Lesson Plans/Learning Experiences
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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
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
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.
Teaching Tolerance
TES Teach Lesson Gallery
Unbound ED Full ELA & Math curricula & lesson plans
Workbench lessons integrate with google classroom, many are STEM focused
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
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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Teaching Tolerance
TES Teach Lesson Gallery
Unbound ED Full ELA & Math curricula & lesson plans
Workbench lessons integrate with google classroom, many are STEM focused
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 materialsBill 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. Echos and Reflections Holocaust
Facing History & Ourselves
Gilder Lehman Institute
Herb: Social History for Every Classroom primary documents, classroom activities, and other teaching
materials 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:
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
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 materialsBill 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. Echos and Reflections Holocaust
Facing History & Ourselves
Gilder Lehman Institute
Herb: Social History for Every Classroom primary documents, classroom activities, and other teaching
materials 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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