10 Excellent Free Social Studies Resources for Teachers and Students

1- National Council for The Social Studies

This is a great website for teachers and students. It provides free resources relating to everything about social studies.

2- World History

World History is a powerful, innovative model curriculum for teaching world history in middle and high schools.

3- PBS Teachers Social Studies

This is a web page that has great links to social studies resources organized into grade-subject categories.

4- Social Studies Theme Units

This is a section provided by Edhelper and which offers great activities and projects all geared towards a better understanding of this subject area.

5- EDSITEment

Explore the  library of humanities lesson plans by subject, theme, and grade level.Find Art and Culture lessons on anthropology, art history, folklore, mythology, religion, and more.

6- Smithsonian Education

Smithsonian offers great resources on Art and culture, history and travel, science. From interactive Idealabs to homework help and many more.

7- Lesson Plans for Social Studies

Dr, Marty Levine has gathered lesson plans and resources from the Internet which social studies teachers will find useful.


8- Outreach World

Outreach World is an online community of educators dedicated to showcasing the achievements of its members and strengthening vital links across the education spectrum, and between the United States and the world.

9- Documentary Websites for Teachers
This is a collection of free websites that provides documentaries on a variety of different topics.

10- Timelines
This is a set of free tools for teachers to create awesome timelines . Check them out .