Social Studies & Cultural Resources

Best of History Websites

Best of History Web Sites aims to provide quick, convenient, and reliable access to the best history-oriented resources online in a wide range of categories and has been designed to benefit history teachers and their students. With links to over 1,200 history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy, and usefulness, the site also includes links to K-12 history lesson plans, teacher guides, activities, games, quizzes, and more.

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Global Oneness Project

Through our immersive storytelling and curricula, we explore the deeper issues facing humanity. Use our award-winning films, photo essays, and essays to learn about social, cultural, and environmental issues from people and communities worldwide. For grades 3-12, our stories and lessons encourage students to broaden their perspectives and worldviews while fostering inquiry, empathy, resilience, and a sacred relationship to our planet. We aim to bring universal values into the lives of educators and students.

Digital Public Library of AmericaThe Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.

The Museum of the WorldI'm exploring the Museum of the World. See how our history is connected.

Ancient History Encyclopedia

We are a non-profit organization publishing the world's most-read history encyclopedia. Our mission is to engage people with cultural heritage and to improve history education worldwide.

Ken Burns in the Classroom | PBS LearningMediaKen Burns and his collaborators have been creating historical documentary films for more than forty years. Known for a signature style that brings primary source documents, images, and archival video footage to life on screen, these films present the opportunity to pose thought-provoking questions for students, and introduce new ideas, perspectives, and primary sources.

Smithsonian's History Explorer

Smithsonian's History Explorer was developed by the National Museum of American History in partnership with the Verizon Foundation to offer hundreds of free, innovative online resources for teaching and learning American history. History Explorer's resources focus on learning history by "reading" objects for the stories they hold about the nation and its many peoples. Learning activities feature artifacts selected from over 3 million items in the Museum's collections, and draw on the expertise of the Museum's renowned curatorial staff.

Big History Project

Journey through nearly 14 billion years of history in this self-guided, six-hour version of Big History. You'll find every chapter full of great activities to keep you entertained and test your learning. Big History examines our past, explains our present, and imagines our future. It's a story about us.

Actively LearnAn award-winning online curriculum platform that drives equity and engagement through deeper learning.

Social Studies Activities And Lessons | PBS LearningMediaDiscover thousands of social studies activities, lessons, and interactive resources for all grades, all aligned to state and national standards.

Virtual Historical Field Trips

Pergamon - Google Arts & CulturePergamon or Pergamum, also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos, was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Mysia.

Corinium Museum - Google Arts & Culture

Explore the history of the Cotswolds, England, from it's prehistoric landscape to today.

National Museum of African American History and CultureA museum that seeks to understand American history through the lens of the African American experience.

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