Secondary Subject Resources

A library of subject-specific technology and content based resources for both student reference and teacher use. All resources are at present free or offer freemium accounts.

Interdisciplinary

Achieve the core offers free tools and resources to support grade-level, relevant, math and ELA classroom learning. 

Grab-and go lessons, curated collections of resources, and resources to foster choice and voice in any subject. 

An online library of hundreds of thousands of high-quality readings, videos and images created and maintained by Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.  Also available in Spanish. 

A library of free online textbooks, videos, exercises, flashcards, and real world applications for over 5000 concepts.

From Science to Social Studies, Crash Course offers it all in quick-paced, imaginative videos aimed at learners of all ages. Also, explore the curated collection at PBS Learning Media.

Easily create or find beautiful interactive video lessons for your students you can integrate right into your LMS. 

Lessons plans, teacher's guides, and media resources for humanities subjects and topics. 

Standards-based inquiry activities for teaching map-based content for American literature, earth & environmental sciences, social studies, and math. 

Google Arts & Culture is a rich, interactive digital resource that invites users to explore the arts, science, history, technology, and the many ways those disciplines intersect with each other. Click here for a guide.

Free multimedia lessons about math, art, computer programming, economics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, finance, history, and more. 

Teach grade-level curriculum and language together while developing listening skills through podcasts, visuals, and videos. 

Nonfiction resources written at muplitple reading levels with quiz integration ideal for ELA, history, and science. 

A weekly collection of lesson plans, writing prompts and activities that help educators and students teach and learn with The New York Times. 

A public digital library of open educational resources for educators to explore, create, and collaborate to improve curriculum. 

Thousands of free teaching resources including videos, lesson plans, and games aligned to state and national standards. 

Teaching resources and activities for interactive math and science simulations for the classroom from the University of Colorado Boulder. 

A massive collection of digital media content for begining and intermediate researchers for both common and unusual research topics. 

*only available on district network*

A collection of more than 1,200 full-length streaming videos provides an exceptional range of content with the most valuable video documentaries and series from PBS.

*only available on district network*

A wealth of resources and digital tools support inquiry-based learning and active engagement to spark creativity and curiosity.

Hundreds of TED-Ed Animations and TED Talks designed to spark the curiosity of learners. Thousands of other video-based lessons organized by subject with optional checks for understanding.

Art

Art History Teaching Resources (AHTR) is a peer-populated platform for educators who use visual and material culture in their teaching practice. 

The AccessArt Curriculum is helping us to deliver a high quality creative curriculum. The resources are high quality and the videos support every step.

Whether you are interested in - an artist, an art movement or artistic direction, or even an art concept - The Art Story has specialized pages covering your topic of interest.

Art UK brings together art from over 3,400 British institutions in one of the UK's biggest ever arts partnerships. It shows over 300,000 works by over 50,000 artists and is growing all the time.

A comprehensive resource for art educators and a platform for showcasing student artwork to connect with a global art community. 

Artyfactory is a growing resource of free art tutorials that are designed to improve your artistic skills and to increase your enjoyment in creating artwork.

Colossal is an international platform for contemporary art and visual expression that explores a vast range of creative disciplines.

Make art, build games, and be creative using digital tools with these video-based, project-based learning lessons from Applied Digital Skills.

Free access to more than 300 art books and resources for art history and research 

Free teaching resources, lesson plans, and activities for art education.

Art21 produces features focusing exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists throughout the world. Full videos can also be found on ProQuest's PBS Library when on the district network.

The Student Art Guide publishes art project ideas, tips, best practice, and helpful learning strategies for high school art students around the world. 

English Language Arts

The student, or reader, part of Teaching Books that includes a book finder, homework help, games, and complete audio recordings of selected poems and books

A comprehensive literacy program with thousands of reading lessons, full-year ELA curriculum, benchmark assessments, and standards-based data for teachers.

A collection of grammar instruction resources from handouts, interactive activities, presentations, and YouTube curated playlists.

An online collection of stories and poems (Frankenstein, Macbeth, The Scarlet Letter, etc.)  in audio format. An abstract, citation and playing time are given for each of the passages that can be downloaded as a PDF.

Media-rich, full-text editions of Shakespeare's plays with interactive content like performances, videos, audio recordings, translation, and popup notes. 

The National Council of Teachers of English offers resources, communities, and professional development for secondary English educators. 

Project Gutenberg is a library of over 70,000 free eBooks. Options for reading include Chromebook accessible downloads.

English language arts resources from standards-based practices, lesson plans, videos, activities, and apps for students and teachers.

A collection of classic literature with simplified difficult English where reworded words and passages are highlighted, and students can click to hear and learn the original word(s).

Hundreds of resources from nonfiction texts and literary current events to collections like "Refreshing the Canon"

A compilation of digital resources for teaching thousands of books, like The Great Gatsby and The Grapes of Wrath. Resources include lessons, audio recordings, vocab lists & more with Google Classroom integration. 

A variety of self-paced services and tutorials to help students write papers.

Math

Free math games to master fact fluency and curriculum standards. 

Use the four numbers provided to make every number from 1 to 10. A new puzzle is available each day- like Wordle but for math!

Mix and match problem-sets, control rigor, vary due dates, and browse 1,800+ premade problem types.  

Free graphing calculator and math tools for interactive learning activities and exploration.

Free digital tools for class activities, graphing, geometry, collaborative whiteboard and more.

Free curriculum materials, tasks, and lesson plans aligned with standards.

Free tools, courses and manipulatives to make online learning more interactive and engaging than ever before.

An all-in-one stop to integrate EduProtocols' Math Reps in the classroom. Browse templates, podcasts, and videos, to get strarted on using MathReps in your classroom. 

A quick video on math tools available on myViewBoard Whiteboard. Click here for more information.

Math resources, problems, and games for developing mathematical thinking skills.

Includes PowerPoints focused on specific learning targets with real-world sample problems. They can be used for engagement activities on your ViewSonic ViewBoard, formative assessments, and test prep.

Lessons and interactive visual and  creative, math tasks for the classroom organized by concept. 

Science

Chemix is an online editor for drawing science lab diagrams and school experiments in Chemistry, Biology and Physics. 

 A catalog of federally supported citizen science projects, a toolkit to assist with designing and maintaining their projects, and a gateway to a community of hundreds of citizen science practitioners and coordinators.

Interactive STEM activities for chemistry, earth, life, & space science, mathematics, and physics.

Explore topics and events within Earth systems, global change, pollution, populations, and more using case studies, news, and reference materials.

*only available on district network*

Dive deep into science concepts with Gale Interactive, a visual tool that helps instructors teach complex topics in biology, chemistry, earth science, and human anatomy.

*access through the Gale tile on ClassLink*

Howard Hughes Medical Institute's BioInteractive resources focus on core concepts and processes in biology for high school classrooms.

STEM-focused classroom activities from NASA's Jet Propulsion Labratory.  

Interactive virtual labs, videos, and resources about genetics, cell biology, plants, ecology, and neuroscience from the University of Utah. 

STEM resources, lesson plans, and activities related to space exploration and science. 

NGSS' website includes unit plans and assessment resources to assist in classroom implementation. 

A digital platform that engages learners in games and interactives about science, finances, and technology.

National Science Digital Library with the ability to search by resource type and NGSS.

Lesson plans, classroom resources, and professional development from the National Science Teaching Association.

Classroom resources from videos, podcasts, digital media, live events, citizen science, K-12 education and professional development, and at-home learning activities.

Teaching resources from lessons, to graphic organizes, and assessments based on NGSS.

A database of science pedagogy and classroom activities curated by UC Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology. 

Social Studies

Lesson plans, writing guides, primary source sets, and more for implementing the CHSS framework.

An on-demand digital daily news show that explores current events and global issues ideal for classroom use for students over 13.

A collection of over 45 million image, text, video, and audio files. Start with DPLA's primary source set, exhibitions, and browse by topic.

K-12 economics and personal finance resources like lesson plans, videos, assessments, activities, professional development webinars, and more from the Council for Econimic Education.

Free lesson plans, interactive activities, and resources for teaching history and humanities. 

Educational materials and resources to support teaching about civic responsibility, social action, media literacy, and civic participation.

U.S. history curriculum, lesson plans, online exhibits, essays, study guides, videos, and teacher resources.

Free history videos, articles, and resources for teaching various historical topics. 

Teaching resources to engage students in meaningful civic learning through interactive lessons, printables, simulations, and games.  

Common Core-aligned lesson plans, student texts, primary sources, pedagogical resources, and classroom activities.

Classroom materials to help teachers use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections including audio, video, and print resources.

Teach with documents using our online tool. Explore primary sources. Discover fun and engaging teaching activities. Create your own online or print activities for your students!

Classroom resources to teach the Constitution from its foundations to current events. 

Free, online social studies and world history curricula aligned to state standards to help students develop key historical thinking skills. 

Unique, concise and reliable cultural information, multimedia, and vital statistics on the countries of the world, U.S. states and Canadian provinces. 

*only available on district network*

Sponsored by ProQuest, SIRS Issues Researcher explores leading issues, with supporting background information, differing viewpoints, statistics, and more!

*only available on district network*

A collection of primary sources with simplified difficult English where reworded words and passages are highlighted, and students can click to hear and learn the original word(s).

Over 150 inquiry-based history lessons incorporating both primary and secondary sources and over 130 formative assessments.

Educational resources from lesson plans, teaching guides, webquests, quizzes, primary sources, and more.  

Hundreds of maps and articles covering every period in world history, and every region and country of the world.

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Interdisciplinary

Achieve the Core Achieve the core offers free tools and resources to support grade-level, relevant, math and ELA classroom learning. 

AVID Open Access Grab-and go lessons, curated collections of resources, and resources to foster choice and voice in any subject. 

Britannica School An online library of hundreds of thousands of high-quality readings, videos and images created and maintained by Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.  Also available in Spanish.  

CK-12 A library of free online textbooks, videos, exercises, flashcards, and real world applications for over 5000 concepts. 

Crash Course From Science to Social Studies, Crash Course offers it all in quick-paced, imaginative videos aimed at learners of all ages. Also, explore the curated collection at PBS Learning Media. 

EdPuzzle Easily create or find beautiful interactive video lessons for your students you can integrate right into your LMS.  

EDSITEment! Lessons plans, teacher's guides, and media resources for humanities subjects and topics.  

Esri GeoInquiries Standards-based inquiry activities for teaching map-based content for American literature, earth & environmental sciences, social studies, and math.  

Google Arts & Culture Google Arts & Culture is a rich, interactive digital resource that invites users to explore the arts, science, history, technology, and the many ways those disciplines intersect with each other. Click here for a guide. 

Khan Academy Free multimedia lessons about math, art, computer programming, economics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, finance, history, and more.  

Listenwise Teach grade-level curriculum and language together while developing listening skills through podcasts, visuals, and videos. 

Newsela Nonfiction resources written at muplitple reading levels with quiz integration ideal for ELA, history, and science.

NY Times Learning Network A weekly collection of lesson plans, writing prompts and activities that help educators and students teach and learn with The New York Times.

OER Commons A public digital library of open educational resources for educators to explore, create, and collaborate to improve curriculum. 

PBS Learning Media Thousands of free teaching resources including videos, lesson plans, and games aligned to state and national standards.

PhET Teaching resources and activities for interactive math and science simulations for the classroom from the University of Colorado Boulder.

ProQuest eLibrary A massive collection of digital media content for beginning and intermediate researchers for both common and unusual research topics. *only available on district network*

ProQuest PBS Video Collection A collection of more than 1,200 full-length streaming videos provides an exceptional range of content with the most valuable video documentaries and series from PBS. *only available on district network* 

Smithsonian Educator Resources A wealth of resources and digital tools support inquiry-based learning and active engagement to spark creativity and curiosity.

TED Ed Hundreds of TED-Ed Animations and TED Talks designed to spark the curiosity of learners. Thousands of other video-based lessons organized by subject with optional checks for understanding.

Art

AHTR Art History Teaching Resources (AHTR) is a peer-populated platform for educators who use visual and material culture in their teaching practice.

AccessArt The AccessArt Curriculum is helping us to deliver a high quality creative curriculum. The resources are high quality and the videos support every step.

The Art Story Whether you are interested in - an artist, an art movement or artistic direction, or even an art concept - The Art Story has specialized pages covering your topic of interest.

Art UK Art UK brings together art from over 3,400 British institutions in one of the UK's biggest ever arts partnerships. It shows over 300,000 works by over 50,000 artists and is growing all the time.

Artsonia A comprehensive resource for art educators and a platform for showcasing student artwork to connect with a global art community. 

Artyfactory Artyfactory is a growing resource of free art tutorials that are designed to improve your artistic skills and to increase your enjoyment in creating artwork.

Colossal Colossal is an international platform for contemporary art and visual expression that explores a vast range of creative disciplines.

Digital Art &Games Make art, build games, and be creative using digital tools with these video-based, project-based learning lessons from Applied Digital Skills

Getty Publications Virtual Library Free access to more than 300 art books and resources for art history and research 

National Gallery of Art Free teaching resources, lesson plans, and activities for art education.

PBS' Art in the Twenty-First Century Art21 produces features focusing exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists throughout the world. Full videos can also be found on ProQuest's PBS Library when on the district network.

Student Art Guide The Student Art Guide publishes art project ideas, tips, best practice, and helpful learning strategies for high school art students around the world.

English Language Arts

Book Connections The student, or reader, part of Teaching Books that includes a book finder, homework help, games, and complete audio recordings of selected poems and books.  

CommonLit A comprehensive literacy program with thousands of reading lessons, full-year ELA curriculum, benchmark assessments, and standards-based data for teachers. 

Grammar Bytes A collection of grammar instruction resources from handouts, interactive activities, presentations, and YouTube curated playlists 

Lit2Go An online collection of stories and poems (Frankenstein, Macbeth, The Scarlet Letter, etc.)  in audio format. An abstract, citation and playing time are given for each of the passages that can be downloaded as a PDF. 

myShakespeare Media-rich, full-text editions of Shakespeare's plays with interactive content like performances, videos, audio recordings, translation, and popup notes. 

NCTE The National Council of Teachers of English offers resources, communities, and professional development for secondary English educators. 

Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg is a library of over 70,000 free eBooks. Options for reading include Chromebook accessible downloads.

Read Write Think English language arts resources from standards-based practices, lesson plans, videos, activities, and apps for students and teachers.

Rewordify Classic Literature A collection of classic literature with simplified difficult English where reworded words and passages are highlighted, and students can click to hear and learn the original word(s).

School Library Journal Hundreds of resources from nonfiction texts and literary current events to collections like "Refreshing the Canon". 

TeachingBooks A compilation of digital resources for teaching thousands of books, like The Great Gatsby and The Grapes of Wrath. Resources include lessons, audio recordings, vocab lists & more with Google Classroom integration.

UNC's The Writing Center A variety of self-paced services and tutorials to help students write papers.

Math

99 Math Free math games to master fact fluency and curriculum standards. 

All Ten Use the four numbers provided to make every number from 1 to 10. A new puzzle is available each day- like Wordle but for math!

Delta Math Mix and match problem-sets, control rigor, vary due dates, and browse 1,800+ premade problem types.

Desmos Free graphing calculator and math tools for interactive learning activities and exploration.

Geogebra Free digital tools for class activities, graphing, geometry, collaborative whiteboard and more.

Illustrative Mathematics Free curriculum materials, tasks, and lesson plans aligned with standards.

Mathigon Free tools, courses and manipulatives to make online learning more interactive and engaging than ever before.

MathReps An all-in-one stop to integrate EduProtocols' Math Reps in the classroom. Browse templates, podcasts, and videos, to get strarted on using MathReps in your classroom.

MyViewBoard Whiteboard: A quick video on math tools available on myViewBoard Whiteboard. Click here for more information.

nrich Maths: Math resources, problems, and games for developing mathematical thinking skills.

SBAC Math Resources: Includes PowerPoints focused on specific learning targets with real-world sample problems. They can be used for engagement activities on your ViewSonic ViewBoard, formative assessments, and test prep.


Youcubed Lessons and interactive visual and  creative, math tasks for the classroom organized by concept.

Science

Chemix Chemix is an online editor for drawing science lab diagrams and school experiments in Chemistry, Biology and Physics. 

CitizenScience.gov  A catalog of federally supported citizen science projects, a toolkit to assist with designing and maintaining their projects, and a gateway to a community of hundreds of citizen science practitioners and coordinators.

The Concord Consortium  A catalog of federally supported citizen science projects, a toolkit to assist with designing and maintaining their projects, and a gateway to a community of hundreds of citizen science practitioners and coordinators.

Social Studies