OER Sources in Social Studies Instruction by

OER Project

jgmcgov2 — 2025-04-08 16:55:09 UTC

This website is a cornucopia of amazing social studies resources. It can be used to find individual texts and activities, entire units, or even complete class curricula.

Zinn Education Project

jgmcgov2 — 2025-04-08 16:57:14 UTC

This organization offers copious free curricula organized thematically, chronologically, or based on modality. The quality of the activities is always impressive and can be employed to effectively augment most social studies units.

Facing History and Ourselves

jgmcgov2 — 2025-04-08 16:59:57 UTC

Facing history and ourselves stores a bevy of thought-provoking activities to amplify any social studies classroom. A particular highlight is the array of small assignments, which can be modified to fit most humanities courses.

Digital Inquiry Group (DIG)

jgmcgov2 — 2025-04-08 17:02:11 UTC

My go-to website for social studies curriculum that pushes students to think as historians and to essentially adopt the role of historian, shedding a passive role and becoming active in the production of knowledge. All the activities push students to stretch their critical thinking muscles.

UShistory.org

jgmcgov2 — 2025-04-08 17:03:09 UTC

Offers an impressive selection of social studies textbooks. This site can be utilized for students conducting research and analyzing tertiary texts.