Educational Resources for Students and Families -assembled by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to address the current crisis
Civics Renewal Network -provides a wide variety of activities and other resources for students K-12
PBS Learning Media -educators resources across the disciplines, including video and lessons
WGBH Distance Learning Center - designed to address the needs of parents, students, and teachers during the current crisis
Wide Open School -remote learning resources from many organizations and Common Sense Media
Digital Public Library of America’s Open Ebooks program provides thousands of free ebooks to Title 1 schools. Readers can immediately download works of the past and present, with no costs, no holds, and no late fees. Titles were selected by DPLA’s Curation Corps of school and youth librarians. Register your school today.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Curricular Resources - lesson plans, documents, photos and other resources
Emerging America - Teaching Civics online: games and activities: supported by Library of Congress; Six different products: Grades 2-12. School and family.
iCivics Remote Learning Toolkit, offers advice for remote/virtual learning, some suggested games, tools for structured research and activities on a range of civics topics
Boston Debate League is leading virtual PD sessions in April and May focused on activities that teachers of all content areas and grade levels can use to engage students more effectively and collaboratively over virtual platforms. E-Mail mike@bostondebate.org to receive the updated schedule of trainings.
Bill of Rights Institute - over 3,000 digitally accessible lessons and activities
The Student Reporting Lab at PBS has created a special unit, “Making Sense of Coronavirus Through Storytelling and Media Making” covering the basics of local community journalism, storytelling, scripting, and video editing.
News Literacy Project - provides tools to address misinformation about the current health crisis as well as free access to Checkology, an online platform to help students develop media literacy skills
National Constitution Center - games
Civics 101 - podcasts on a variety of civics topics
Supplement to the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for History and Social Science
The College Board AP Exam Information / Free Virtual AP Course Review
Facing History and Ourselves - streaming videos on a wide range of topics have always been free to teachers but now also are available to students directly without them needing a password to log in.
Emerging America Accessing Inquiry is a clearinghouse with extensive strategies, tools, curriculum, and professional development for teaching students with disabilities and English Learners.
Educators 4 Social Change provides collections of resources for teachers on teaching about the election and many other key issues.
Educators 4 Social Change Academy is an animated video collection with the mission of providing an accessible interdisciplinary liberal arts education to students of all ages with lesson plans and worksheets with each video.