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Buy one World Geography Curriculum, get the other two editions free! Add all that you want to your cart; the discount will be automatically applied at checkout.
THIS IS A BUY-ONE, GET-TWO FREE CURRICULUM! BUYING THIS EDITION WILL ALLOW YOU TO DOWNLOAD THE MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY EDITIONS FOR FREE, IF YOU’D LIKE THEM! YOU’LL NEED TO HAVE ALL THE EDITIONS YOU WANT IN YOUR CART!
Journey with us and learn everything there is to know about World Geography! Well not everything, but a whole lot! This comprehensive 36-week curriculum is a 100% secular workbook. Often hilarious and always so full of heart; each page offers diversity, inclusivity, and social justice. Each week features unique, creative activity pages, curated reading and video suggestions, discussion prompts, vocabulary review, and explorations of cultures and animals around the world. When you purchase, the zip file download contains the High School edition of the workbook, along with its answer key.
Our plan was to give you all three editions: elementary, middle, and high school, in one ZIP file, but Squarespace won’t let us upload a zip file that large. SO! If you would like the other editions, you can get them for free with the purchase of this one, with a discount that’s automatically applied at checkout. Just put all the world geography editions you want in your cart.
The zip file contains 2 PDFs:
High School World Geography Workbook PDF - 332 pages
ANSWER KEY - High School World Geography Workbook PDF
Please review the sample images to see a week's worth of lessons. Weeks have an average of 9 activity pages broken down like this:
Overview Page - This will go over what we will be learning about that week, and usually features a weekly comic
3-5 Worksheets/Activity Pages - These pages will include recommended readings or videos and cover an essential topic related to the weekly theme in an engaging and thoughtful way
Mapwork Page - A different country or territory that connects to our weekly theme is highlighted, with linked Geography Now! video and related Seterra geography game
Wrap Up Page - Vocabulary, bonus reads, discussion/journal prompts, and an animal of the week mini-game
What's for Breakfast Page - An analysis of a traditional breakfast from that week's focus country
Bloomie of the Week Page - Learn more about an animal that lives in the area of that week's focus country/territory, and connects to the theme
Our recommendation would be to do two pages a day, five days a week, but you should adapt these workbooks to fit your schedule and the needs of your individual learner(s)!
The books we recommend are not included in your purchase of our curriculum. We suggest purchasing them from Black/Indigenous/LGBTQ- owned bookstores, or checking them out from your local library.
The high school edition was designed to pair with the new The Geography Book (DK Big Ideas) by DK (ISBN: 979-8217134298). This is a rigorous text in which college-level geography topics are presented in a digestible way.
Required high school book:
The Geography Book (DK Big Ideas) by DK (ISBN: 979-8217134298)
Optional high school books are:
Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders by Joshua Foer, Ella Morton, and Dylan Thuras
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization by Ed Conway
Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World by Edward Humes
The weekly topics are:
Week 1: Spheres
Week 2: Change
Week 3: Home
Week 4: Holes
Week 5: Heat
Week 6: Cold
Week 7: Oceans
Week 8: Rivers
Week 9: Lakes
Week 10: Islands
Week 11: Sand
Week 12: Rocks
Week 13: Highs
Week 14: Lows
Week 15: Borders
Week 16: Cities
Week 17: Volcanoes
Week 18: Ice
Week 19: Fire
Week 20: Salt
Week 21: Trees
Week 22: Crops
Week 23: Grass
Week 24: Light
Week 25: Emptiness
Week 26: Microbes
Week 27: Disasters
Week 28: Garbage
Week 29: Family
Week 30: Fights
Week 31: Death
Week 32: Money
Week 33: Art
Week 34: Migration
Week 35: Walls
Week 36: Connection
This product is a ZIP file that contains two PDFs: the student workbook PDF and answer key PDF. You will need to print the student workbook yourself. If you would like to outsource this job, we recommend Hard Copy HQ.
REMEMBER! THIS IS A BUY-ONE, GET-TWO FREE CURRICULUM! BUYING THIS EDITION WILL ALLOW YOU TO DOWNLOAD THE OTHER TWO EDITIONS OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY FOR FREE, IF YOU’D LIKE THEM! YOU’LL NEED TO ADD THEM TO YOUR CART!
THIS IS A BUY-ONE, GET-TWO FREE CURRICULUM! BUYING THIS EDITION WILL ALLOW YOU TO DOWNLOAD THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY EDITIONS FOR FREE, IF YOU’D LIKE THEM! YOU’LL NEED TO HAVE ALL THE EDITIONS YOU WANT IN YOUR CART!
Journey with us and learn everything there is to know about World Geography! Well not everything, but a whole lot! This comprehensive 36-week curriculum is a 100% secular workbook. Often hilarious and always so full of heart; each page offers diversity, inclusivity, and social justice. Each week features unique, creative activity pages, curated reading and video suggestions, discussion prompts, vocabulary review, and explorations of cultures and animals around the world. When you purchase, the zip file download contains the Middle School edition of the workbook, along with its answer key.
Our plan was to give you all three editions: elementary, middle, and high school, in one ZIP file, but Squarespace won’t let us upload a zip file that large. SO! If you would like the other editions, you can get them for free with the purchase of this one, with a discount that’s automatically applied at checkout. Just put all the world geography editions you want in your cart.
The zip file contains 2 PDFs:
Middle School World Geography Workbook PDF - 336 pages
ANSWER KEY - Middle School World Geography Workbook PDF
Please review the sample images to see a week's worth of lessons. Weeks have an average of 9 activity pages broken down like this:
Overview Page - This will go over what we will be learning about that week, and usually features a weekly comic
3-5 Worksheets/Activity Pages - These pages will include recommended readings or videos and cover an essential topic related to the weekly theme in an engaging and thoughtful way
Mapwork Page - A different country or territory that connects to our weekly theme is highlighted, with linked Geography Now! video and related Seterra geography game
Wrap Up Page - Vocabulary, bonus reads, discussion/journal prompts, and an animal of the week mini-game
What's for Breakfast Page - An analysis of a traditional breakfast from that week's focus country
Bloomie of the Week Page - Learn more about an animal that lives in the area of that week's focus country/territory, and connects to the theme
Our recommendation would be to do two pages a day, five days a week, but you should adapt these workbooks to fit your schedule and the needs of your individual learner(s)!
The books we recommend are not included in your purchase of our curriculum. We suggest purchasing them from Black/Indigenous/LGBTQ- owned bookstores, or checking them out from your local library.
There are no required books for the middle school edition, but we do have suggested readings to pair with most weekly themes, pulled from the following books:
Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country by Atinuke
Smithsonian Geography: A Visual Encyclopedia by DK
The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid by Dylan Thuras, Rosemary Mosco, et al.
The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide to Inventing the World by Dylan Thuras, Jennifer Swanson, and Ruby Fresson
Highest Mountain, Smallest Star by Kate Baker and Page Tsou
Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes that Dot Our Planet by Geo Rutherford
Animal Architecture: Photographs of Natural Habitats by Ingo Arndt and Jürgen Tautz Dr.
Maps and Geography (Ken Jennings’ Junior Genius Guides) by Ken Jennings and Mike Lowery
How We Got To Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World (Adapted for Young Readers version) by Steven Johnson
The weekly topics are:
Week 1: Spheres
Week 2: Change
Week 3: Home
Week 4: Holes
Week 5: Heat
Week 6: Cold
Week 7: Oceans
Week 8: Rivers
Week 9: Lakes
Week 10: Islands
Week 11: Sand
Week 12: Rocks
Week 13: Highs
Week 14: Lows
Week 15: Borders
Week 16: Cities
Week 17: Volcanoes
Week 18: Ice
Week 19: Fire
Week 20: Salt
Week 21: Trees
Week 22: Crops
Week 23: Grass
Week 24: Light
Week 25: Emptiness
Week 26: Microbes
Week 27: Disasters
Week 28: Garbage
Week 29: Family
Week 30: Fights
Week 31: Death
Week 32: Money
Week 33: Art
Week 34: Migration
Week 35: Walls
Week 36: Connection
This product is a ZIP file that contains two PDFs, the student workbook PDF and answer key PDF. You will need to print the student workbook yourself. If you would like to outsource this job, we recommend Hard Copy HQ.
REMEMBER! THIS IS A BUY-ONE, GET-TWO FREE CURRICULUM! BUYING THIS EDITION WILL ALLOW YOU TO DOWNLOAD THE OTHER TWO EDITIONS OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY FOR FREE, IF YOU’D LIKE THEM! YOU’LL NEED TO ADD THEM TO YOUR CART!
THIS IS A BUY-ONE, GET-TWO FREE CURRICULUM! BUYING THIS EDITION WILL ALLOW YOU TO DOWNLOAD THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL EDITIONS FOR FREE, IF YOU’D LIKE THEM! YOU’LL NEED TO HAVE ALL THE EDITIONS YOU WANT IN YOUR CART!
Journey with us and learn everything there is to know about World Geography! Well not everything, but a whole lot! This comprehensive 36-week curriculum is a 100% secular workbook. Often hilarious and always so full of heart; each page offers diversity, inclusivity, and social justice. Each week features unique, creative activity pages, curated reading and video suggestions, discussion prompts, vocabulary review, and explorations of cultures and animals around the world. When you purchase, the zip file download contains the Elementary edition of the workbook, along with its answer key.
Our plan was to give you all three editions: elementary, middle, and high school, in one ZIP file, but Squarespace won’t let us upload a zip file that large. SO! If you would like the other editions, you can get them for free with the purchase of this one, with a discount that’s automatically applied at checkout. Just put all the world geography editions you want in your cart.
The zip file contains 2 PDFs:
Elementary World Geography Workbook PDF - 336 pages
ANSWER KEY - Elementary World Geography Workbook PDF
Please review the sample images to see a week's worth of lessons. Weeks have an average of 9 activity pages broken down like this:
Overview Page - This will go over what we will be learning about that week, and usually features a weekly comic
3-4 Worksheets/Activity Pages - These pages will include recommended readings or videos and cover an essential topic related to the weekly theme in an engaging and thoughtful way
Mapwork Page - A different country or territory that connects to our weekly theme is highlighted
Wrap Up Page - Review prompts and an animal of the week mini-game
What's for Breakfast Page - A coloring page of a traditional breakfast from that week's focus country
Bloomie of the Week Page - Learn more about an animal that lives in the area of that week's focus country/territory, and connects to the theme
Our recommendation would be to do two pages a day, five days a week, but you should adapt these workbooks to fit your schedule and the needs of your individual learner(s)!
The books we recommend are not included in your purchase of our curriculum. We suggest purchasing them from Black/Indigenous/LGBTQ- owned bookstores, or checking them out from your local library.
There are no required books for the middle school edition, but we do have suggested readings to pair with most weekly themes, pulled from the following books:
Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country by Atinuke
Smithsonian Geography: A Visual Encyclopedia by DK
The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid by Dylan Thuras, Rosemary Mosco, et al.
The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide to Inventing the World by Dylan Thuras, Jennifer Swanson, and Ruby Fresson
Highest Mountain, Smallest Star by Kate Baker and Page Tsou
Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes that Dot Our Planet by Geo Rutherford
Animal Architecture: Photographs of Natural Habitats by Ingo Arndt and Jürgen Tautz Dr.
Maps and Geography (Ken Jennings’ Junior Genius Guides) by Ken Jennings and Mike Lowery
How We Got To Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World (Adapted for Young Readers version) by Steven Johnson
The weekly topics are:
Week 1: Spheres
Week 2: Change
Week 3: Home
Week 4: Holes
Week 5: Heat
Week 6: Cold
Week 7: Oceans
Week 8: Rivers
Week 9: Lakes
Week 10: Islands
Week 11: Sand
Week 12: Rocks
Week 13: Highs
Week 14: Lows
Week 15: Borders
Week 16: Cities
Week 17: Volcanoes
Week 18: Ice
Week 19: Fire
Week 20: Salt
Week 21: Trees
Week 22: Crops
Week 23: Grass
Week 24: Light
Week 25: Emptiness
Week 26: Microbes
Week 27: Disasters
Week 28: Garbage
Week 29: Family
Week 30: Fights
Week 31: Death
Week 32: Money
Week 33: Art
Week 34: Migration
Week 35: Walls
Week 36: Connection
This product is a ZIP file that contains two PDFs: the student workbook PDF and answer key PDF. You will need to print the student workbook yourself. If you would like to outsource this job, we recommend Hard Copy HQ.
REMEMBER! THIS IS A BUY-ONE, GET-TWO FREE CURRICULUM! BUYING THIS EDITION WILL ALLOW YOU TO DOWNLOAD THE OTHER TWO EDITIONS OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY FOR FREE, IF YOU’D LIKE THEM! YOU’LL NEED TO ADD THEM TO YOUR CART!
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This 434-page, 36-week curriculum offers a vibrant and inclusive journey through U.S. history, beginning with Indigenous civilizations over 30,000 years ago and continuing through the timeline to the present day. Students explore the contributions, resilience, and brilliance of Black, African, Asian, Latinx, Muslim, LGBTQ+, and Indigenous people and nations, with a focus on justice, empathy, and historical complexity. Each week features unique, creative print-and-go activity pages, curated reading and video suggestions, discussion prompts, vocabulary review, glossaries, quizzes, and optional off-the-page enrichment. Designed to support a wide range of learners, this curriculum is flexible, engaging, and deeply researched—with a touch of humor and heart (and, yes, a lesbian prairie dog named Susan). If you're working with a mixed-age group, choose the edition that best fits your oldest student—this version is rigorous enough for advanced middle schoolers, while the high school edition offers deeper analysis for older learners.
Check out the Elementary and Middle School Syllabus here!
Elementary and Middle Grade Book List
Colonization and the Wampanoag Story (Race to the Truth) by Linda Coombs
Slavery and the African American Story (Race to the Truth) by Patricia Williams Dockery
Borderlands and the Mexican American Story (Race to the Truth) by David Dorado Romo
Made in Asian America: A History for Young People by Erika Lee and Christina Soontornvat
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, and Debbie Reese
Hidden Voices: LGBTQ+ Stories in United States History by the NYC Department of Education
A Young People’s History of the United States, 2009 Edition, by Howard Zinn and Rebecca Stefoff
These books are not included in your purchase of our curriculum. We suggest purchasing them from Black/Indigenous/LGBTQ- owned bookstores, or checking them out from your local library.
This product is a 434-page PDF download.
This 472-page, 36-week curriculum offers a vibrant and inclusive journey through U.S. history, beginning with Indigenous civilizations over 30,000 years ago and continuing through the timeline to the present day. Students explore the contributions, resilience, and brilliance of Black, African, Asian, Latinx, Muslim, LGBTQ+, and Indigenous people and nations, with a focus on justice, empathy, and historical complexity. Each week features unique, creative print-and-go activity pages, curated reading and video suggestions, discussion prompts, vocabulary review, glossaries, quizzes, and optional off-the-page enrichment. Designed to support a wide range of learners, this curriculum is flexible, engaging, and deeply researched—with a touch of humor and heart (and, yes, a lesbian prairie dog named Susan). If you're working with a mixed-age group, don’t buy both this edition and the elementary edition! There are still plenty of art activities in this one for a younger sibling who might be interested in joining in. There is a lot of overlap between the two versions and we don’t recommend buying both! Pick the edition that will work best for the oldest student in your group.
Check out the Middle School Syllabus here!
Check out the High School Syllabus here!
Middle Grade Book List
Colonization and the Wampanoag Story (Race to the Truth) by Linda Coombs
Slavery and the African American Story (Race to the Truth) by Patricia Williams Dockery
Borderlands and the Mexican American Story (Race to the Truth) by David Dorado Romo
Made in Asian America: A History for Young People by Erika Lee and Christina Soontornvat
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, and Debbie Reese
Hidden Voices: LGBTQ+ Stories in United States History by the NYC Department of Education
A Young People’s History of the United States, 2009 Edition, by Howard Zinn and Rebecca Stefoff
High School Book List
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, and Debbie Reese
Borderlands and the Mexican American Story (Race to the Truth) by David Dorado Romo
Made in Asian America: A History for Young People by Erika Lee and Christina Soontornvat
Hidden Voices: LGBTQ+ Stories in United States History by the NYC Department of Education
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot
Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies, edited by Colin Kaepernick, Robin D. G. Kelley, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. Available as a free ebook here:
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn OR
A True History of the United States: Indigenous Genocide, Racialized Slavery, Hyper-Capitalism, Militarist Imperialism, and Other Overlooked Aspects of American Exceptionalism by Daniel A. Sjursen
These books are not included in your purchase of our curriculum. We suggest purchasing them from Black/Indigenous/LGBTQ- owned bookstores, or checking them out from your local library.
This product is a 472-page PDF download.
This Elementary and Middle School edition of Big World History is over 400 PDF pages of every single thing that has ever happened, in every culture of the world, during every time period, since the beginning of the universe--13.8 billion years ago, up to now, and into the future! Just kidding. Sort of. We couldn't really fit every single thing (though we wish we could have, and we really tried), but Big World History really is over 400 pages of learning, with 36 weeks worth of lessons that each have uniquely created print-and-go activities to pair with each lesson, along with reading and video suggestions, discussion topics, bonus off-the-page activities, collaborative timeline badges, and more. Big World History is meticulously researched, diverse, inclusive, empathy-packed, and full of love. Also, there's a pigeon.
You can read through the full syllabus for this curriculum, which lists all of the reading assignments (but does not include the video or podcast recommendations) here.
Books to accompany Big World History: Elementary and Middle School Edition*
Revised and Expanded version of Absolutely Everything: A History of Earth, Dinosaurs, Rulers, Robots, and Other Things too Numerous to Mention by Christopher Lloyd
Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491by Charles C. Mann
Stolen History: The Truth About the British Empire and How It Shaped Us by Sathnam Sanghera and Jen Khatun
The Black History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
The LGBTQ+ History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
*These books are not included in your purchase of our curriculum, but we suggest purchasing them from Black/Indigenous/LGBTQ- owned bookstores, or checking them out from your local library.
This product is a digital PDF download! If you would like to outsource printing, we love and recommend Hard Copy HQ!
This High School edition of Big World History is almost 500 PDF pages of every single thing that has ever happened, in every culture of the world, during every time period, since the beginning of the universe--13.8 billion years ago, up to now, and into the future! Just kidding. Sort of. We couldn't really fit every single thing (though we wish we could have, and we really tried), but Big World History really is almost 500 pages of learning, with 36 weeks worth of lessons that each have uniquely created print-and-go activities to pair with each lesson, along with reading and video suggestions, discussion topics, bonus off-the-page activities, collaborative timeline badges and more. Big World History is meticulously researched, diverse, inclusive, empathy-packed, and full of love. Also, there's a pigeon.
How the High School edition differs from BWH Elementary and Middle School Edition:
Most weeks have two lessons, rather than one, for more opportunities for in-depth consideration of each topic.
There’s a lot more reading, and the texts are much more rigorous
The podcast recommendations are way more mature
A bit more rigor, seamlessly blended in among the creative and fun print-and-go activities.
You can read through the full syllabus for this curriculum, which lists all of the reading assignments (but does not include the video or podcast recommendations) here!
Books to accompany Big World History: High School Edition
World History Volume 1, to 1500 by Kordas, A., J. Tatlock, B. Nelson, and R. J. Lynch (free digital textbook)
World History, Volume 2, from 1400 by Kordas, A., J. Tatlock, B. Nelson, and R. J. Lynch (free digital textbook)
Origin Story: A Big History of Everything by David Christian
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues by Jonathan Kennedy
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Adapted for Young Readers by Isabel Wilkerson
Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent by Dipo Faloyin
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus,Second Editionby Charles Mann
The Black History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
The LGBTQ+ History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
*These books are not included in your purchase of our curriculum, but we suggest purchasing them from Black/Indigenous/LGBTQ- owned bookstores, or checking them out from your local library.
This product is a digital PDF download! If you would like to outsource printing, we love and recommend Hard Copy HQ!
If Wednesday Addams and Edward Gorey ever joined forces to create a grammar course, it might look like this. A little morbid, a little macabre, and a lot funny, this complete set of four grammar workbooks is geared toward upper elementary-aged learners, and might even be enjoyed by budding writers above and below that range. Whether your learner is melancholy 24/7 or just when it's time for their grammar lesson, we are confident they will appreciate the variety in our spooky lessons. Each week offers a mix of grammar exercises, informative (and hilarious!) guides, and creative writing opportunities. These workbooks are unique, both in their subject matter and style, with conversation woven throughout from us (Arielle and Helen) to your dear, sweet, delightfully-emo student. And in keeping with our Mint and Bloom Learning mission, these workbooks are infused with empathy education, inclusivity, and formatting that makes getting the lesson started easy for educators.
These are PDF Downloads! If you don't want to print at home, purchase here, and then upload a screenshot of your receipt over at Hard Copy HQ- they'll print any or all of these workbooks for you at a discount!
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Volume One is a nine-week course covering nouns, verbs, and creative writing explorations. The lessons were designed to go hand-in-severed-hand with Khan Academy's grammar course (Units 1 and 2). This is a PDF download.
Volume Two is a nine-week course covering pronouns, modifiers, and creative writing explorations. The lessons were designed to pair with Khan Academy's grammar course (Units 3 and 4). This is a PDF download.
Volume Three is a nine-week course covering prepositions and conjunctions, punctuation, and creative writing explorations. The lessons were designed to pair with Khan Academy's grammar course (Units 5, 6, and 7). This is a PDF download.
Volume Four is a nine-week course covering sentences and clauses, syntax, usage, style, and creative writing explorations. The lessons were designed to pair with Khan Academy's grammar course (Units 8, 9, and 10). This is a PDF download.
Wondering if Melancholy Grammar would be a good fit for your student(s)? Check out the sample! It’s the first 30 pages of Volume 1, plus the accompanying answer keys for those pages.
Let's Learn Rad American History!
This 26-week, all-ages, secular and progressive American history curriculum pairs creative and engaging lesson plans featuring video resources, discussion prompts, print-and-go creative activities, worksheets, and more with each of the 26 chapters in the textbook Rad American History A-Z by Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl (you will need to purchase or borrow this textbook to use this curriculum).
Each of the 26 lessons in this curriculum include:
A recommended selection from Rad American History A-Z by Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl
Recommended video resources
Thought-provoking discussion prompts
Multiple options for art- or creativity-based print-and-go activity pages that pair with each chapter
Comprehension and Critical Thinking worksheets featuring: Vocabulary Word Matches, Review Questions (short answer), Critical Thinking Questions (long answer), and Ideas for Further Research
Comprehension and Critical Thinking answer sheets
Spotlights on a historical figure or activist mentioned in each chapter with original coloring pages featuring biographies and quotations plus recommended resources to learn more about the person being spotlighted
A note to the teacher with additional information about this lesson
The topics in this curriculum are (click through to see each lesson in detail):
If you’d like to learn more about this curriculum, check out our FAQ blog post, or the walk-through video on YouTube!
Donald Trump has dramatically reshaped the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency in his second term, and has given it a massive budget increase. This has led to a surge in ICE raids around the country, soaring arrest and detention rates, and an outright assault on civil liberties. In this 39-page PDF workbook, students will learn the background information they need, what’s happening with ICE in Donald Trump’s second term, and what they can do to help protect their community. Like all our lessons, this workbook is designed to be engaging, creativity-based, and not white-washed or sugar-coated. Here’s what’s inside:
LEARNING RESOURCES - PAGE 5
Reading, Video, and Audio Resource List
BACKGROUND INFORMATION - PAGE 8
What Is ICE?
Who Are Immigrants?
What Was Immigration to the US Like Before ICE?
WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW? - PAGE 13
What’s Happening Now?
The Donald Trump Effect
Deportation Data
ICE Agent Training
What Happens After Arrest?
Inside a Detention Facility
Who Benefits?
Who Is Harmed?
Bonus Costs
Disguise and Doxing
WHAT CAN WE DO? - PAGE 29
Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show
Lives Taken By ICE
ICE Out for Good
How Can We Help?
Additional Resources
Printable Posters and Coloring Pages
This product is a 39-page PDF download.
Learn about the U.S. and Israel’s 2026 War with Iran with this 27-page, print-and-go workbook—no prep required, all links are shared as QR codes. You can literally print this workbook and hand the pages to your student to work through, provided they have a device to read the QR code links. That being said, this is learning that would be great for all ages, if parents or guardians want to work through the book together with their learner(s). This PDF workbook is ideal for middle or high school learners, but could be adapted for upper elementary learners too.
The workbook takes learners on a journey that begins with an overview of Operation Epic Fury, Iran’s response, an exploration of the possible reasons for the attack, a look back at the historical relationship between the U.S. and Iran, and an evaluation of the June 2026 MOU. Throughout, tough topics are explored in clear terms, with moments of levity, creative activities, excellent (and free) video and reading recommendations to expand the learning, and an emphasis on critical thinking exercises.
Here’s the table of contents:
What Happened?
Operation Epic Fury
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Who Was Harmed?
Iran’s Response
Critical Thinking - U.S. Propaganda
Why Did the U.S. Attack Iran?
Nuclear Weapons?
JCPOA
Iran’s Oil?
Regime Change?
Critical Thinking - Why Did the U.S. Attack Iran?
How Did We Get Here?
Iran’s Geography and Culture
Critical Thinking - Iran’s Recent History
What Happens Next?
The Terms of the Deal
Critical Thinking - Nuclear Weapons
JCPOA Comparison
Thank you for learning (and caring) about what’s happening in Iran. We will update this lesson as events unfold. Stay safe, share your ideas, and care for your community as best you can. You are not alone. We will get through this, and all things, together.
Check out the U.S. history curriculum everyone is talking about!
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Spend a year exploring the radical movements for social progress that are often omitted from traditional American history curricula, with lessons featuring LGBTQ+, immigrant, Black, Afro-Puerto Rican, Chicano, Mexican-American, Filipino-American, Japanese American, Haudenosaunee, Disabled, and other activists and communities.
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There’s something new every week! Each of the 26 lessons features one-of-a-kind creative and engaging print-and-go activities designed to help kids expand their creativity.
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Pick and choose from the activities, books, videos, discussion topics, coloring pages, and supplemental materials included in each lesson to craft a study that works best for your learner(s).
Why You’ll Love Our Lessons
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They're Easy to Use
With our simple, straight-forward lesson layout, clickable links to external sources, and dedication to print-and-go activities that rarely require more than a pencil and coloring supplies, you’ll love how easy it is to get started with our curricula.
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They're Inclusive
Our lessons were designed to highlight the stories that are often left out of traditional American classrooms. We pair high-quality literature with activities that provide students with windows and mirrors into the communities they’re studying.
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They're Engaging
Your learner(s) will love the variety of activities in our curricula- every lesson offers something new! Our creative prompts and innovative activity pages keep the learning fresh and exciting and our discussion prompts and critical thinking questions will expand students’ minds.
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