Social Studies
Social Studies
ESU4 Cadre
Embedded Files
Formerly known as the Stanford History Education Group - SHEG
Formerly known as the Stanford History Education Group - SHEG
Reading Like an Historian
Beyond the Bubble
Civic Online Reasoning
Inquiry Projects
Inquiry Projects
Social Studies educators from across the state have created 3-5 day inquiry units in grades 4-8. They have been vetted and are considered HQIM (high quality instructional materials). These units can be accessed at the Nebraska OER Commons Site or through this Google Sheet
Hello History
Hello History
Have a personal conversation with a historical figure.
Jumping In
Jumping In
Students "jump into" a primary source image then identify what they would see, hear, feel smell, touch etc based on the location in the image that they chose to jump. (Students can be any size). An alternative could provide the other students opportunity to guess where the student is located in the image based on the description.
Significant 7
Significant 7
Students select the seven most significant words in the document. These can be put in a word cloud or shared. Debate can follow based on which words were included or left out.
TQE
TQE
Thoughts, Questions, Epiphanies is a process to help students understand and connect to primary sources through small group and whole class inquiry.
Credit: Kim Wahusos - Olathe, Kansas kwahusos@olatheschools.org
Cross-curricular Inquiries - Water Quality
Cross-curricular Inquiries - Water Quality
These inquiry units were built by Nebraska teachers and are designed to be integrated with Science and ELA classes.
Here is a link to all resources
Veteran's Day Virtual Room
Veteran's Day Virtual Room
This virtual room provides links to a plethora of resources to honor veterans. Resources include videos, games and websites.
Student Atlas of Nebraska
Student Atlas of Nebraska
The atlas is free to download and print copies are available at ESU4.
It is designed for 4th grade, with lesson plans to guide instruction, however the information could be used K-12.
Elementary Social Studies
Elementary Social Studies
Integration
Integration
Gilder Lehrman
Gilder Lehrman
virtual
in person
Library of Congress
Library of Congress
virtual
In person
https://www.si.edu/Events/detail?trumbaEmbed=eventid%3D165977311%26seotitle%3D2023-National-Education-Summit%26view%3Devent%26-childview%3D%26returnUrl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.si.edu%252Feducators%252Fprofessional-development
National Constitution Center
National Constitution Center
virtual
in person
https://constitutioncenter.org/education/professional-learning-opportunities
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center
virtual
Facing History and Ourselves
Facing History and Ourselves
virtual
National Holocaust Memorial Muesum
National Holocaust Memorial Muesum
virtual
In person
We The People:
We The People:
Center For Civic Educaiton
in person (Jackson Hole, July 23-28, 2023)
contact Lori Broady - lbroady@esu4.net
https://civiced.org/ceas
NCSS - Teaching with Primary Sources
NCSS - Teaching with Primary Sources
in person - Kansas City
C3 - Inquiry Design Model
C3 - Inquiry Design Model
https://www.socialstudies.org/professional-learning/2023-idm-summer-institute
Updates and News
Updates and News
Using Originality Reports in Google Classroom to check for plagarism
Using Originality Reports in Google Classroom to check for plagarism
This series of infographics shows the proportion of people in the U.S. born in their current state, elsewhere in the U.S., and in another country. The charts show nationwide data, state by state, and foreign countries of origin.
Democracy
Democracy
Interactive Map showing the development of democracy throughout history
We The People - Netflix Series
We The People - Netflix Series
Ready to use Chunked Primary Sources
Ready to use Chunked Primary Sources
Controversial Political Issue
Controversial Political Issue
High Quality Social Studies Materials - Report
High Quality Social Studies Materials - Report
https://edpolicy.education.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/FindingsSummary_SocialStudiesKnowledgeMap_FINAL.pdf
County Government DAy
County Government DAy
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Tools for Teaching the War in Afghanistan
Tools for Teaching the War in Afghanistan
With the recent events in Afghanistan, NCSS has opened up its archive of publications to help students understand the history of the war in Afghanistan.
Teaching History in Kindergarten
Teaching History in Kindergarten
Natalie Wexler is one of my favorite authors. You can listen to the article when you are doing something mindless!
Crash Course Black AMerican History
Crash Course Black AMerican History
Videos on African-American History – Clint Smith narrates this series of short videos on African-American history; there are 14 in the series so far, including the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Phillis Wheatley, The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, The Louisiana Rebellion of 1811, and The Rise of Cotton (there will eventually be 50 episodes).
Length of each video - 6-14 minutes
Women in U.s. History
Women in U.s. History
Our Mission
We strive to map Indigenous lands in a way that changes, challenges, and improves the way people see the history of their countries and peoples. We hope to strengthen the spiritual bonds that people have with the land, its people, and its meaning.
We strive to map Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages across the world in a way that goes beyond colonial ways of thinking in order to better represent how Indigenous people want to see themselves.
Civics 101
Civics 101
Nebraska Specific Civics Videos
Designed for Grades 4-8, but could be utilized for high school students as well.
https://nebraskapublicmedia.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/civics-101/
DeepFake - History
DeepFake - History
Nixon
MIT video - https://youtu.be/2rkQn-43ixs
2012 - 2019 Standards
Nebraska Revised Statues 79-724
Nebraska Revised Statute 79-719
Multicultural Education
Nebraska Revised Statute 79-725 Character Education
Nebraska State Board of Education Global Competence Policy Statement
Nebraska State Council for the Social Studies
Nebraska SIT
Standards Implementation Tool
Nebraska Frameworks Guide
4th Grade Social Studies Book - Sample Chapter
4th Grade Social Studies Book - Sample Chapter
Contact Gibbs-Smith Publisher for more information
720-635-0381
World 101
World 101
From the Council of Foreign Relations: a plethora a teaching resources are available for a wide range of global topics that could be used in nearly any Social Studies class.
Page updated
Report abuse