Embedded Files
The Hidden Voices project was initiated in 2018 by the Department of Social Studies. The resources developed as part of the Hidden Voices project are the product of collaborative efforts between the NYCDOE, multiple educational and cultural institutions, artists, and scholars. The project helps students learn about and honor the innumerable people, often “hidden” from the traditional historical record, who have shaped and continue to shape our history and identity. Hidden Voices allows students to find their own voice as they become analysts of the past and make connections between the past and the present. Each resource guide supplements and is aligned to the Passport to Social Studies curriculum. This page features the Resource Guides and Additional Resources for each Hidden Voices edition. Use the menu below to quickly navigate to the different resources.
Resource Guides
The Hidden Voices resource guides help teachers to build the background knowledge necessary to facilitate inclusive learning experiences that examine the contributions of underrepresented individuals and groups throughout history. Each resource guide includes instructional and pedagogical strategies, essays on historically significant eras, and profiles of individuals. Each profile includes a narrative essay, questions to help shape instruction, connections to Passport to Social Studies, and a series of primary and secondary documents related to the profile.
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Additional Resources
Beginning with the second edition, Hidden Voices: LGBTQ+ Stories in United States History, the Department of Social Studies & Civics collaborated with scholars, artists, creators, and NYCDOE K–12 educators develop Instructional Guides to build capacity around culturally-responsive and sustaining schools for educators and leaders as well as comics! Each Instructional Guide comes paired with a Professional Learning Plan to help schools develop faculty and staff in-house.
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Need Hard Copies of the Hidden Voices Resources?
Use the Department of Social Studies and Civics Materials Request Form to request hard copies. Instructions to submit orders detailed on the form.
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