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 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.
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