Visions of America: Classroom Learning Guide
Educators, this school year inspire your secondary school students with a classroom education guide including video clips, lesson plans, and student activities based on the Visions of America: All Stories, All People, All Places series.
The accompanying classroom educational guide was designed to provide Social Studies and English Language Arts teachers the opportunity to bring these unique voices and stories into their classrooms and has been arranged topically into standards-based learning plans to help teachers and their students meet learning objectives
Take students on a rich and diverse journey with video clip highlights featuring stories of Cuban Americans, Asian Pacific Americas, Negro Leagues Baseball, American Jazz, First Americans, and more while learning about the institutions that safeguard and share these uniquely American tales. Across 8 thematic sections such as Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens, Unity and Culture and Identity, students will be prompted to contemplate essential questions.
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Listen to the Visions of America Music Playlists
Music brings stories alive! Consider adding these curated playlists to your programs. There are many ways to use music to deepen connections with stories. You could have music playing while your audience assembles to view an episode. You could share the playlists on your social media. You could make a quiz game out of the song titles. To deepen engagement with the stories of each VISIONS OF AMERICA episode, enjoy these curated music playlists.
Instructions: How to Listen to the Playlists
Booklists
Read along with VISIONS OF AMERICA.
Freedom Tower – Youth Booklist
Wing Luke Museum – Booklist
Wing Luke Museum – Youth Booklist
18th and Vine – Booklist
18th and Vine – Youth Booklist
