"Making the Future Better, Together" REVIEW

The Government of the United States . . . gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens.

• As a nation, we must: welcome, embrace, and protect our diversity

• acknowledge and correct our nation’s historical and current failings

• actively work together to improve our society

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

This nation could easily have been declared a lie by an entire race of people—kidnapped and enslaved, separated out and hunted down. Instead King and his movement termed it a broken promise, one that the people on the receiving end of the breach took actions to mend.

• As a nation, we must welcome, embrace, and protect our diversity

• acknowledge and correct our nation’s historical and current failings

• actively work together to improve our society

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Yes, be a part of the conversation, but more importantly, take part in action.

• As a nation, we must welcome, embrace, and protect our diversity

• acknowledge and correct our nation’s historical and current failings

• actively work together to improve our society

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

They would be encouraged to cultivate good relationships with fellow citizens from other backgrounds, no matter the tensions and conflicts in the lands from which they came.

• As a nation, we must welcome, embrace, and protect our diversity

• acknowledge and correct our nation’s historical and current failings

• actively work together to improve our society

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

America’s genius is to give its diversity of citizens a stake in the well-being of the nation.

• As a nation, we must welcome, embrace, and protect our diversity

• acknowledge and correct our nation’s historical and current failings

• actively work together to improve our society

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

That’s what keeps us facing forward, seeking inspiration from the past when possible, correcting mistakes when necessary.

• As a nation, we must welcome, embrace, and protect our diversity

• acknowledge and correct our nation’s historical and current failings

• actively work together to improve our society

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Washington wanted America to stand for something different: not the old idea that we are better apart, but the high hope that people from the four corners of the earth could do remarkable things together, even build a nation, and show humanity that we are better together.

• As a nation, we must welcome, embrace, and protect our diversity

• acknowledge and correct our nation’s historical and current failings

• actively work together to improve our society

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Debate the meaning of the events of past decades and centuries, but above all, shape the arc of the future.

• As a nation, we must welcome, embrace, and protect our diversity

• acknowledge and correct our nation’s historical and current failings

• actively work together to improve our society

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

As the leader of the Continental Army, the first truly national institution, Washington recognized he was going to need the contributions of all willing groups in America.

• As a nation, we must welcome, embrace, and protect our diversity

• acknowledge and correct our nation’s historical and current failings

• actively work together to improve our society

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

“Now is the time for redemption, now is the time for reconciliation, now is the time to build the beloved community.”

• As a nation, we must welcome, embrace, and protect our diversity

• acknowledge and correct our nation’s historical and current failings

• actively work together to improve our society

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3