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American Council of Trustees and Alumni
10 things everyone should know about American history, articles and resources to prepare students to be informed and engaged citizens.
American Revolution Institute
Games, videos, classroom collections, traveling trunks, curriculum and lesson plans, and professional development for teachers.
American Veterans Center
A collection of veteran's chronicles, oral histories, documentaries, educational programs, civic events, and a WWII High School Curriculum.
Ashbrook Center
Professional development opportunities: teaching American history resources, core documents curriculum, lesson plans, document library, and Master of Arts programs for teachers.
Bill of Rights Institute
A teacher platform with online resources & curriculum on current events, voting, landmark Supreme Court cases. Also offer teacher councils and professional development.
CommonLit
A digital lesson library and professional development platform for teachers.
ConSource
Constitutional index and crash courses, documents, videos, and lesson plans, Virtual Supreme Court Competition for High School Students, professional development opportunities for teachers.
Constituting America
Contests, music, games, and theatrical debates and forums for teachers to use for interactive classroom activities.
Core Knowledge
A platform where educators can find published educational books, curricula, and lesson materials in language arts, history and geography, music, science and visual arts.
DOCS Teach/National Archives
A teacher-friendly online tool for teaching with America's founding documents, from the National Archives.
EDSITEment!
A National Endowment for the Humanities site with K-12 teacher guides, lesson plans, videos, podcasts, lectures, interactives for the classroom, and film projects.
Gilder Lehrman Institute
Theatrical plays, curricula, essays, lesson plans, videos, study plans, online exhibitions, and teaching resources on all facets of American history and culture.
iCivics
Games, lesson plans, professional development opportunities, tools for teaching controversial topics and a wide curriculum for civic education.
Lincoln’s Cottage
Workshops for educators and collaboration with other historic sites, museums, federal agencies, and nonprofits on or off campus, as well as teacher lesson plans and field-trip opportunities.
Montpelier
Podcasts, programs and seminars for teachers as well as exhibitions, educational resources and field-trip opportunities for K-12.
Mount Vernon
Lesson plans, distance learning videos, online collections with an array of Washington and Mount Vernon artifacts, primary sources, and professional development opportunities for teachers.
Museum of the American Revolution
Teacher lesson plans and guides, professional development workshops, teacher summer institutes, and virtual field trips.
National Archives
Documents, photos and records on America's history, tools for teaching primary sources, Hispanic-Latinx Historical records, professional development opportunities, distance learning sessions.
National Constitution Center
Online exhibitions and tours, interactive Constitution, educational videos, teacher blogs and podcasts, classroom exchanges, interactive games, primary sources archive.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Tuition-free development opportunities and workshops for K-12 educators and higher education faculty to study a variety of humanities topics.
National Geographic
Videos, documentaries and classroom activity ideas for kids.
National History Day
Virtual teacher resources, student contests, links to sites to help students conduct research, primary sources and lesson plans, Understand Sacrifice program, and the Making History Series.
National Humanities Center
Webinars, lesson plans, primary and secondary sources for literature and history teachers.
RealClear American Civics
RealClear’s American Civics web portal gives students, teachers, and citizens-in-the-making a clear understanding of our nation’s founding principles and history.
Teaching American History
Curated resources for teaching American history through online historical exhibitions, lesson plans, document seminars, multi-media and homeschool resources.
The Center for Education Reform
Resources, videos and lesson plans from CER's past in-person programs in Washington, D.C. covering various civics and history topics.
U.S. Capitol
Research project ideas, lesson plans, activity sheets and guides, essays, Capitol tours for Middle and High School students, virtual exhibits and maps, video tours, statue guides and games.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Toolkits and lesson plans, English literacy and civics education resources, curricula and professional development opportunities for teachers.
U.S. Department of Defense
Multimedia storytelling, videos, photos, live events and quizzes.
White House Historical Assn
Important stories of US history through the lens of the White House, live history episodes, virtual tours, and ready-to-use education materials for K-12 instruction.
Women’s Vote Centennial
A unique platform to explore the women’s suffrage story through online exhibits, webinars, historic performers, podcasts and an online library.