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OUR MISSION: CONNECTING CIVICS AND HISTORY
The Civics Center is a national teacher resource center that promotes cross-curricular civics education in middle and high schools. Our programs are designed to meet the needs of the 21st century classroom, offering multimedia lessons and multiple-intelligence methodologies that teach students how our democratic institutions work while fostering students? participation in community and government essential to our nation?s future.

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PowerPacks for US History
Growth of Industry, Cities & Immigration
The Progressives
Imperialism
The Great Depression
Civil Rights Movement
The Cold War Begins
The New Deal
The Vietnam War
World War II: The Home Front
World War II: Turning Points
The Migrant Project
'The Migrant Project' Curriculum
Under the Red, White and Blue

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The Civics Center Presents
The PowerPack Series
A new U.S. History Curriculum
for Social Studies Teachers


Growth of Industry, Cities & Immigration • The Progressives • Imperialism • The Great Depression • The New Deal • World War II: The Home Front • World War II: Turning Points • The Cold War Begins • Civil Rights Movement • Vietnam* 

Each unit includes PowerPoint® Presentations, Teacher Lecture Notes, Student Assessment -- plus Document Analysis Worksheets and Internet Activities.   

*Bonus PowerPoint® on the Japanese Internment included with purchase of complete set.

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Lessons From "The Migrant Project"

Based on the photodocumentary titled 'The Migrant Project: Contemporary California Farm Workers' by Rick Nahmias, this curriculum introduces students to the history of migrant farm labor in America and guides them in exploring the ongoing challenges facing farm workers today. 

LESSONS: 
1. A Day in the Life: Migrant Farm Workers Today
2. We the People: History of Migrant Farm Workers
3. Sowing the Seeds: Life of Cesar Chavez
4. United Farm Workers: Growth and Strategies
5. Case Study: The Taco Bell Agreement
6. Service Learning Capstone: Trail of the Tomato

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Email support@thecivicscenter.com to request free samples of the PowerPack Document Analysis Activities and Lessons From 'The Migrant Project.'

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