History/Social Studies Curriculum
As your family preps for 4th of July, the summer’s biggest party, consider adding in a bit of science with a “fireworks in a jar” lesson, or a red, white, and blue art project for your preschooler.
A site dedicated to middle school educators filled with online resources of curricula, reference material, and professional development information.
Here students can play games and enter into simulations that teach them civics lessons.
A collection of over 150,000 Historical Maps available for free viewing online. The site also includes news articles and videos explaining historical cartography.
The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning is a website that provides resources on educational web tools and mobile apps for teachers and educators. The website provides free teachers guides on how to better integrate technology into his/her teaching and developed in a simple step by step process
Everything a teacher needs is on World History for All, lesson plans, videos, and other helpful resources.
The Literacy Council provides lesson plans and other information for educators to be sure that students are not getting left behind in their reading.
Teachers are provided with games, resources, hand outs and more on this website.
As part of the New York Times, students and teachers can use this resource to look back on the news articles of past events.
This blog provides a wealth of information about teaching tips, it also has helpful apps to use with students. This particular one provides an app where students can be quizzed on geography.
An easy-to-use resource on teaching history with extensive lesson plans for K-12 education. The site also includes resources for English Language Learners.