Curriculum:
2014 Revised NJ Core Curriculum Social Studies Standards
2020 'New" Social Studies Standards
2020 Social Studies Standards in Curriculum Format           (Contact Hank Bitten for Interactive Spreadsheet version)
NJDOE Social Studies Home
C-3 Framework
NCSS Standards
Human Rights-Holocaust-Genocide NJ Standards
K-4 Framework Questions for NJ Standards
Religious Worlds of New York (Teaching Religion in Public Schools)
Interdisciplinary Resources for Teaching Racial Injustice in US 1 (1600-1900)
Interdisciplinary Resources for Teaching Racial Injustice in US 2 (1900-2021)
Resources for Integrating African American History into US History in Middle School (1600-1875)
Resources for Teaching African History in World History in Middle School (Beginnings to 1500)
Digital Resources for Integrating Latinx Studies into US History
NJCSS Best Practices Curriculum (K-12) (Curriculum Resource for NJ Schools)
Teaching LGBTQ & Disabilities Through U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Organizations:
New Jersey Council for History Education
Organization of American Historians
American Historical Association
American Institute of Economic Research
U.S. Institute of Peace
NCSS
New Jersey Geographic Alliance
New Jersey Historical Society
Middle States Council for the Social Studies
National Endowment for Humanities (Summer Professional Development)
NJ Center for Civic Education
NJ State Historical Commission
Islamic Network Group

​World History
National Center for History in the Schools
Digital World History Curriculum for NJ Middle School Teachers (NJCSS)

Anthropology
AnthroGuide (Database of museums, research, etc.) Just enter criteria for your search
American Anthropology Association

Economics
Marginal Revolution University (George Mason Univ.)
NY Federal Reserve Bank (Research, Also see Data and Outreach)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
American Institute of Economic Research
FRED (Economic Data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
NY Federal Reserve Bank Comic Book Series (Updated and Free)
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Museums & Historical Sites
New York Historical Society
Princeton Battlefield Society
Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Museum Foundation
Historic Cold Spring Village
Newseum (Washington D.C.)
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Paterson Great Falls Historical District
Newark Museum
Museum of the City of New York
National Women's History Museum

Student Resources:
Rho Kappa
SS Chat
Prakhin Int'l Award on Nazi Holocaust & Stalin Repression
Email us if you have a link you think we need to add! 

Resources for new LGBTQ/Disabilities Requirement
Teaching LGBTQ & Disabilities Through U.S. Supreme Court
Center for Disease Control
American Psychology Association
The Impact of Cyberbullying on LGBTQ Youth
UCLA History & Geography Project
PBS Digital Resources
Facing History & Ourselves
Stonewall Riots (Stanford History Group)
National Archives Discovering LGBT History (Documents & Images)
America's LGBT Economy
LGBT in World History
Columbia University (Resource for World History)
Scholastic (K-8 resources)
Library of Congress (K-12 resources) 
UN Report on Discriminatory Laws and Practices (2011)
World Economic Forum Report on LGBT
Demographics of LGBT Population in U.S.A.
National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
Notable Persons with Disabilities
Garden State Equality
Map of LGBT Countries (2019)
Civil War injuries and disabilities
Civil War disabilities
Developmental Disabilities in the 19th Century
Helen Keller
Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Dix: Redefining Mental Health Care
Origins of Gay Conversion Therapy in 19th Century America (History.com)
History of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Social Movements (APA)


Resources for Teaching Financial Literacy in Middle Schools
W!SE (Working in Support of Education)
NJ Council for Economic Education
Junior Achievement of New Jersey
NJ Learning Outcomes for Financial Literacy 6-8
NJ Learning Outcomes for Financial Literacy K-12
NJ Financial Literacy Mandate for Middle Schools in Sept. 2019
Guidelines for Curriculum Integration

Resources for Standard 6.3 - Climate Issues
Climate Central  (Videos, Research)
NJ Scientific Report on Climate Change 2020
Google Drive Curriculum Resources on Interdisciplinary Climate Education
Center for Ecological Living & Learning
The Impact of Climate Change on Human Health
National Geographic Mapmaker Interactive (National Geographic)
The Importance of Teaching NJ Standard 6.3 on Climate
NOAA
The Urgency of Climate Change in New Jersey (NJCSS)
Interdisciplinary Resources for Teaching NJ Standard 6.3
The Top Ten Sustainable Companies in the World (WSJ)
Climate Change Interdisciplinary Grid (SS, Science, Visual Arts)
Standard 6.3 NJ Climate Curriculum with Resources
Regional Impacts of Climate Change on Public Health (2020)
Time Lapse Video of Melting of Arctic Ocean Glacier (1975-2020)
Time Lapse Video of Earth’s Temperature Changes (1880-2016)
Climate Opinion Maps 2020 (Yale University)

Teacher Resources:
Gilder Lehrman: Learn about becoming an Affiliate School and Summer Teacher Seminars
Gilder Lehrman Digital Collection (American History)
The Choices Program (Brown University)
TED Talks (2,400 videos)
IEEE Reach (the IEEE History Center)
American Revolution Museum (Philadelphia)
The Franklin Institute (Philadelphia) (Terracotta Warriors Exhibit)
Stanford History Education Group (Sam Wineburg)
New Jersey Association for Middle Level Education (NJAMLE)
Britannica Launch Packs (Limited Free Access/Account Access)
New Jersey Studies Interdisciplinary Journal (NJ Historical Commission)
Students Taking Action Together (Inquiry & Debate Strategies, Rutgers)
Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility (Current Issues)
Teaching with Primary Sources (Waynesburg University)
​Facing History and Ourselves
Zachary Taylor website   (blog)
The Uyghur Project

Historical Documents
Avalon Project (Yale University - World History Documents)
Avalon Project (Yale University - World History 20th Century Documents)
The Library of Congress Primary and Secondary Sources
Teaching History (National History Education Clearing House)
Rutgers Oral History Archives
The American Presidency Project
Archive of Early American Images -1492-1850 (Brown University)
50 Core Documents in American History (Ashbrook Center)
American Rhetoric (Video of Historical Speeches from FDR to Present)
Famous Trials in world and American History (New!)

Historical Maps
Historical Maps of New Jersey (Rutgers University)
Digital Maps - political, world, states, etc. (Univ. of Virginia)
Atlas of Historical Geography (Univ. of Richmond)

New Jersey History
NJ History Lessons K-12
The Elmwood Cemetery Civil War Historical Walking Tour(New Brunswick area)

African American/Black History
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Museum
Civil War Photographs
Ford's Theatre
Civil Rights Museum (Memphis)
International Civil Rights Center and Museum (Greensboro)
Jackie Robinson Foundation (Timeline)
The History Makers (Oral History Project of Contemporary Black American Leaders)
African American History in New Jersey (by Giles Wright) 
Employment of Black Americans in Essex County (NJ) Retail Stores in 1950s
1619 Project Curriculum
The Origins and Nature of New World Slavery (Digital history)
​Interdisciplinary Resources for Teaching Racial Injustice in US 1 (1600-1900)
Interdisciplinary Resources for Teaching Racial Injustice in US 2 (1900-2021)
The Georgetown Slavery Archive (Maryland Freedom Suits)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln O Say Can You See Project
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (Theodore Weld, 1850)
American Slavery as it is: Testimony of a thousand Witnesses 
NJ African American History Curriculum Guide (2003)

U.S. Constitution/Civics
Educating for Democracy Roadmap (39 pp)
Educating for Democracy Report: Excellence in History & Civics 
Founders Online (50,000 documents from Washington to Madison)
National Constitution Center
Dirksen Editorial Cartoon Collection (1950-1970)
Landmark Supreme Court Cases (Street Law)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
National Literacy Project (K-6 Civics Lessons)
100th Anniversary Women's Right to Vote (2020)
Directory of NJ State Legislators
iCivics
NJ State Bar Association
NJ State Bar Association-The Informed Citizen Blog (Primary Elections)
Three Branches of Government (Maryville Univ. St. Louis, MO)
The Judicial Branch (Student Recommended Resource)

Ratification of the 19th Amendment
Suffrage History Resources (NJ Historical Commission, NJ Women Vote 2020)
Woman Suffrage & the Great War Curriculum Guide
Casting Their Vote: Women Suffrage in NJ (Middlesex County Hist. Comm)
The 19th Amendment  (NARA website)
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony (PBS)
Suffrage History 
Treasures of Congress (The exhibit is from the National Archives)
Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921   (This Library of Congress American Memory Project)
Votes for Women: The Struggle for Women's Suffrage   (This Library of Congress website includes portraits of individuals; cartoons and photographs)
Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment   (National Archives)
Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party   (Library of Congress)
The Women's Rights Movement, 1848—1920   (A historical essay from the History, Art & Archives division of the United States House of Representatives)
NJ Documents Relating to the Women's Suffrage Movement
NY Times Digital History on the 19th Amendment
Women's Suffrage in the Progress Era: Classroom Materials
Susan B. Anthony House (Rochester, NY)
Frances Willard House and Museum (Evanston, Il)
Herstory: Women in American History (NHD Resource)
Reclaiming Lost Ground by Margaret Crocco (Contact NJCSS to reproduce)
Reclaiming Lost Ground (Curriculum Resource)
Essays on Woman's Suffrage Movement (National Park Service)
New Jersey State Library Resources on Woman's Suffrage in NJ
Education & Agitation: The Women's Suffrage Movement in NJ  (Thesis by Delight Dodyk. Use Control F to search document)
Women Suffrage Trail Book of Historic Places to Visit in NJ

Resources for the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution in 2026
Princeton Battlefield Society
Museum of the American Revolution
​Old Barracks Museum in Trenton, NJ
Revolutionary War sites in New Jersey
​Crossroads of the American Revolution
Library of Congress Resources on the American Revolution
Monmouth County Historical Association Resources
Resources from Teaching American History
Primary Source Websites from Stetson Univ. on the American Revolution