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Daily US History Teacher lesson plans, presentations, guides, activities, worksheets, printables, videos & more!

Daily US History Teacher lesson plans, presentations, guides, activities, worksheets, printables, videos & more!

Daily US History Teacher lesson plans, presentations, guides, activities, worksheets, printables, videos & more!

Step by step guide how to make a lesson plan.

This is a great article to take a look at. In this article it has 4 main ways to when furthering and gaining professional development; Engage, Learn, Support and measure.

A fun visual on how teachers are today.

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids on GPO Access provides a basic introduction to the Federal Government. It has age-appropriate Social Studies activities and information that is good for review for grades K-12.

This lists a complete curriculum and pacing guide for 8th grade U.S. History.

History, geography and culture resources of all kinds can be found online. Whether you are a student looking for a way to help you remember the countries of the world, a teacher interested in engaging new lessons that can inspire your class, or a parent wanting to help your child understand important historical eras, you'll find everything you need in the Middle School Social Studies Web guide.

I love this site for an online animal research project! My favorite projects during my K-12 days were animal research projects. This site would be perfect for K-5 kiddos to explore many different animals and discover which one they want to create a research project on.

Example of a District providing teachers with certain textbooks and standards for a middle school social studies class.

This site will lead you to other links that provide information concerning books, activities, lesson plans and other websites that will help in your social studies classroom.

A collection of tools for classroom use.

This link shows the entire curriculum for Hamilton Heights middle school, including social studiers.

In the theme of the month, this fun activity challenges students to write their own creative Scary story. It also falls in line with IDOE Standard 4.W.3.3 in which students are asked to establish an introduction, organize events that unfold naturally, use dialogue and descriptive detail, and employ sensory with sufficient sensory. This activity not only tests their knowledge in this area, it has help steps to guide them!!