• Professional Resources for History/Social Science


    Content Specific Professional Resources for History/Social Science

    • California History-Social Science Project.  CHSSP is one of nine California Subject Matter Projects that provide high quality professional development for educators at the pre-kindergarten through post-secondary levels.
    • A collection of Voter Education Resources: Compiled from Various Educational Organizations by the Los Angeles County Office of Education
    • Teaching Visual Arts in Connection with History/Social Studies: This presentation provides a grade by grade break down of how to incorp
    • Stanford History Education Group (SHEG).  SHEG specializes in the 'Think Like a Historian curriculum' including multiple Document Based Question resource
    • Facing History and Ourselves. Facing History and Ourselves provides educational materials to support civic responsibility, tolerance, and social action for young people.
    • California Museum.  The California Museum — provides interactive and innovative experiences focused on individual history makers
    • Teaching Tolerance.    It provides free resources to educators—teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners—who work with children from kindergarten through high school. Educators use our materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants.
    • The 1619 Project. The 1619 Project is a major initiative by The New York Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are. 

     

  • Contact

    Wickner

    Dana Wickner
    Program Manager, History/Social Science and Civic Engagement
    (510) 670-7694
    dwickner@acoe.org