K-12 Social Studies

Free Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers

The Middle East: Cartograms

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World History Tournament of Champions Round 3 Voting

It’s the Sweet 16 of The World History Tournament of Champions. Join us in voting to find out which of these “players” (historical figures) had the greatest impact on World History.

WHTOC – Information Collection Lesson Plans and Schedule Updates

We’re happy to release our “Who Are These People”, our information collection lessons for this years World History Tournament of Champions. Click on the image to visit our Free Social Studies Lesson Plans Page. (Please note, you will be required to have a Free account to download these lesson plans.) We will be modifying the [...]

The Progressive Era . . . What an Era

Our country very rapidly progressed to becoming a world power, but struggled with the harshness of working in sweatshops and poor living conditions, learning to live and work with immigrants from other countries, the rise of industrial cities, and all of the political corruption that threatened the vision of our forefathers. How did we manage?