American Social History Project: Based at The City University of New York Graduate Center, ASHP produces print, visual, and multimedia materials that explore the richly diverse social and cultural history of the United States.
Asian Art Museum: Located in San Francisco, the Museum provides online access to many of its collections.
Beyond the Bubble: This resource unlocks the vast digital archive of the Library of Congress to create a new generation of history assessments.
Digital Commonwealth: Digital Commonwealth is a non-profit collaborative organization that provides resources and services to support the creation, management, and dissemination of cultural heritage materials held by Massachusetts libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives.
Digital Public Library of America: DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format.
Geoguessr: Embark on a journey that takes you all over the world! From the most desolate roads in Australia to the busy, bustling streets of New York City, this online game plops you somewhere in the world challenging to use the clues that surround you to guess where in the world you find yourself.
Google Arts and Culture: Discover artworks, collections and stories from all around the world in a new way.
Google Lit Trips: Google Lit Trips is an internationally-acclaimed educational technology project that provides students and teachers with digital visual explorations of novels through the Google Earth interface which is now available on ChromeBooks.
Google Street View: This gem of a resources allows explorers of all ages to explore the everyday life of people and places in countries around the globe. It's engaging, beautiful, and easy-to-use.
I-Civics: iCivics was founded by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in 2009 to ensure that all Americans have the knowledge and will to participate in our unique experiment in self-government. The iCivics library includes more than 260 curricular resources, digital literacy tools, professional learning materials, and educational video games.
National Archives: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever.
National Geographic Education: Provides teacher resources including activities, lessons, and units. Check out the MapMaker Interactive!
National Museum of African American History and Culture: The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture.
NewseumED: NewseumED offers free educational programs, primary sources and standards-aligned resources that focus on history, media literacy, civics and the First Amendment.
The News Literacy Project: The News Literacy Project (NLP) is a nonpartisan national education nonprofit that works with educators and journalists to teach middle school and high school students how to sort fact from fiction in the digital age. NLP provides these students with the essential skills they need to become smart, active consumers of news and information and engaged, informed citizens.
NPR's Borderland: NPR Took A 2,428-Mile Road Trip Along The Mexico Border. Read the stories of the people they met along the way.
StoryCorps: StoryCorps’ mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world.
TweenTribute (Smithsonian): A free K-12 resource (sort articles by grade level) that allows teachers to create accounts to access daily AP news articles, self-scoring quizzes customized by Lexile® level, critical thinking questions, weekly videos, lesson planning, and more. It's also available in Spanish!
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity.
YouthRadio: A stellar take on the news from diverse kid journalists.