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American Yawp: an online, open-source textbook for U.S. History. If you want to read more about a topic than our textbook covers. This is also an excellent source of primary documents.

SHEG: the Stanford History Education Group website. This site has a lot of resources for becoming a better reader of historical texts and thinking like historians think.

Voices and Visions: Curated primary source material with short explanation articles written by historians.

All Sides: a great website to see global and national news presented from all sides of the political and philosophical spectrum in one place.

Facing History and Ourselves: An excellent resource for learning about civic engagement. Facing History and Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History was founded in 1994 by Richard Gilder and Lewis E. Lehrman, visionaries and lifelong supporters of American history education. The Institute is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to K–12 history education while also serving the general public. Its mission is to promote the knowledge and understanding of American history through educational programs and resources.

The Civic Imagination Project: A group out of USC that are trying to revitalize civic education and inspire the next generation of change makers. The Civic Imagination Project taps the civic imagination (our collective vision for what a better tomorrow might look like) to bridge perceived cultural gaps between diverse communities.