The Best Digital Teaching Resources

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High School

History/Civics

Course Content

General

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Crash Course Digital Literacy⁠

offers great videos to help kids as they depend more and more on finding information online.

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Shmoop.com⁠

offers two-week review courses for major AP exams, like APUSH and AP American Government. During the COVID-19 school closures, they are making all of their resources

free to access⁠

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Coursera⁠

created a collection of free online college-level courses that may be useful for students studying for AP tests.

World History

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Big History Project⁠

is a free online social studies curriculum funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates. The program integrates physics, science, social studies, and critical thinking. Students study macro-history from the Big Bang to the age of the anthropocene. The course meets Common Core ELA standards.

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Crash Course World History⁠

is a series of 10-12 minute videos that covers topics from the Agricultural Revolution to globalization. They are fast-paced and engaging way to introduce a new topic. They also have

Crash Course World History 2⁠

video studies of important historical themes like disease, civilization, and capitalism.

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Besthistorysites.net⁠

collected the best online resources for teaching world history and organized them by time period.

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Eyewitness to History⁠

offers a range of primary source accounts (including historic video clips) on different events/topics.

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Internet History Sourcebook Project⁠

via Fordham University is a comprehensive list of websites with resources for nearly every topic in world history. The sources are well-organized, but some of the links are broken or old.

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Ken Burns in the Classroom⁠

is a website with lesson plans, games, and activities to accompany Ken Burns documentaries.

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The US Holocaust Memorial Museum⁠

has a series of high-quality virtual exhibits on various topics.

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Teach Mideast⁠

has collected the best resources for teaching k-12 students about Islam and the Middle East.

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Active History⁠

has some great online simulation games.

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ChronoZoom⁠

is an interactive timeline creator. Teachers and students can create their own layered historical timelines or explore timelines created by other educators.

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Smithsonian Learning Lab⁠

has a massive collection of digital artifacts, videos, and other learning resources.

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Extra Credit History⁠

is a YouTube channel with engaging videos to review a wide range of history topics.

American History

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Crash Course US History⁠

videas are 10 minute introductions to major topics in US history.

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CK-12⁠

has American History flexbooks.

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Native Knowledge 360⁠

via the Smithsonian offers

11 amazing virtual lessons⁠

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the 1619 Project⁠

is a website project sponsored by the New York Times with essays, interactives, and other resources to help students reexamine the legacy of slavery in American History.

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iTunes⁠

has a free "Story of Freedom in the United States" course from Professor Rufus Fears.

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The National Portrait Gallery's⁠

has an online American President's exhibit

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Smithsonian History Explorer⁠

has games, activities, and lesson plans for various topics in American history.

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Teaching American History⁠

has curated a list of resources for teachers moving to digital classrooms.

Human Rights/Current Events

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SIMA Classroom⁠

has classroom ready documentaries about current events and human rights issues. In response to the coronavirus, they are offering teachers a free one year subscription.

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NBC Learn⁠

offers news media geared for students.

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LGBTQ History⁠

has tips and resources for teaching LGBTQ history.

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Teaching Tolerance⁠

offers free lesson plans based on current events and human rights history. They are running social media campaigns and have teacher resources for responding to hate and racism in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Journeys in Film⁠

created movies and lesson plans to teach global citizenship through film.

Economics

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Marginal Revolution University⁠

has a variety of video-based economics classes for free online. They opened a

Facebook support group⁠

for teachers dealing with school closures due to Covid-19.

Civics/Government

During Covid-19 outbreak, iCivics is offering their

AP Government curriculum⁠

for free.

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Modern States⁠

offers free online classes from top universities. Their CLEP US Government class includes content and videos teachers could use in a HS government class.

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Crash Course US Government and Politics⁠

offers 10 minute introductions to the most important topics in HS civics courses.

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The Constitution Center⁠

has seminar videos and lessons about the US government.

Geography

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Google Earth⁠

has voyages where students can explore a historical or geographic topic.

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Nat Geo Map Maker⁠

allows teachers and students to create interactive maps.

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World Geography Games⁠

has a series of games and quizes for geography review.

Teachers can create and assign geography quizzes with either

LizardPoint⁠

Seterra Geography⁠

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