Content Resources for
Digital Learning
General Resources for Instruction & Assessment
A virtual corkboard for collaborating and organizing
A game-based platform that brings engagement and fun to learning
A website where students can participate in video discussion boards with their class
A website for creating simple animated videos
A website for creating infographics and interactive content
Tutorials on a variety of digital tools
R.I.S.E. Resources
Electronic resources for use with blending drills that help students develop automaticity with letter/sound correspondence and fluency in blending sounds in reading; lesson ideas and video examples of how to use the blending board and word work mat
Activities to help students develop familiarity with syllables and morphemes
Lesson templates and sample lessons, along with suggestions for structuring lessons. The lesson templates provided are guides to follow as teachers design their own lessons, using the materials in the instructional activities section
Recommendations for virtual instruction, games, handwriting resources, reading videos, instructional charts and mastery checks from Neuhaus
Free portal of decodable texts for student and teacher use from closed syllables to advanced letter/sound correspondences
Literacy Resources
Text Sources
A free collection of complex text passages for grades 3-12 in all literary and nonfiction
An online resource of reading passages and lesson plans for students of all levels K-12
An online news-as-literacy platform that features high-interest articles and real-time assessments for students in grades 2-12
Morphology
An online tool that creates word matrices that illustrate graphical shorthand for families of interrelated words
An online dictionary that provides the origin and history of words
Membean is a tool that students can use to explore meaning of root and other examples of vocabulary that is generated from each root.
Mathematics Resources
Multiple resources to support digital instruction including
Note the Mathematical Habits of Mind sections on both the Primary Curriculum and Secondary Curriculum pages.
Strategies from Theresa Wills, PhD, includes multiple resources to support digital instruction including:
The Illustrative Mathematics 6-8 and 9-12 OER Curriculum
Has various digital supports including
ready-to-use Kendall Hunt and
Open Up Resources digital lessons in Assessments,
and the IM Community Hub.
Provided by the Kentucky Center for Mathematics including elementary Jamboard templates.
Now has Google Slide Versions of Problems to support digital instruction in using challenging math problems worth solving.
Science Resources
Science Specialists from each cooperative in Arkansas have taken lessons they have written and modified them to be used in a blended classroom with students in face to face and/ or remote learning situations. These lessons are to serve as an example to show what can be done with our support. Reach out to the science specialist in your region for help in developing lessons like these. We are here to support you!
Social Studies Resources
K-4
From the National Archives
Designed to inform students, parents, and educators about the Federal Government, which issues the publications and information products disseminated by the GPO’s Federal Depository Library Program
Developed by Snow and Company and University of South Florida, KidCitizen introduces a new way for young students (K-5) to engage with history through primary sources. In the interactive episodes, children explore civics and government concepts by investigating primary source photographs. They also connect what they find with their daily lives.
Funded by a grant from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources - Midwest Region
A free open resource with primary sources; print and organize resources into a textbook for your course
Civics and Government:
Cultivate a new generation of students for thoughtful and active citizenship. Civic knowledge is a prerequisite for civic participation. Yet for decades, civic education had largely disappeared from school curricula and the repercussions are undeniable. Check out their resources and lesson plans.
Dedicated to promoting an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles and actively engaged in the practice of democracy in the United States and other countries
A consortium of nonpartisan, nonprofit organizations committed to strengthening civic life in the U.S. by increasing the quality of civics education in our nation's schools and by improving accessibility to high-quality, no-cost learning materials. On the Civics Renewal Network site, teachers can find the best resources of these organizations, searchable by subject, grade, resource type, standards, and teaching strategy.
A free membership service for social studies teachers; enhance the teaching of social studies through C-SPAN's primary source programming and websites
Resources about the teaching of Civics and Government
Designed to inform students, parents, and educators about the Federal Government, which issues the publications and information products disseminated by the GPO’s Federal Depository Library Program
Personal Finance and Economics:
Economics and Personal Finance Resources for Grades K-12-https://www.econedlink.org/
An organization that offers the curriculum tools, the pedagogical support, and the community of peers that instruct, inspire, and guide.
A wide variety of resources for educators who teach about economics including a K-12 Scope and Sequence document and a Making Personal Finance Decisions curriculum.
Lesson plans for teaching about economics.
Financial education offerings that empower learners to make safe, smart and informed financial decisions. Our interactive financial literacy class curriculum, scalable platform and in-person resources were designed not just to drive financial literacy, but financial capability.
Geography:
Lesson plans, maps, and reference resources for classroom use.
A unique lens to analyze space, place, and the interconnections between both the human and natural world.
Geography-based resources.
Maps and geographic information systems paired with an inquiry process that allow students to explore.
Geography-based resources and lesson plans.
History
From the National Archives
Promotes the development of critical-thinking and problem-solving skills; research and reading skills; oral and written communication skills; and presentation skills.
The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features a set of primary documents designed for groups of students with a range of reading skills.
Beyond the Bubble unlocks the vast digital archive of the Library of Congress to create History Assessments of Thinking (HATs). Explore over 80 easy-to-use assessments that measure students' historical thinking rather than recall of facts.
Has resources for both U.S. History and World History.
A free, online social studies course that emphasizes skill development as students draw mind-blowing connections between past, present and future. BHP delivers a big picture look at the world, and helps students develop a framework to organize what they’re learning both in and out of school.
Arkansas History
Funded by a grant from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources- Midwest Region:
World Languages Resources
A free website and app for practicing languages
A Spanish-language website from Argentina, similar to PBS Kids, with countless hours of children's shows and related activities
Streaming services (Amazon, Netflix, Disney+, etc.)
Typically allow viewers to change the audio feed and the subtitles to other languages. Students can be encouraged to do this in order to increase their exposure to the language.
Cross-curricular Language Practice
The following tools can be used to practice language skills while also learning how to create computer code:
A website that allows students to create video games and other interactive programs; at the bottom of the page, there is an option to change the language, so that students can create code and activities in the target language.
A website that teaches students to code, and gives lots of hands-on practice; at the bottom of the page, there is a place to change the language of the site
Fine Arts Resources
Music resources
A website that helps improve sight reading skills for all levels and instrumentation
A series of educational videos titled, "Meet the Orchestra," that introduces all the instruments along with the conductor
Theatre resources
An association website that offers an abundance of resources from webinars to lesson plans and much more
Discover the world of Theatre with lesson plans, videos, interactive activities, and more
Visual Art resources
An educational resource that offers video lessons in art and art history for all ages
A variety of resources offered for teachers from lessons, activities, virtual tours, and many collections to explore
Dance resources
Teachers can explore a variety of videos and lesson plans that focus on the history of dance, dance creation, dance as a profession, and much more.
A collection of over two hundred social dance manuals covering dance instruction, history, treatises on etiquette, and more
Library Media Resources
Unified search platform for all 12 ABC-Clio databases including: American Government, American History, Health and Wellness Issues, Pop Culture Universe, the African American Experience, the American Indian Experience, the Latino American Experience, United States Geography, World Geography, World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras, and World History: the Modern Era.
Provides access to cultural reports, statistics, and primary source material for countries across the globe. Includes unique information such as native recipes, interviews, photos and videos.
Learning resource center for school library professionals.