Teaching RESOURCES
Groupwork Tips and Sentence Starters
“Tips on assigning group projects, ways to organize groups, and what to do when the process goes awry.”
Center for Racial Justice in Education: Black History Month for Educators and Families
Lesson plans, curriculum resources, articles, and think pieces.
Center for Civic Education: Civic Terms
“Civic terms to know which relate to concepts found in the Declaration of Independence and the Preamble to the Constitution.”
National Archives: Document Analysis Worksheets
“Document analysis is the first step in working with primary sources. Teach your students to think through primary source documents for contextual understanding and to extract information to make informed judgments.”
Eberly Center: Assessing Student Learning
“Provides suggestions and strategies for assessing student learning and performance.”
“Library of humanities lesson plans by subject, theme, and grade level. Find Art and Culture lessons on anthropology, art history, folklore, mythology, religion, and more.”
edutopia: Videos About Assessment
Good source for info on many topics, including assessment.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Lots of resources, including primary documents, related to American history. They also have top-notch professional development opportunities online and in person.
“The Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center at Indiana University offers a variety of services and resources to support the internationalization of K-12 curricula, particularly through the incorporation of content about Central Eurasia.”
Learning for Justice Social Justice Standards
“The Social Justice Standards are a set of anchor standards and age-appropriate learning outcomes divided into four domains—Identity, Diversity, Justice and Action (IDJA).”
Lesson Plans for Social Studies: Dr. Levine's Index
Dr. Marty Levine has gathered useful online lesson plans and resources for social studies teachers.
National Council for the Social Studies: Teaching Activities
“Free resources for teachers and students relating to everything about social studies.”
National Geographic Society Education: Standards
“Geographic learning standards and classroom materials, designed in a modular system which includes activities, lessons, and units.”
“Searchable index of digital social studies resources with filters for grade level and subject.”
Smithsonian Education: Learning Labs
“Offers resources on art and culture; history and travel; science and technology. From interactive labs to lesson plans to homework help.”
Stanford History Education Group: Lessons
Terrific lesson plans and resources for historical thinking skills.
A set of free tools for teachers to create awesome timelines. Check them out.
“Powerful, innovative model curriculum for teaching world history in middle and high schools.”
Reading Lists
10 Books Besides ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ That Tackle Racial Injustice
Books for Kids at Teaching for Change
More than 50 Books by Queer People of Color
Popular Disability Studies Books
Oxfam List of Books about Poverty
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Notable Trade Books for Young People