Teacher Education

Provides free and open access to digital collections of written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.

Search over 7.4 million records with 568,100 images, video and sound files, electronic journals and other resources from the Smithsonian's museums, archives & libraries.

Primary materials collected from libraries across the world

Online lesson planning tool for desktop or mobile use.

Digital lesson planning templates and collaboration tool.

AllSides displays the news as it is covered from a breadth of perspectives. That includes different perspectives on the same story, as well as different opinions on the day's top stories. They provide lesson plans for teachers to help teach students media literacy.

Free arts-based lesson plans from the Kennedy Center

Provides models and tools for lesson planning and classroom activities based on universal design for learning principles to create and adapt lessons.

Free classroom resources sorted by grade level

Economic and personal finance-based K-12 classroom resources by the Council for Economic Education

Library of humanities lesson plans by subject, theme and grade level provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities

Mathematics lesson plans by grade level and standards by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Classroom materials by topic and era covering all aspects of American history and life.

Resource library with standards-based educational resources and activities

Lesson plans, online activities, classroom resources, and professional development projects.

Non profit that publishes content for lesson plans and other teacher resources

Resources by grade, theme and content provided by the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Free lesson sharing funded by the American Federation of Teachers

Free, interactive platform that gives access to digital resources and tools to upload, download, adapt and create lesson plans

A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, includes teaching kits, classroom activities, and a recommended resource guide.

Access to curriculum units prepared by Teachers Institute Fellows. Guides to the curriculum units prepared each year consist of synopses written by their authors and contain recommendations of the school courses and grade levels where the units may best apply.