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UNUM Ken Burns.

General Ethnic Studies
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https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/unum/educators
UNUM Ken Burns

About the resource

UNUM is a digital platform with classroom-ready resources from filmmaker Ken Burns designed to trace themes that run throughout American history, and to offer historical perspective on the present. Content includes lessons on housing inequality, ethnic Americans who broke barriers, and activism and protest.

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