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iCivics Curriculum Units

CommonLit:  High quality, free, standards aligned instructional units that support literacy development in grades 5-12 

Achieve the Core Lessons: 
Each multi-day lesson includes student materials, mini assessments, .text-dependent questions to guide close reading, vocabulary, culminating writing assignment and optional writing assignment. 
  • History/Social Studies
  • Science/Technical Subjects
Literacy Design Collaborative: Overview for teachers 
  • Literacy Design Collaborative Overview Page: Resources describe basics of LDC units.
  • Sample Curricula is available here however if educators sign up for a free LDC CoreTools account, all modules are available for download.
  • History/Social Studies: Exemplar Units with Writing Tasks
  • Science/Technical Subjects: Exemplar Units with Writing Tasks
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