Curriculum Developer — History Education (K–12 + Kids' Activity Content)

About the Role We produce primary-source-based history curriculum for public school and homeschool classrooms, along with history-themed activity books and educational content for younger learners. Our materials pair authentic historical documents with structured lessons that treat students as capable thinkers and give them honest, rigorous history. We're expanding our catalog and need a curriculum developer who can turn a historical topic and a set of primary sources into classroom-ready material: discussion questions, activities, and student-facing explanations that hold up to scrutiny and land with the intended age group. This is ongoing, project-based work. Strong performers will get consistent volume. What You'll Do Develop curriculum modules built around primary source documents (context framing, discussion questions, structured activities, exit assessments) Adapt content across age bands — from high school modules aligned to Common Core literacy standards for history/social studies (RH) and the C3 Framework, down to activity-book content for younger kids Write clear, engaging, age-appropriate prose that explains complex history without dumbing it down or editorializing Design activities that are teacher-executable in a single class period with minimal prep Edit and QC your own work against a house style guide before delivery What We're Looking For Strong history background — a degree in history or a closely related field, or equivalent demonstrated expertise. You know how to evaluate sources and spot a shaky historical claim. Excellent writer and editor — you write clean, precise prose and can self-edit ruthlessly. Sentence-level craft matters here. Critical thinker — you can identify what makes a source worth teaching with, not just what it's superficially about. You catch false premises, misattributed agency, and framing that tells students what to conclude. Curriculum literacy — you understand backward design, question progression (factual → analytical → interpretive), and how to write questions that hold multiple defensible answers open. Clear communicator — you follow a spec, integrate feedback precisely, and flag genuine problems instead of guessing. Range — comfortable writing for a sharp 16-year-old and for a 9-year-old in the same week, adjusting register without losing rigor. Bonus: classroom teaching experience, homeschool curriculum familiarity, or a track record producing published educational materials. Screening Questions 1) Here's a discussion question written for high schoolers: "Why was the unjust Treaty of Tordesillas a clear example of European greed?" Identify what's wrong with it as a teaching question, then rewrite it into something stronger. Briefly explain your fix. 2) Describe your process for taking a single historical topic and adapting it for two different audiences — say, a high school class and an 8-year-old working through an activity book. What actually changes, and what stays the same?