THINKbook: The Queer, Colorful, Feminist, Immigrant History of the United States

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Ready to tackle the OTHER side of U.S. history? This year-long high school U.S. history curriculum is a self-paced version of Deep Thought curriculum, designed for students who want to work mostly independently.

Over the course of 24 deep-dive lessons, students will look at the history of the United States through the experiences of non-cis-straight-white men, from anti-Mexican sentiment in the California Gold Rush to the woman behind the administration of Prohibition to the Stonewall uprising. Students will work through guided research questions, read (included) essays about historical figures, analyze (included) primary source documents, and develop their own historical arguments. Major output includes DBQ essays, a local history project, and a history biography project.

This is a high school level unit, designed for students who are already familiar with the basic elements of critical reading and annotation. Like most high school level curricula, it includes works that could be rated M for Mature. If mature content is a concern for you with your student, I encourage you to preview texts to assess your personal comfort level. (I read these texts with my own high school student and teach them in high school classes, but comfort levels can be very personal things.) This is a completely secular program.

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