Social Studies 3 - 8+

60-Second Civics (Center for Civic Education)

Teachers First Review - Center for Civic Education
60-Second Civics is a daily podcast that provides a quick and convenient way for listeners to learn about our nation’s government, the Constitution, and our history. The podcast explores themes related to civics and government, the constitutional issues behind the headlines, and the people and ideas that formed our nation’s history and government.

Teachers First Review
Empower students to combat misinformation and hone digital citizenship skills. Students are confused about how to evaluate online information. We all are. The COR curriculum provides free lessons and assessments that help you teach students to evaluate online information that affects them, their communities, and the world. Download a single lesson or the full curriculum. Either way, you get classroom-ready materials. Integrate lesson plans into existing curriculum or teach as a separate module.

mp_20190521_seg_21_64.mp3

TeachersFirst Review (Note: While listed on Social Studies, there are inquiries that support standards in ELA, Science, and Mathematics as well.)
GeoInquiries™ are short, standards-based inquiry activities for teaching map-based content found in commonly used textbooks. Each activity is designed using a common inquiry model and can be presented quickly from a single computer and projector or modified for students’ hands-on engagement.
Getting to Know GeoInquiries
Upper Elementary GeoInquiries
GeoInquiries YouTube Channel

TeachersFirst Review - Teacher Resource Area
TeachersFirst Review - Today in History
Education Resources from the Library of Congress - This page provides a launching point for The Teacher Resource Are and Today in History mentioned above along with the following:

TeachersFirst Review - Inquiry-Based learning designed for grades 6-8. Case Maker features twenty pre-made civics challenges from LOC primary source documents that teachers can share with their students, or customize and annotate specifically for your needs.
Making the Case with Primary Resources

TeachersFirst Review of the National Archive's Lesson Plans for Educators
TeachersFirst Review of DOCS TEACH
Educator Resources from the National Archives. The top of this page contains links to resources for At-Home Learning.

TeachersFirst Review of Smithsonian's History Explorer
TeachersFirst Review of Smithsonian Learning Lab
The Smithsonian has created a distance learning page that includes a Learning Lab Getting Started Guide PDF document and video. While there are other resources of interest on this page, the Google Sheet that includes a tab for Tweens and Teens activities is AMAZING. They have tabs for Science, Social Studies, and ELA.

Thinkalong Home Page - Through the Thinkalong™ interactive multimedia format, students can delve into topics that directly affect their lives and communities. Thinkalong™ can be used in traditional or blended classrooms supporting individual, small group, and whole-class learning. There is a quick start guide at the bottom of the home page to get teachers started.