Social History for Every Classroom

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Social History for Every Classroom

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SHEC's classroom-ready primary documents and teaching activities engage students with deep historical questions and are designed to support learning at every level. Grounded in decades of work with history teachers in real classrooms, SHEC reflects ASHP/CML’s mission of making the past, and the working people and ordinary Americans who shaped it, vivid and meaningful.

There are two ways to find what you need in SHEC. You can do a keyword search and then narrow your search results, or you can browse our collections, teaching activities, and historical eras.

Pedagogy

What Was Jim Crow?

This activity introduces students to the term Jim Crow and the concept of legally mandated racial segregation.

Professional Learning

Lessons and teacher tools designed to help middle school students learn U.S. history and strengthen literacy skills.