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Social Sciences & Programs Team Librarians:
Sylvia Tag
Elizabeth Stephan
Emily Spracklin
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Curated sets of lesson plans, teaching materials, and professional learning resources on topics frequently taught in classrooms
Digital Inquiry Group (Stanford History Education Group) A leading provider of free curriculum in the social studies. (free registration required)
Statistics in Schools (United States Census Data)
Open Educational Resource Commons (OER)
PBS Learning Media For Teachers https://kcts9.pbslearningmedia.org/
Kennedy Center Digital Resources Library
Learning for Justice (Southern Poverty Law Center) https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/lessons
Zinn Education Project: Teaching People’s History https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/
Annenberg Classroom Lesson Plans on the Constitution
Edsitement (National Endowment for the Humanities)
PhET Interactive Simulations https://phet.colorado.edu/en/teaching-resources
Recommended lesson planning sources online that include no-cost materials for students:
https://onlinedegrees.sandiego.edu/educational-resources-for-teachers/
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/education-resources/?nav_click
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/experiential-learning/?nav_click
Smithsonian for Educators https://www.si.edu/educators
Magic School AI (YouTube) Artificial Intelligence tools developed by educators for educators.
Read Write Think! https://www.readwritethink.org/
Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/
ReadWorks (Reading Comprehension, Scarborough’s Reading Rope)