Teacher Resources

Explore Art & Culture, World Language, History & Social Studies, and Literature & Language Arts lessons.

Copyright and fair use

Teach It! (a tool from CT Humanities): Inquiry-based activities for Elementary to High School - Grades 3, 5, 8, and High School units


CDNP Resource Page: (CT Digital Newspaper) - links to teacher inquiry tools and others


Library of Congress classroom materials:

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/states/connecticut/

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/primary-source-analysis-tool/


EDSITEment:

https://edsitement.neh.gov/

https://edsitement.neh.gov/what-chronicling-america/national-digital-newspaper-project


PBS Learning:

http://cptv.pbslearningmedia.org/


Native American education materials / lesson plans

http://pequotwar.org/education/materials-for-k-12-teachers/


CT Digital Archives: Links to numerous museums, libraries, centers, etc.

http://collections.ctdigitalarchive.org/islandora/object/islandora%3Aroot


Newspapers of Connecticut: part of the State Library's historical newspaper collection from 1821 - 1929


Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame

  • applicable for grades 6-12
  • High school - in house programs