All documents related to how Portland Public Schools organizes and teaches their Social Studies classes. Good for referring to for planning your own units and lesson plans.
Ready to use primary source documents, lesson plans, activities and worksheets for all grade levels organized by era and topic. Also offers state regional lessons, and how to teach primary source documents as well.
"A video library for K-12 teachers; 29 half-hour and 3 one-hour video programs, library guide, and Web site" Teacher resources and development across curriculum.
Free community for American history educators that provides lesson plans, resources and activities to use in all classrooms, as well as opportunities for educator workshops and conferences for PD.
Lesson Plans for all grade levels pertaining to George Washington in free PDFs, videos, activities. Educators can attend a summer PD at Mount Vernon, and plan field trips here as well.
An professional American history organization that you can become a member of for free. 60,000 PRIMARY SOURCES! Amazing, organized by era with VAST teaching resources. Top-notch educator resources.
School or school district log in required to gain access to various maps (political, physical, interactive, current, historical) for all grade levels, as well as lesson plans
Professional organization with a mission to education all populations about the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Founding Fathers, etc. Info about organizations to join, upcoming events, and teaching these topics.
Website that compliments the book, The Together Teacher, which highlights practical strategies and lifestyle habits that make a educator 10x more effective in their practice.
Wiki page with free, downloadable lesson plans, resources, activities, assessments and projects. It contains Revolutionary Era to the Civil Rights Era topics and periods
Teacher's year long U.S. History questions with his different classes brainstorms, outlines, and an end of year project directly aligned to the year-long questions.