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College Board

Evaluating Sources: How Credible Are They?

For Teachers 7th Standards
How can learners evaluate research sources for authority, accuracy, and credibility? By completing readings, discussions, and graphic organizers, scholars learn how to properly evaluate sources to find credible information. Additionally,...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: u.s. History 1968 1980: Identity Politics in a Fractured Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of identity politics during the 1960s and 1970s in which underrepresented and marginalized groups organized to fight discrimination and challenge the established political and social culture. Page contains questions for...
Article
Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Identity Theft Protection While Traveling

For Students 9th - 10th
Tips on how to prepare ahead of time to prevent identity theft while traveling abroad.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Africa, Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographs and an address that illustrate the role Africa played in black identity in the late-nineteenth century. This article compares Rev. Henry McNeal Turner's "back to Africa" campaign with the Exoduster migration to Kansas led by...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Algebra Ii: Use the Pythagorean Identity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given the sine (or cosine) of an angle, find its cosine (or sine) using the Pythagorean identity. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Racial Identity, Making of African American Identity: Vol 2, 1865 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
A chapter from a novel and a short story that explore the phenomenon of passing. These works examine the self-judgment and scrutiny often invoked upon oneself as a result of belonging to more than one race.
Article
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Marines Confirm Mistaken Identity in Iwo Jima Photo

For Students 9th - 10th
The photograph has been ingrained in American culture since almost the moment it was taken - a steadfast presence in high school textbooks and an enduring symbol of U.S. perseverance. But it appears we've been wrong about Joe Rosenthal's...
Unit Plan
The Newberry Library

Newberry: Changing Notions of Identity in the Age of the French Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module from the Newberry Library uses primary resources to teach about the French Revolution, transition to a republic, citizenship and national identity in an age of revolution. Primary sources and questions for consideration...
Handout
American Psychological Association

American Psychological Association: Transgender Individuals and Gender Identity

For Students 9th - 10th
Find answers to questions concerning transgender issues. This addresses the definition, categories of transgender people, possible causes, the types of mental health problems and discrimination they may face, and the kinds of support...
Unit Plan
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Citizens: African American Identity: 1865 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the efforts of African Americans to be recognized as equal citizens after the Civil War, and the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. Includes links to supplemental information.
Lesson Plan
British Library

British Library: 20th Century Teaching Resources: Auden & Identity

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This series of activities give students opportunities to explore the relationship between production and reception in poetic form. They will consider how W.H. Auden's mastery of language contributes to the impact and longevity of his work.
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Other

Theories About the Construction of Gender Identity

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the basic theories of the construction of gender identity.
Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Scams and Schemes: Grades 6 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn strategies for guarding against identity theft and scams that try to access their private information online. Students learn what identity theft is, what kinds of information identity thieves want, and what can be done...
Handout
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: History, Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
An art exhibit and a chapter that illustrate African American efforts to create a usable past. Aspects of African American history, character, and potential are illustrated within this resrouce through Edward Johnson's promotion of...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Fortune Properties

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson teaches students how to recognize and apply the Identity Property and Equality Properties by simplifying algebraic expressions.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Citizenship, Making of African American Identity: V. 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Public addresses, letters, and narratives about the absence of and the need for citizenship rights for African Americans. Links to resources used to lobby for equal rights are provided at the top of the page.
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: The Search for Identity: David Mamet

For Students 9th - 10th
Playwright David Mamet is featured for his brilliant use of language in his writings believing that our words and the manner they are spoken depict our identity. See "David Mamet Activities" for extra resources.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Associations (Ii), Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter from a novel that describes the workings of a charitable society. This chapter, "The Sewing Circle," illustrates some of the various functions that institutions, especially the benevolent and charitable societies, performed in...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Passing: Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Students 9th - 10th
An excerpt from a novel that explores the tensions of racial passing. Set in Chicago, Passing examines the diverging lives and chance reunions of two light-skinned women.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Freedom: Charles W. Chesnutt: African American Identity

For Students 9th - 10th
Short story that explores the cultural and linguistic resources that sustained African Americans in the first years of freedom. This resource focuses on Charles Chesnutt and the influence he achieved by writing about race for a white...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Associations (I), Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Newspaper articles that illustrate how benevolent and charitable societies fostered racial solidarity among African Americans in late-nineteenth-century America are provided. Links to these articles can be found on the second page.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Racial Politics, Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter from a novel and images that illustrate black political action in late-nineteenth-century America. Frances Harper's 1892 novel Iola Leroy, is examined, covering topics of white supremacy and racial justice.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Making of African American Identity: Segregation

For Students 9th - 10th
A Supreme Court decision, a chapter from a novel, and an editorial that explore segregation in late-nineteenth-century America. This resource focuses primarily on Plessy v. Ferguson, and the complexities that followed from this ruling.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Popular Culture, Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
A sculpture, poster, poem, and a painting that challenge black stereotypes in the early-twentieth century. Links to these precursors to the Harlem Renaissance are provided at the top of the page.

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