Social Studies/History

Notes:

  • Teachers are encouraged to review each website for content prior to sharing with children.

  • Please be aware that some websites include resources that are free at this time, but may require payment later.

General Resources

Advanced Placement Testing Updates: Learn about the new at-home testing option. Additional details are now available regarding exam features, time and tasks, scores, and security.

Comprehensive Instructional Program (CIP) Teachers' Pages: The CIP is designed to help instructors by providing activities and assessments that are highly aligned to Virginia's Curriculum Frameworks in content and rigor.

COVID-19 Extended Closing Instructional Resources: Activity packets and other SOL resources from other Virginia school divisions

eMediaVA: Access more than 100,000 free, innovative, SOL-aligned learning objects and content for your classroom.

#GoOpenVA website: A platform that allows teachers to share openly licensed digital learning resources with other Virginia educators.

Virginia Learns Anywhere: VDOE created the Continuity for Learning (C4L) Task Force consisting of teachers, leaders, and collaborating educational partners across Virginia. The C4L Task Force has prepared Virginia Learns Anywhere, which reinforces much-needed structure while also empowering individual teachers to support students in learning remotely.


Social Studies-Specific Resources

Distance Learning Resources from the Smithsonian: The Smithsonian Learning Lab offers access to digital resources from across the Smithsonian's museums, research centers, libraries, archives, and more. Includes pre-packaged collections that contain lessons, activities, and recommended resources made by Smithsonian museum educators.

iCivics: This site includes civics and history games.

Library of Virginia At-Home Learning Resources: This site includes many primary source materials. It features an activity that uses a primary source example from the influenza pandemic of 1918 as a way to introduce students to the process of documenting and creating historical documents.