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Government, Elections, & Civics

General Election Instructional Requirement for Schools Public and non-public schools serving students in grades six through 12 should plan to meet...

2024 Week of the Young Child Series

Week of the Young ChildĀ® (WOYC) is an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) designed...

2023 Future-Focused Indiana Academic Standards Courses

The Future-Focused Indiana Academic Standards courses are designed to be asynchronous learning opportunities for educators that incorporate unpacking...

Getting Started with Kahoot!

Are you ready to gamify learning in your classroom? Discover the impact of engagement with Kahoot! Kahoot! is a free game-based learning...

2023 Social Studies Frameworks

This collection contains the 2023 Social Studies Frameworks for the Indiana Academic Standards. The frameworks linked on this landing page are...

Social Studies Literacy Frameworks

Translating standards into high-quality instruction can be a daunting task. This collection contains the Social Studies Literacy frameworks from the...

Disciplinary Literacy

This collection contains ideas for strengthening vocabulary and fluency instruction in science and social studies classrooms. These methods are...

PBS Kids for Parents

PBS Kids for Parents contains a collection of articles, links, videos, and other resources for parents looking to support children ages 2-8. This...

Kami Collection

View resources in this collection to learn more about Kami, a PDF annotation Google extension. Kami allows for seamless collaboration and transition...

Social Studies Resource Guides

In this collection, find resources from the Indiana Department of Education that support the successful implementation of social studies standards...

Social Studies Resources

This collection contains resources for social studies teachers, including interactive games, current events articles, digital tools, and professional...

Lesson Idea: Social Media Influencer

In this lesson, students will demonstrate their knowledge of person or character covered in your content by role-playing as that individual and...

Lesson Idea: Visual Notetaking

To develop a deeper comprehension of complex nonfiction, informational text, students will interact with the text proficiently and independently in...

Lesson Idea: Living Biographies

This lesson allows students to explore factual information about famous people past and present and gives them a creative option to present their...

Lesson Idea: Artifact Proposal

Students will build context about a historical period by analyzing and comparing primary source artifacts. Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12Subject Area:...

Lesson Idea: Build Your Mt. Rushmore

This lesson challenges students to compare historical figures within a given set of criteria, evaluate who best fits the criteria, and defend their...

Lesson Idea: The Medium and the Message

The purpose of this lesson is to encourage students to consider how different types of media about the same subject enable deeper understanding of a...

Lesson Idea: What If?

The purpose of this lesson is to have students explore how the loss of a particular historical event, scientific discovery, math theorem, or art...

Lesson Idea: You Can Quote Me On That

The purpose of this lesson is to have students learn about an important figure in the content area. This lesson could be used to learn new...

Lesson Idea: Small Talk

In this lesson, students will be challenged to participate in a conversation while embodying the persona of a historical figure, literary figure, or...