UCLA History-Geography Project
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UCLA History-Geography Project
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Collaborating with teachers to make history relevant and empowering for students.
Graphic novels are a powerful tool for teaching history. Freedom Was in Sight shows students how the courage and struggles of Black Americans after the Civil War connect to ongoing fights for justice today.
Meet the author at our event this Thursday: centerx.gseis.ucla.edu/event/recons...
October 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Join us on October 16th for a zoom workshop w/Dr. Kate Masur, unpacking the legacy of Reconstruction and sharing new strategies for teaching this pivotal period in ways that connect directly to the concerns of our students and communities today.
Registration: centerx.gseis.ucla.edu/event/recons...
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October 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Explore this resource and join us on October 6th for a special session for educators with Dr. Kelly Lytle Hernández, one of the project’s lead scholars: centerx.gseis.ucla.edu/event/immigr...
October 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Geared for educators, her talk offers both a clear historical lens and classroom-ready framing to help students connect current controversies to their deep roots in U.S. history, highlighting the enduring continuity and change in immigration control. Register:
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September 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
In this workshop Dr. Kelly Lytle Hernández explores how U.S. immigration policies, shaped by laws, court rulings, and border enforcement, have developed over time and continue to influence contemporary practices such as immigration enforcement, deportations, and detention.
September 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Join us to connect the moment to the curriculum. Work with UCLAHGP's facilitators and fellow educators to develop lessons that weave contemporary issues, from immigration and labor movements to global conflicts, into your existing units and courses. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
RSVP Form, Back to School Planning Workshop, 1PM-3PM (PST) via Zoom
Please complete this RSVP form. We will tailor our workshop to meet your content and resource requests to the best of our ability. Upon completion of this RSVP form you will be emailed the Zoom link.
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August 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Celebrate with us at the LGBTQ+ Lesson Launch at the Pride Month Educator’s Social:
RSVP: tinyurl.com/PrideEd25
Come preview the lessons, meet the teacher-writers, and celebrate this joyful, liberatory work with us. #Pride2025 #LGBTHistory
Pride Month Educators' Social
Join One Institute to network with local educators and explore our new lesson plans for teaching K-12 LGBTQ+ history!
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June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
All lessons are fully aligned with the FAIR Education Act, the History–Social Science Framework, and Common Core Standards. They will be free to download starting June 26.
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June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Since 2018, this partnership has been committed to developing inclusive, community-rooted LGBTQ+ curriculum for California schools. These lessons highlight the power of queer joy and resistance, which our students and communities need now more than ever.
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
These lessons were created by local K-12 teachers through a project led by the One Institute, The UCLA History-Geography Project, Out for Safe Schools® at the Los Angeles LGBT Center, and ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Continuity and change are key historical concepts. Let's use literacy and local history to help students understand movements for change in the past, present and future. Lesson link:
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Collaborating with teachers to make history relevant & empowering for students.
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June 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
In that spirit, we would like to offer a teaching resource about an important historical moment in the movement for immigrant rights in Los Angeles, the Proposition 187 protests of 1994. In this lesson, students will examine the different ways activists resisted against Prop 187.
June 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Lessons can be found here: linktr.ee/uclahgp
May 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM

We recommend using the 7cs of Critical Historical Analysis to analyze these sources. Free resource links: linktr.ee/uclahgp
April 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This lesson provides a powerful way to connect local history with environmental awareness and inspire meaningful conversations in the classroom.
Lesson link: www.pbssocal.org/lost-la-curr...
Impacts of Building Los Angeles
What were the costs and benefits of Los Angeles urban growth in the 1920s?
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April 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM