Information for Prospective Social Studies Teachers

Resources

State Social Studies and History Standards

Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Levels for Social Studies

C3: College, Career and Civic Life Framework

Picturing America

Teaching with Primary Sources: Library of Congress

Teaching with Primary Sources Library of Congress World Digital Library

National Archives Primary Source Analysis Worksheets

Reading Like a Historian: Stanford History Education Group (SHEG)

RetroReport Education videos and lessons

Adapting Primary Sources for ELL Students

Quickwrites as a Tool for Assessing Students' Historical Thinking

Hollywood or History: Using Film in History Classes

Anchorage Museum Art Culture and History Lessons

National History Day
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Curriculum

HS World History: Modern Era

HS Modern US History: Reconstruction to the Present
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HS Alaska Studies

HS Government: MacGruder's American Government

HS Economics

8th Grade American History: Beginnings to 1877

7th Grade World History Survey (Topics 9-17)

6th Grade World History Early Ages (Topics 1-8)

5th Grade SSA! America's Past
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4th Grade SSA! Regions of Our Country

3rd Grade SSA! Our Community and Beyond

2nd Grade SSA! My Community

1st Grade SSA! My School and Family

Kindergarten Social Studies: Me And My World