EyeWitness to History provides teachers and students first-hand accounts of historical events and primary sources.
App Category: Social Studies
Khan Academy
Khan 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. Subjects include math, science, computing, history, art history, economics, and more, including K-14 and test preparation (SAT, Praxis, LSAT) content. The primary focus is on skill mastery to help learners establish strong foundations.
CK-12
CK-12 is an excellent Open Educational Resource (OER) that is free and easy to use. Digital resources include PLIX interactives and simulations, adaptive practices, study guides, and FlexBook digital textbooks. CK-12 FlexBooks are complete online platforms for assembling, authoring, and distributing standards-aligned, interactive, multi-modal educational content.
Allsides
Allsides provides balanced news to readers by identifying media bias and teaching students to be aware that bias exists.
Ignite Creativity in your Chromebook Classroom: 60+ Tools and Lessons to Spark Creativity
Ignite Creativity in your Chromebook Classroom: 60+ Tools and Lessons to Spark Creativity is an interactive book with images, videos, and audio that introduces educators to new ways of teaching and creating through technology.
ISTE’s Learning Keeps Going
A coalition of education organizations led by ISTE has curated free tools, strategies, tips and best practices for teaching online.
EVERFI
EVERFI offers free online courses for grades K-12 on critical skills like social-emotional learning, STEM, health & wellness, financial literacy, career readiness and more. It can be assigned by a teacher and used independently by a student.