratic society informed about their community, the nation, and the world. hen, students create an issue of their own school newspaper to understand the responsibility they have as journalists to report accurately, fairly, and truthfully.

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Citizen U

Students examine the historic contribution of young people in shaping positive changes in America, then identify characteristics of collaboration and creating coalitions in order to build their understanding of civic community.

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Citizen U

The Supreme Court has been at the center of some of the most important constitutional debates in American history. Over time, the Court’s landmark decisions have shaped constitutional law across a range of areas, including the powers of the national government, the meaning of the Constitution’s promise of freedom and equality, and the balance of power between the national government and the state governments.

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National Constitution Center

This inquiry-based learning resource includes visualizations and data resources for students to track their own district’s legislative history and to explore regional and national patterns including roll call votes in order to see the transformation of party systems and their ideologies, to track the careers of individual legislators, and to observe the expansion of Congress.

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New American History

Sending a letter to elected officials can be a powerful and personal way to ensure the public's voice is represented in politics, but just how do you get in contact with your representatives? Using primary and secondary sources, this collection explores the power of letters, highlights social justice letters throughout history, and examines activist covers--envelopes--and postage stamps for a cause from the National Postal Museum's collection. Using all of these objects as inspiration, users are encouraged to select a cause of personal concern to them, and send their own letters to elected officials.

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Smithsonian National Postal Museum

In this lesson, students will explore the ways writing and painting express meaning. They will investigate a biography and painting of Harriet Tubman and consider the tools the artist and writer used to communicate information about this heroine.