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.

Many teachers have trouble making social studies interesting because they don't understand or like the subject themselves. There's good news: we all have personal limitations, and they DON'T have to affect our students. On this page, you'll learn how to get students passionate about social studies even when you have limited time, resources, or background information.

Lessons for teachers on social studies and history topics for students of Middle School levels. These are lessons number 1 to 50.

Download FREE middle school grades 6-8 social studies activities, lesson plans, educational worksheets & games today!

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

This link provides the curriculum for 8th grade social studies in the Greensburg school system.

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

This Unit calendar provides a template for educators to plan within a particular learning unit.

The CAST Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Lesson Builder provides educators with models and tools to create and adapt lessons that increase access and participation in the general education curriculum for all students.

Teachers who plan their lessons by the day can make use of this form, which includes space for an outline, list of teaching aids needed and other details. Free to download and print

This easy-to-use weekly lesson plan template is an excel file that can be edited to work with any class schedule. All you have to do is change the "Week" field

This daily lesson plan provides a plan for daily objectives, activities and an assessment tool for planning daily activities on the classroom.

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