SS Practice #2

Read. Inquire. Write is a process that Structures Routines for Inquiry, Student Talk, and Argument Writing Through a Set of Disciplinary Literacy Tools. This downloadable curriculum creates a process to support middle school students' argument writing through reading of sources and analysis of complex social and historical problems.

The 1619 Project launched in August 2019 with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, including essays and creative works by journalists, historians, and artists. The project illuminates the legacy of slavery in the contemporary United States and highlights the contributions of Black Americans to every aspect of American society. 

This resource from Achieve the Core provides tools to support educators in determining text complexity from both a quantitative and qualitative lens.

Zoom In! is a web-based platform that helps students build literacy and historical thinking skills through inquiry-based “deep dives” into primary and secondary sources. Zoom In’s online learning environment features 18 content-rich U.S. history units that supplement your regular instruction and help you use technology to support students’ mastery of both content and skills required by the standards. 

Resources for teaching social studies using New York Times content are available for teachers at no cost.

Teachers can access a wide range of historical resources and instructional ideas for educators curated by the National Archives. 

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. 

This study drew on observations of 40 secondary English language arts, history, and science lessons to describe variation in opportunities for students to engage in argumentation and possible implications for student engagement and learning.

Learning history means learning how to engage in the process of historical inquiry. Engaging in historical inquiry, in order to develop an understanding of the broad picture of the past, is a cyclical process that begins with the asking of guiding historical questions. The SCIM-C strategy was developed to provide teachers with a tool to help students develop the knowledge and skills necessary to interpret historical primary sources and reconcile various historical accounts, in order to investigate meaningful historical questions.

AllSides exposes people to information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so they can better understand the world — and each other. Their balanced news coverage, media bias ratings, civil dialogue opportunities, and technology platform are available for everyone and can be integrated by schools, nonprofits, media companies, and more. 

By actively investigating the past, rather than passively memorizing ready-made facts or accounts assembled by others, students strengthen their critical reading and writing skills, and improve their ability to handle and retain vital content information.

The Google Arts and Culture site provides resources to help students explore world cultures and history. Some resources include guided tours of historic sites, museums, works of arts, artifacts, and more.

Launched in 2009, the World Digital Library (WDL) was a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, with the support of UNESCO, and contributions from libraries, archives, museums, educational institutions, and international organizations around the world. The WDL sought to preserve and share some of the world’s most important cultural objects, increasing access to cultural treasures and significant historical documents to enable discovery, scholarship, and use.

With this site, users can search America's historic newspaper pages from 1777-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching. 

This collaboration between GBH and the Library of Congress has a long-term vision to preserve and make accessible significant historical content created by public media and to coordinate a national effort to save at-risk public media before its content is lost to posterity.

This grades 6-8 culturally relevant text set is about World War II and the impacts on varied experiences by identity groups, both civilian and soldier. While designed for grades 6-8, you may choose to adapt it for different grade levels.

This sheet provides tips on how to use Google Earth in the classroom. Students can explore the earth, create tours, and share their tours with others.

This guide provides resources aligned to the Michigan Social Studies content standards for elementary. While this is an elementary resource, it represents the potential for future collaborations with Michigan's Indigenous community.

This page includes geography classroom resources curated by National Geographic.

Newsela provides access to current event articles at five reading levels as well as teacher-created text sets on a variety of topics.