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This is a collection of resources for history teachers including links to primary source documents, lesson plans, activities, and other tools that are useful for the history classroom. The collection is organized around the NC standards for high school social studies courses, but many websites also have resources for middle and elementary classes.
Resources/websites are organized into the following sections:
Civics & U.S. Government
World History
U.S. History
Economics & Financial Literacy
The Holocaust
Civics & U.S. Government Resources
Civics lessons and online activities/games
Civics lessons & assessments
Founding documents, up-to-date information on Congress, and Congressional collections
Digital artifacts, educational programs & resources
Provides materials and articles to help people look for bias in media sources and work to find a balance in information sourcing.
New Hampshire's website to provide resources and support for Civics teachers.
Overviews of Supreme Court Cases
Landmark Cases of the Supreme Court
Landmark cases accompanied by readings, activities, and lesson resources
Includes U.S. Constitution, videos, primary source documents, & classroom resources
National Archives: America's Founding Documents
Images of original documents, transcripts, and articles.
World History Resources
List of cultural and natural World Heritage sites with images, information, reports, and publications
Collection of cultural heritage materials
Teaching units, lessons, and resources
East Asia National Resource Center @ George Washington University
Lesson plans, resource guides and resources for students
Free lessons, activities, curated sources, and teacher resources for Social Studies teachers.
Online course with modules that provides self-guided lessons for World History.
The National Consortium for Teaching About Asia
*Under "Resources" are numerous websites and links
Center for African Studies @ Howard University
Teaching Resources for K-12
Curriculum modules, country overviews, news, lesson plans, and special topics
The Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Independence movement resources, poetry, oral histories, documentaries, and resources
U.S. History Resources
Primary source documents and activities
Primary source documents, resources, toolkits and collections
Library of Congress
Primary sources, lessons, and presentations
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Student study guides, lessons plans & resources, citizenship test, and self-paced courses
Civil War resources and lessons by grade level (under learn tab- educator resources)
Museum of the American Revolution
Virtual tours, interactive features, and teacher resource guides
Digital Inquiry Group: History Lessons
History lessons and assessments to engage students in historical inquiry through primary sources
U.S. History videos, interactive activities, and teaching materials
Economics and Financial Literacy Resources
Council for Economic Education
Lessons, activities, and assessments
Financial curriculum broken down by unit
Financial curriculum for elementary, middle, and high school. Also includes Black history curriculum resources.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Activities and lessons for elementary, middle, and high school grades.
Holocaust Resources
IWitness (USC Shoah Foundation
Lessons, testimonies, and resources for elementary, middle, and high school grades.
The NC Council on the Holocaust
Lessons and resources for elementary, middle, and high school grades.
United States Holocaust Museum Memorial
Online exhibits, collections, primary sources, and virtual field trip.
Lesson plans, student activities, and other resources.
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