TeachHub provides grade band Instructional Resources for K-5, 6-8, 9-12 in all subject areas, including resources for multilingual learners and students with disabilities, Google Classroom, Office 365 and Educational Applications.
The NYC DOE Social Studies team has compiled resources from partner organizations for remote learning in a Google Sheet that will be regularly updated. Click here to access this resource.
These templates can be used to support planning online lessons in Google Classroom. Both contain key elements of an online lesson including the lesson objective, mini lesson, tasks with clear directions, and assessment criteria. Additionally, the templates provide a method for presenting a lesson in a single document which creates a streamlined interface for students.
Lesson Guides and Text Sets created by the NYCDOE in collaboration with NYCDOE SS teachers aligned to NYS Framework and NYC Scope and Sequence.
Lesson materials aligned with the NYS SS Framework for Grades 9 -11. All materials are Google Docs and can be easily integrated into Google Classroom.
Lesson materials aligned with the NYS SS Framework for Grades 11: U.S History.
From the NYCDOE SS Department and Civics team. This link will take you to resources for civics, participatory budgeting, and a guide to elections. Each resource has lessons and activities for students to be able to develop and apply their civic engagement.
Collaboration between the NYCDOE Social Studies Department and the Museum of the City of New York for NYC students learn about and honor the innumerable people, often “hidden” from the traditional historical record, who have shaped and continue to shape our history and identity.
All lessons have students practice their historical thinking, reading, and writing skills . Intro materials contain a “Historical Thinking Chart” that displays the core historical thinking skills, question stems, and can be used to create objectives and student outcomes.
The Checkology virtual classroom is a browser-based platform where middle school and high school students learn how to navigate today’s challenging information landscape by developing news literacy skills. Through its lessons, educators equip their students with tools to evaluate and interpret information and to determine what they can trust, share and act on. Click here to access a form to use Checkology Premium at no cost.
EDSITEment is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Trust for the Humanities. EDSITEment offers free resources for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality K-12 humanities education materials in the subject areas of history and social studies, literature and language arts, foreign languages, arts, and culture.
Google Arts and Culture allows you to take virtual tours of museums and their collections, engage in art activities at home, and explore various works of art in high definition.
As teachers, students, and families deal with school closures, PBS LearningMedia producers and educators have come together to curate a special collection of resources organized by grade and subject area. Find videos, lesson plans, and activities that support learning at home.
NewsELA provides leveled reading for texts that are aligned to standards along with students tasks. It can also be integrated with Google Classrooms
Brain Pop is a resource for finding short videos that can be used for a warm up or mini lesson in order to build background knowledge or introduce a topic before engaging in a task.
The iCivics Remote Learning Toolkit includes iCivics games, Game Odyssey, infographics, and lessons plans.
EduHam at Home was created in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 outbreak that forced school closures throughout the country. It is an extension of the Hamilton Education Program (EduHam), which has served more than 160,000 students across the country since 2016.
DocsTeach is a resource from the National Archives where you can find thousands of primary sources spanning the course of American history. You can access a collection of document-based activities created by the National Archives and teachers from around the world. You can also create your own document-based activity using their online tools.
The New York Times is offering free digital access to high schools across the U.S from April 6 to July 6.