Classroom resources
Enrich your social studies curriculum with lesson plans that bring history, geography, and cultures to life. These resources offer projects and discussions that connect past and present. Incorporate them to help students understand societal structures and their roles within them.
Browse by lesson focus
Choose the topic or kind of practice you need.
Showing 1–24 of 980 resources
Show filters
A cross-curricular S.T.E.A.M. activity packet inspired by the novel 'A Night Divided', pairing hands-on science/engineering/art projects (mural art, structural design, tunneling, simple machines, rocket building) with the book's historical themes (Berlin Wall, Cold War, Space Race, Keith Haring's art).
Grants passcode access to a set of online, auto-graded US History tasks covering post-Civil War Reconstruction-era topics on a third-party platform (InnovationAssessments.com), rather than delivering standalone downloadable content.
A full movie-study unit for Encanto (2021) covering reading comprehension, character study, themes, and cross-curricular tie-ins (social studies, maths, science, art, music, writing).
Deliver a full online US History unit on America's rise as a global superpower (imperialism, World War I, propaganda), with auto-graded assessments.
Comprehensive novel/picture-book study unit built around the picture book 'Voices from the Oregon Trail' by Kay Winters, teaching comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, historical context, and grammar through 17 sequenced lessons.
A film study for the movie Hidden Figures (2016) building comprehension, critical thinking, historical understanding, STEM awareness, and literacy skills around Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson.
Comprehensive novel/picture-book study unit built around the picture book 'Voices from the Underground Railroad' by Kay Winters, teaching comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, historical context, and grammar through a pre-assessment plus 16 sequenced lessons about two siblings escaping slavery in 1861.
A 30-activity movie-study resource built around Pixar's 'Luca' (2021), teaching reading comprehension, character analysis, SEL themes, and cross-curricular skills (social studies, maths, science, art, Italian vocabulary) for grades 2-8.
Teach middle/high school students about influential African Americans (Part 1 of a 3-part interactive reading-comprehension slide deck series) using biographical informational text.
Teach middle/high school students about influential African Americans (Part 3 of a 3-part interactive reading-comprehension slide deck series) using biographical informational text.
A vocabulary-building lesson helping middle/high school students learn 12 essential election-related terms so they can engage more deeply with the electoral process.
The 28th Amendment Project guides students through creating their own constitutional amendment as an inquiry-based learning activity. Students take on the role of lawmakers and draft a new amendment to address a modern-day issue.
A vocabulary-building lesson helping middle/high school students learn 12 essential election-related terms so they can engage more deeply with the electoral process.
Middle School students often struggle with understanding how to read a table and a line graph, especially in history and social studies worksheets .
Grade 5 social studies teaching resource covering the Aboriginal (First Nations, Inuit, and Metis) heritage of Canada, aligned to Saskatchewan curriculum outcomes.
An interactive social-studies slideshow lesson teaching 9th-grade-level students about influential African Americans through informational reading passages, close reading, and a quick write.
2022 Georgia Senate Runoff Election Resource The 2022 Georgia Senate Runoff Election resource serves as an excellent tool for teaching high school students about this significant event.
A 5-day homeschool/co-op unit study curriculum teaching Alaska's capital, state bird, state flower, state flag, and state animal through videos, readings, worksheets, and interactive-notebook activities.
This resource is a 2022 Midterm Elections Resource Bundle. This bundle is jam-packed with everything students need to learn about and analyze the midterm elections. Topics included: - U.S. House Election - U.S.
A cross-curricular mini-unit teaching students about the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, combining reading, math/graphing, social studies, research, and presentation skills.
A high-school lesson plan and worksheet on how Enlightenment thinkers (John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Baron de Montesquieu, Voltaire, Cesar Beccaria) influenced the American Revolution and the establishment of U.S. government.
A Celebration of Christmas Gr. 4-6 A Celebration of Christmas Gr. 4-6 is a comprehensive teaching resource designed to immerse students in the captivating world of Christmas customs around the globe.
A cross-curricular unit introducing PreK-K students to community helpers/occupations (police officer, firefighter, doctor, mail carrier) through a narrative class field-trip story, paired with follow-up activity pages.
Discover the ancient Aztec, Maya and Inca societies with this expansive teaching kit. Through vivid posters, interactive maps and hands-on projects, core knowledge comes alive on topics like agriculture, architecture, culture and…