In numbered order below are page links to our content units in order. Each collects the best supporting resources that we've found on the internet. Many of these will be used to support class activities and projects. All offer great enrichment. Please be curious. Explore and learn more!
New York Times Morning Briefing (Great Daily News Resource Sign Up Page)
NYT Weekly Student News Quizzes- Publishes Tuesdays (a fun challenge based on headlines)
Ohio Historical Markers- Remarkable Ohio... how is our nation's history told by events and places in Ohio? How about in Portage County? How about in Aurora?
Also Ohio- Ohio Memory (Primary Source Collection), and Ohio History Central (Ohio Encyclopedia)
Whole Course Resources (Includes: Holidays and Curriculum Resources)
Gilder Lehrman Book Breaks Page and Archives
Social Studies 8 Unit Resource
01. Early Settlements 1492-1630
o2. Thirteen Colonies 1630-1750
03. French and Indian Wars 1750-1763
04. Road to Revolution 1763-1775
05. Slavery and Liberty 1775-1783
06. Articles to Constitution 1783-1789
07. Early Republic 1789-1836
08. Territorial Growth 1836-1850
09. Causes of the Civil War 1850-1860
10. Civil War and Reconstruction 1861-1877
11. Influenza Pandemic 1918 and Covid-19 Pandemic 2020
12. Citizenship (Great Collection of Short Videos and Interactives from the Smithsonian)