Teacher Resources | K-12 Curriculum and Instruction
Curriculum & Lesson Plans
- EDSITEment!EDSITEment 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.
- Khan AcademyKhan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. Our math missions guide learners from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps.
- National Geographic Classroom ResourcesBring National Geographic to your classroom through lesson plans, maps, and reference resources.
- PBS LearningMediaThousands of free teaching resources including videos, lesson plans, and games aligned to state and national standards
- ReadWriteThinkLessons, interactives, calendar activities, and more!
- Smithsonian Learning LabTeachers have access to millions of digital resources from across the Smithsonian's museums, research centers, libraries, archives, and more.
E-Books & Audiobooks
- Project GutenbergView and download free e-books to read on your computer or mobile device.
- LibriVoxLibriVox - founded in 2005 - is a community of volunteers from all over the world who record public domain texts: poetry, short stories, whole books, even dramatic works, in many different languages. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain in the USA and available as free downloads on the internet.
Learning Management Systems
- EdmodoEdmodo allows your whole community to learn together from anywhere with all-in-one LMS, communication, collaboration, and Zoom video conferencing tools.
- Google ClassroomGoogle Classroom is a free web service developed by Google for schools that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments. Use Classroom in your school to streamline assignments, boost collaboration, and foster communication.
- MoodleMoodle is a learning platform designed to provide educators, administrators and learners with a single robust, secure and integrated system to create personalised learning environments.
Multimedia
- Creative Commons SearchSearch portal for free content in the public domain or under Creative Common licenses
- Library of Congress - Free to Use and Reuse SetsThis page features items from the Library's digital collections that are free to use and reuse.
- PixabayOver 1.8 million+ high quality stock images and videos
- Smithsonian Open AccessAt Smithsonian Open Access, you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking.
Assessments & Educational Games
- BaamboozleBaamboozle is a game-based learning platform that brings engagement and fun to millions of players every year at school, at work, and at home.
- Kahoot!Kahoot! is a game-based platform used to create, play and share fun learning games.
- SocrativeSocrative is a classroom app used for fun, effective engagement and on-the-fly assessments.
- QuizzizFind and create gamified quizzes, lessons, presentations, and flashcards for students, employees, and everyone else.