Common Sense Education has a section titled Ed Tech Ratings & Reviews that hosts teacher reviews and ratings for online games, websites, and apps. The site is free with no registration required.
Free lesson plans for social studies for grades K-8. See my review of Core Knowledge Classic Lesson Plans.
Playlist for 42 Crash Course World History videos, with John Green providing the entertaining narration. The fast-paced videos run about 10 minutes each. Also look for other Crash Course History series: World History 2, European History, US History, and Black History.
free online access to the Federalist Papers and other primary source documents from the founding of the U.S.
annotated historical fiction recommendations arranged by time period, geographical, area, and reading level
Ryan Reeves presents well-done videos for teens and adults on many aspects of history, including many on church history that are good for both Protestants and Catholics.
Website with descriptions and links to a number of primary source-based learning resources as well as huge range of other social studies resources in all media formats
useful article summarizing many areas of the medieval lifestyle: food, clothing, art, architecture, medicine, weapons, games, and entertainment
This site makes primary source documents from U.S. history available and also provides extensive detailed lesson plans for teaching specific topics from U.S. history. Lessons cover only selected topics, so this is supplemental material.
WatchKnowLearn catalogs hundreds of free educational videos "Wiki-style" in both broad and sub-categories so it's easy to search. There are many sub-categories for history plus a separate section for Social Studies.
