Help with the Common Core

This section is to provide a series of websites as tools to help implement Social Studies Common Core lessons within your classroom. This section will start out rather sparse at first and individuals are encouraged to posted additional resources in the comments to share with the community.

Five Strategies to Infuse Common Core State Standards with Social Studies Instruction

https://www.herffjonesnystrom.com/index.cfm?fa=Teachers.12March

The following website provides Common Core aligned lesson plans for History:

http://www.literacyta.com/lesson-plans/history

Achieve the Core: History / Social Studies Lessons

http://achievethecore.org/page/737/history-social-studies-lessons

Improve Your Teaching with Primary Documents and Historical Texts

http://www.gilderlehrman.org/programs-exhibitions/improve-your-teaching-with-primary-documents-and-historical-texts

5 Top Resources for Aligning Your Social Studies Curricula to the Common Core

http://edge.ascd.org/blogpost/5-top-resources-for-aligning-your-social-studies-curricula-to-the-common-core

Stanford History Education Group: Provides lessons plans and modified primary source documents for Social Studies classrooms

http://sheg.stanford.edu/