This collection contains more than 40 videos with accompanying lesson plans and activities that help students connect ethnic studies to today’s current events. Latinx Studies How a 1968 Student Protest Fueled a Chicano Rights Movement Dictators and Civil Wars: The Cold War in Latin America How Prop. 187 Transformed the Immigration Debate and California Politics […]
Indigenous History
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Using Retro Report to Teach About Native American History
For centuries, Native American voices and those of their ancestors were silenced by the federal government under policies that pushed for assimilation and the eradication of Native history and culture. Moreover, a 2019 report by the National Congress of American Indians found that 87 percent of state history curricula do not mention Native American history […]
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The Perfect Pair: Reading and Retro Report
For every required school reading there is a perfect Retro Report video to add context. Here are some popular books often assigned by E.L.A/English teachers, and the videos that offer historical background and connections to current events. Team up with a teacher across the hall to enhance your students’ critical thinking skills and content knowledge. […]
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AP United States History Collection
This collection contains over 75 films for use in the AP United States History course. The resources for Units 8 and 9 are separated by topic. Pre-1900 (Periods 4-6): The films and lessons in this section focus on two political party conventions of the 1800s and an essential period of indigenous history that began during westward […]
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In the Long Fight to Protect Native American Families, a Law Stands Guard
For generations, Native American children were removed from their homes and placed with white families. A recent Supreme Court ruling affirms the rights of Native families and tribes, giving them preference in adoption and foster care placement.
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Forced Into Federal Boarding Schools as Children, Native Americans Confront the Past
Native Americans demand accountability for a federal policy that aimed to erase Indigenous culture.