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Lesson/Unit Common Core alignment rubrics & feedback forms from Achieve the Core
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Rubrics & evidence guides for curricular materials

Open Education Resource Sources (OER's)

Openly licensed educational resources as teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others. (DOE Office of Educational Technology).  While you are free to use all the learning experience resources shared on this page, OER's additionally allow users to freely modify and/or republish their content and materials. OER portals also allow users to curate, modify, republish and share content within their platforms, thereby encouraging a truly open exchange of ideas and information in support of equity and innovation in education. ​
K-2 Amazon Inspire
Boundless
CK12  Syncs with Google Classroom. Check out PLIX activities.
Curriki 
Gooru 
Washington State Evaluated OER's
K-20 Learn Vetted lessons from the University of OK created for K-12 Schools
Libre Text Open textbook library
OASIS ​Integrated Search: Searches these OER sources. See advanced search options.
Odell Education
OER Commons ​ 
Open Culture
Open Textbook Library​
The Orange Grove

​All Subject Areas: Learning Experience Sources 

Achieve the Core
Better Lesson   Search lessons by standard, content area or keyword.
Core Knowledge.org
Digital BreakOut Edu & Digital Breakout Edu Sandbox Use a created experience or make your own!

Common Sense Education  Lesson Plans
Curriculum Pathways Interactive standards based resources 
​Edsitement from the National Endowment for the Humanities
  • Lesson Plans Library of humanities lesson plans. Explore by subject, theme and grade level.
  • Student Activities
Edulastic  Assessment platform. Syncs with Google Classroom. 
​Engage NY
Goe-Inquiries
Khan Academy In addition to math, Khan now includes: the Sciences, History, Art History, Economics,             AP Classes & Computer Science. Also, check out their Partner Content.
KQED Learn
Making Curricululm Pop Crowdsourced Ning for pop culture and media infused lessons. Requires account creation.
National Geographic Cross curricular resources organized by: ideas, activities, lessons, units & games.
OK-Go Sandbox
Project Look Sharp  Complete lesson materials with Media Literacy Integration
Read Write Think
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Digital Classroom 
PBL Works Projects               
PBS Learning Media A wealth of resources, including learning platform for personalized instruction
Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder  Focused on current events and world issues in the news today
Share My Lesson 
Summit Learning PBL Units
The New York Times Learning Network Favorite for meaningful & real world learning experiences.  
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           Articles & Questions, Writing Prompts, Quizzes & Crosswords, Multimedia, Contests
Teaching Tolerance
TES Teach Lesson Gallery
Unbound ED Full ELA & Math curricula & lesson plans
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Workbench lessons integrate with google classroom, many are STEM focused
Financial Literacy/Economics Learning
Global Learning Experiences
LGBTQ Learning Experiences
Mental Health Education Resources
Poetry Learning Resources
Writing Prompts
Shakespeare Learning Resources
Sex Education Learning Resources
Vocabulary Acquisition Learning Experiences

Social Studies Learning Experience Sources

Awesome Stories 
America In Class Common Core Aligned US History Lessons from the National Humanities Center
Annenberg Classroom Videos, games, lesson plans, timelines about Constitutional topics and Supreme Court Cases 
Berkeley History Social Science Project

Beyond the Bubble "History Assessments of Thinking" using LOC primary source materials
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Bill of Rights Institute
C3 Teachers Inquiries​
Civics Renewal Network Lesson curation site
The Choices Program  Free & pay for material
Casemaker Primary source challenges
CSPAN Classroom

Digital History Explorations
Docs Teach Primary Source Activities Lesson outlines to use with your chosen primary source set.
  • Special Topics & Tools
Echos and Reflections Holocaust 
Facing History & Ourselves
​Gilder Lehman Institute 
Herb: Social History for Every Classroom primary documents, classroom activities, and other teaching
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from CUNY's American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning 
Hipstory with Mr. Z Hands on, individualized, project based experiences
Historians SC argument prompts with aligned evidence resources
Historical OpEds

History Hub
History Matters
Historical Scene Investigation
The Huntington: 
 Visual Voyages, The Reformation., Decoding the Civil War,  The Rule of Law
ICivics
Investigating US History
IWitness

Ken Burns in the Classroom
Library of Congress:
  • Lesson Plans, 
  • Presentations & Activities,
  • Blog (includes lessons and activities)
  • Themed Resources
  • Primary Source Sets
​OER Project BIG History Project & Wold History Project
KQED News & Civics

Massachusetts Historical Society:  Center for Teaching History

Museum of the City of New York
National Archives Docs Teach
New American History
Newseum Ed Tools
OSU History Teachers Network 
Perspectives for a Diverse America Curriculum from Teaching Tolerance. Must sign in to use.
Smithsonian History Explorer Lessons
Smithsonian: Exploring History through Art

Stanford History Education Group Reading Like a Historian Curriculum. (Requires account creation.)
Storyboard That Digital Storytelling Activities
Teaching History with 100 Objects
Teaching American History.org
TeachingHistory.org  Shares and evaluates lessons from a variety of Social Studies sites.
TeachUSHistory.org
Teaching with Historic Places
Thinkport Primary Source Inquiry Kits
​Understanding Sacrifice: World War II

Who Built America Badges
World History Project

Zinn Education Project Teaching a People's History. Search by resource type, theme & age level     
Zoom In​ Free historical thinking online learning environment
Activism Learning Experiences
Black History Month Resources
Civics Learning Experiences
Civil Discourse Learning Experiences
Criminal Justice Learning Experiences
Geography & Country Learning Resources
Social Justice Learning Experiences

Science Learning Resources

Biointeractive award-winning multimedia resources from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
BioSciEdNet
California Academy of Sciences Environmental Science units, lesson plans, teaching tool kits and more
California Education and the Environment Initiative K-12 Environmental Science Curricular Units
Chem Collective from Carnegie Mellon University

Concord Consortium Science Activities ​
​Encyclopedia of Life Awesome Life Science informational resource also includes lesson plans here
Learn Genetics from the University of Utah
National Science Digital Library
NOVA Labs
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PHET Interactive Simulations
The Physics Classroom
Prep Magic
​Science Friday Awesome source engaging content and lessons
Science Snacks Grades 6-12 ASYEM activities via the Exploratorium
Spongelab

Understanding Science: Berkeley
Citizen Science Projects

Math Learning Experience Sources

Computer Science in Algebra  Algebra classes in a Code setting
Desmos Interactive activities introducing a variety of topics
Expii Solve Word problems related to pop culture
Illustrative Mathematics 
Math Counts Foundation Math problem competition, includes previous problems
Math Forum
Math in the News 
A new math question related to current events every school day.
Mathematics Assessment Project
Mathigon Math learning through narrative
Math Village Mini-lesons with some self-assessment
Open Middle
Radical Math Social Justice Math
Real World Math using Google Earth
Youcubed
Yummy Math 
When Math Happens
Would You Rather Awesome Do Now or when you're finished exercises
Coding & Game Design Learning Experiences

Art & Music Learning Experience Sources

Getty Access Art
Arts Edge
Band Lab
Education Closet Arts Integration
J Paul Getty Museum
KQED Arts
Music Theory.net
SmArt History: Khan Academy Art History
Your Living Textbook Digital Design Lessons

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