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Smithsonian

A wealth of resources and digital tools support inquiry-based learning and active engagement to spark creativity and curiosity. The Smithsonian Learning Lab allows you to create personal collections and individualized educational experiences. The digital Game Center of the Smithsonian Science Education Center offers fun experiences for the young STEM learner. Smithsonian's History Explorer offers hundreds of free, innovative resources for learning about American history.

Stanford History Education Group

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. SHEG’s Reading Like a Historian curriculum and Beyond the Bubble assessments have been downloaded more than 9 million times. SHEG's current work focuses on how young people evaluate online content. SHEG has created a Civic Online Reasoning curriculum to help students develop the skills needed to navigate our current digital landscape.

Newsela

A collection of current event articles that are adapted from vetted news sources like The Washington Post, Scientific American, and the Associated Press. Available in Spanish and English, these digital articles span history, science, and ELA.

Seterra

Seterra offers online geography quizzes. You can also create your own custom quizzes.

Seterra is free to use. Schools affected by COVID-19/coronavirus can get 6 months of Seterra bonus features for free.

Free Seterra Memberships for Schools Affected by CoronavirusMany schools all around the world are closing down due to the coronavirus. We are eager to help them maintain continuity of learning, and offer any teacher in those schools a free level 1 Seterra membership

Crash Course

Crash Course is one of the best ways to educate yourself, your classmates, and your family on YouTube!

From courses like Astronomy to US History and Anatomy & Physiology it's got you covered with an awesome variety of AP high school curriculum topics. With various witty hosts at your service, you won't even notice you're getting smarter.

Digital Public Library of America

American Archive of Public Broadcasting

American Archive of Public Broadcasting is a collaboration between the Library of Congress and WGBH, the purpose of which is to preserve and make accessible significant historical content created by public media.

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