History/Social Studies Curriculum
Take your students on a virtual scavenger hunt to the National Museum of Natural History – all without leaving your class or home!
Use DocsTeach to teach with documents using the National Archives online tool. Locate teachable primary sources. Find new and favorite lessons and create your own activities for your students.
Explore popular Social Science study sets on Quizlet. Study Social Science topics like Economics, Political Science and Psychology. Learn what you need to get good grades in Social Science classes. Memorize important Social Science terms, definitions and concepts. Prepare for Social Science homework and exams with free online flashcards, diagrams, study guides and practice tests.
Democracy Class is a free, nonpartisan curriculum that educates high school students about the importance and history of voting and pre-registers and registers them to vote. Educators will have access to additional lesson plans featuring the history and importance of voting, modern-day voting rights, the importance of local elections, how voting can impact issues in communities, and the 2020 Census
The graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy by George Takei is a great resource for teaching the Japanese American World War II experience. JANM is proud to share a teacher’s guide they developed for IDW Publishing to accompany Takei’s book.
To help educators integrate Black History Month into their classrooms, NEA offers a selection of lesson plans that cover a variety subjects and that can be adapted to fit multiple grade levels.
Curriculum on Native Nations and how to help students understand what they see in the news.
After reading this article students will be able to explore examples of Pulitzer Center-supported reporting in which the reporter used family history to frame or complement a story, define oral history and learn about the techniques and value of oral history by looking at examples used in reporting, connect historical events to events in their family or community history, and use oral history skills to carry out their own interviews at home or in their community.
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms.
An online collection of documents, virtual exhibits, and other multimedia resources covering the whole of American History. This website also provides an online textbook.
Here, teachers and students can find up to date information and videos from C-SPAN as well as historical events and information that can be used in a classroom setting.
An immense collection of activities, lesson plans, and free printables for Black History month.