This webpage has links to resources that support the UCET 2024 session Revealing the Complexities of Coaching Mathematics. Make a copy of the Note Catcher for a one-stop place to access handouts and take guided notes. Access the PDF of the presentation slides. See coaching
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Discover how African American political organizing in Richmond, Virginia, in the first decades after the Civil War, secured a measure of power amid ongoing fights against injustice.

The landmark four-part series The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow explores segregation from the end of the Civil War to the dawn of the modern civil rights movement. It was a brutal and oppressive era in American history, but during this time, large numbers of African Americans and a corps of influential black leaders bravely fought against the status quo, amazingly acquiring for African Americans the opportunities of education, business, land ownership, and a true spirit of community.

Article looking at Native Americans roles during the American Revolution. This could be used as enrichment/ extension, or annotated as a class.

The Southern Campaign of the American Revolution picks up the story after the fall of Charleston in 1780. After catastrophes at The Waxhaws and Camden, victories in battles and skirmishes such as Brattonsville, Musgrove Mill, Kings Mountain, and Cowpens expelled the British invaders and defeated their loyalist friends, leading to the surrender at Yorktown, Virginia. The Battle of Guilford Courthouse (North Carolina) and the siege of Ninety Six are also featured in the series.

Puerto Rico's San Juan Bay Estuary faces multiple threats, including heavy use by urban populations and impacts of climate change. A workbook from the EPA's Climate Ready Estuaries program helped them catalog, prioritize, and address their climate risks.

As sea level rises, wetlands and marshes must move inland, or drown. The Sonoma Land Trust is using innovative strategies to restore and enhance marshlands and the ecosystems they support.

An American Indian Youth camp to spark an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

Faced with an increased chance for heavy precipitation and flooding, an emergency manager in Oregon spread the word, encouraging groups to be prepared.

Learn how the 1860 presidential election became a referendum on the southern way of life in this excerpt from The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns. In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President, and the South was horrified. Seven Southern states seceded in the time between Lincoln's election and inauguration.

One of Southern California’s few remaining tidal marshes—and the habitat it provides for marine life and endangered birds—is threatened by sea level rise. A collaborative effort is underway to help these wetlands stay above water.

This lesson plan and case study allow students to analyze the fight to desegregate schools. Full lesson plans can be modified for elementary school and include reading, discussion, a project and exit ticket.

After destroying the city of Atlanta, Gen. William T. Sherman turned his attention to the rest of the state and ordered what is known in history as the March to the Sea. Union soldiers were under orders to forage liberally and live off the land as they marched from Atlanta to Savannah. Bringing war to the people by destroying personal

Residents along the U.S. Gulf Coast are familiar with the flooding hazards associated with storms, yet many are unaware of the risk of sea level rise. Shoppers at a local mall had a chance to explore the potential impacts of sea level rise on their communities.

City officials in Tybee Island, Georgia, recognized sea level rise as a growing problem for their community. Visualizations from a sea level rise viewer helped them raise awareness of the city's vulnerabilities and led to development of Georgia’s first sea level rise plan.

This segment from American Experience: Simple Justice captures the legal issues and opening arguments in Brown v. Board of Education.

Sir Walter Raleigh and John White were the founders of the first English colony in the United States, the Roanoke Island colony. The contributions of Raleigh and White greatly expanded European knowledge of the New World.

Over the course of the 19th Century, white settlers moved westward, and the US Government brokered treaties with Native Americans and often resorted to using military force to claim land for the United States. To this day, Sitting Bull—spiritual and military leader of the Lakota tribe—is remembered as the Native American chief who took the greatest stand against the US government. Through two primary source activities and a short biographical video, students will understand the remarkable courage of this leader who stood up for his people.

In the South, slavery is viewed as an economic necessity instead of a moral issue. Lincoln decides he cannot compromise on slavery. He runs for the U.S. Senate against Stephen Douglas.

Explore the story of how Brother, a seven-year-old boy from Africa, was enslaved and brought to America in the early 1700s adapted from Africans in America. Renamed Venture Smith, he was given difficult household tasks to perform by his master. As Venture grew older, he began to stand up for himself against the cruelty of his master's son.