City of Ali is a documentary with educational lesson plans (available on both City of Ali website and PBS Learning Media).
The ability to effectively search for, evaluate, and verify social and political information online is a skill all students need. The ability to evaluate online content has become a prerequisite for thoughtful democratic participation.
Kentucky's 2021 Teacher of the Year shares his resources. (K-5)
Infoplease provides authoritative answers to questions using statistics, facts, and historical records. While geared to middle school and up, elementary students can also find easy-to-understand facts.
(Students age 9-13 may prefer Fact Monster.)
The Stanford History Education Group is an award-winning research and development group that comprises Stanford faculty, staff, graduate students, post-docs, and visiting scholars. SHEG seeks to improve education by conducting research, working with school districts, and reaching directly into classrooms with free materials for teachers and students.