In the early elementary grades, social studies tends to be integrated into the Literacy Block, with teachers choosing texts for students based on the frameworks. Resources like Scholastic News and websites like Brain Pop, Jr. are also utilized.

www.brainpop.com/

scholasticnews.scholastic.com/

This text, Gibbs Smith-Massachusetts Our Home, published in 2020, was written to align to the 2018 MA Social Studies Frameworks for grade 3.

gibbssmitheducation.com/state-history/massachusetts/massachusetts-our-home-3rd-edition/

TCI provides digital curricular resources aligned to our Massachusetts Frameworks: Regions of Our Country, America's Past, and Grades 6/7 World History.

www.teachtci.com/

Massachusetts, unlike other states, requires a Civics course in grade 8. There aren't published resources that entirely cover the MA standards, but this website is one of the resources our grade 8 teachers rely heavily on.

www.icivics.org/