social studies, History, & Geography

Texts (and videos!) for ELA, Science, and Social Studies with scaffolds and higher-order questions - Contains PD for teachers.

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All content is now free for registered educators

Bamboo works with Amazon's Alexa to do free, voice-based activities around math, music, social studies, and stories. If you register on Bamboo Grove, it can track your child's progress and give rewards.

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Free service.

BrainPop offers in-depth learning on topics across the curriculum for upper elementary and middle school students. Each topic includes videos, quizzes, related reading, and even coding activities. Teachers have access to planning and tracking resources too. They also offer BrainPop Jr., specially designed for younger kids.

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BrainPOP is here to help you and your curious learners stay informed and on-track with free access during school closures.

BrainPop offers in-depth learning on topics across the curriculum for upper elementary and middle school students. Each topic includes videos, quizzes, related reading, and even coding activities. Teachers have access to planning and tracking resources too. They also offer BrainPop Jr., specially designed for younger kids.

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BrainPOP is here to help you and your curious learners stay informed and on-track with free access during school closures.

This collection of online learning resources covers pretty much every topic. Lessons include reading, activities, videos, and more to engage students. They also have free online textbooks.

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This collection of online learning resources covers pretty much every topic. Lessons include reading, activities, videos, and more to engage students. They also have free online textbooks.

ClassHook offers quality media clips on every conceivable topic. Pre-curated playlists make it easier to find what you need for the subject at hand.

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Basic access is always free. Schools closed due to COVID-19/coronavirus can also get free access to ClassHook Premium

Curriki provides teacher-vetted, open-resource lesson plans and materials on a wide array of subjects. It’s a good place to find online learning resources for students to use at home.

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Curriki is always free to use.

Discovery Education provides online textbooks, multimedia content, and professional development support for virtual classrooms and teachers.

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Not at this time.

Educational Hip Hop: lessons for Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Life Skills, Vocabulary, Current Events.

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Schools closed due to virus get 60 day free access.

Find more than 7,000 videos in 13 subject areas to share with your students. Teachers can set up playlists for their students too.

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HippoCampus is always free to use.

Watch a video on a subject, then use the teacher guide for discussion, take a quiz, or use the other online learning resources provided.

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Free for students and teachers.

This library of science and social studies articles allows differentiation by reading level, so you can use these articles for various age and skill levels.

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None at this time.

Choose from a wide range of prepared interactive lessons for all grade levels, or create your own if you can’t find what you need. Assess students on the spot and get real-time feedback from them too.

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Schools closed due to the outbreak can request free access to Nearpod.

Authentic news content turned into learning materials that are classroom-ready.

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Whether your school is teaching through a closure or building plans to prepare, we’re here to help you ensure that learning doesn’t stop. They're offering free access to Newsela’s entire product suite for the rest of the 2019/2020 school year.

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Newsela has put together content for teachers to prepare for distance learning.

Comprehensive list of over 150+ educationally related material on Netflix categorized by subject/topic.

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Requires subscription.

This site uses curated PBS videos along with lesson plans, interactive materials, and more to cover lots of subjects in an engaging fashion.

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PBS Learning Media is always free for teachers.

PebbleGo offers safe, interactive online research resources on topics selected by their teachers for students K-3.

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None at this time.

Rozzy Learning has engaging lesson plans and other resources for science, social studies, math, and STEM for K-8th grade.

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Free lessons for teachers during school closures. A specific list of lessons have been designated for virtual learning.

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

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

Each lesson comes with questions on the right side.

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To support the millions of students, parents and teachers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, TED-Ed is working with expert educators and TED speakers throughout the world to create and share high-quality, interactive, video-based lessons on a daily basis, for free.

They specialize in K-8 social studies, life science, geography, and ancient civilization curriculum content. Their website has online learning videos and quizzes along with a list of the national and state Standards that the videos align with.

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Teachers can send an email through the Contact Us form on the website (or email info@virtualfieldtrips.net) to request access. They are currently offering 60-day memberships and will extend if necessary.

This site was built in a matter of days on a shared vision. We plan to keep building until things get back to normal. A group of more than 25 organizations came together and raised their hands to help, and many more are joining on a daily basis. Watch for new features and content partners frequently.

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Wide Open School is a free collection of the best online learning experiences for kids curated by the editors at Common Sense. There is so much good happening, and we are here to gather great stuff and organize it so teachers and families can easily find it and plan each day.