This curricular tool provides content and activities for today’s classroom. While geared toward high schoolers, the lessons, prompts, and activities can fuel critical thinking at different levels and are used by colleges and professors as well. To use The Learning Network, make sure you have activated New York Times account access and are logged in so you can save articles and navigate to all parts of nytimes.com. Register for a free New York Times pass.
Annenberg LearnerBrowse list of K-12 multimedia classroom resources for teaching about a wide range of subjects.
Discovery Education - Lesson Plan LibraryFree lesson plans written by teachers for teachers. Hundreds of original lesson plans for elementary, middle and high school students. Use them as they are or modify them to create your own.
EDSITEment Lesson PlansEDSITEment offers free resources for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality K-12 humanities education materials in the subject areas of history and social studies, literature and language arts, foreign languages, arts, and culture.
LessonPlans.comSearchable directory of lesson plans. Browse by subject, month, or grade level. Teachers can participate in the development of the site by contributing their unique lesson plans.
Scholastic.com - Lesson PlansThousands of free lesson plans, unit plans, discussion guides, and extension activities.
TEDEd LessonsEducational videos on lesson ideas suggested by the TED community.
Lesson Plans for Tennessee Teachers
PBS Learning Media - TennesseeWKNO and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for Tennessee teachers.
Teaching with Primary Sources - MTSUThe Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program at Middle Tennessee State University reaches out to all Tennessee educators: K-12 teachers as well as undergraduate and graduate students in education, faculty and administrators of collegiate departments of education, school and institutional librarians and media specialists, and educators at museums and cultural institutions and heritage organizations. TPS-MTSU serves educators across Tennessee by improving the way primary sources are used to promote critical thinking in the classroom and across the curriculum.
Tennessee Blue Book Lesson PlansThese lesson plans were created by Tennessee teachers from across the state utilizing the Tennessee Blue Book, a great resource for information about state government. These lesson plans link with the current Tennessee social studies curriculum standards using the information provided in the Blue Book to utilize in civics and government classes. The pages of the Blue Book that are needed for each activity are included in each lesson plan as PDFs.
Tennessee State Library & Archives Education OutreachExplore primary sources, lesson plans, and other educational tools designed for social studies teachers and students. Content is organized by both historical eras and Tennessee social studies content standards.
