Social Studies Portal
iCivics
iCivics provides standards-aligned K–5 social studies and civics resources, including inquiry-based lessons, educational games, and engaging videos. The resources help students build knowledge of history, government, geography, citizenship, and critical-thinking skills.
Digital History
A comprehensive collection of historical data on United States history.
Utah Education Network (UEN)
UEN’s Social Studies collection provides educators with lesson plans, primary sources, activities, and multimedia resources covering U.S. history, civics, government, cultural history, and Utah history. Resources are designed to support K–12 social studies instruction and include topics such as civil rights, Native American history, and diverse cultural communities.
MissionUS
Developed for use by middle school students in the classroom and beyond, Mission US is a deeply-researched, award-winning educational media project with proven positive impact on history learning.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
The Internet History Sourcebooks Project provides a large collection of primary historical texts for educational use, covering ancient, medieval, modern history, and global history. It is designed to support history research and classroom learning, particularly for high school and college students.
The American Yawp
The American Yawp is a free, open-source U.S. history textbook covering American history from Indigenous America through the modern era, created collaboratively by historians.
Empowering Histories
Empowering Histories provides free, research-based U.S. History and AP African American Studies resources that encourage students to examine racism, historical injustice, and the contributions of diverse communities. Lessons are organized by AP units and include activities designed to strengthen historical analysis, writing, and critical-thinking skills.
PBS Learning Media
PBS LearningMedia’s Social Studies collection offers free, classroom-ready resources including videos, lesson plans, interactive activities, and other materials covering U.S. history, world history, civics, government, geography, and economics.
Smithsonian
Smithsonian Kids offers engaging educational activities, games, videos, and interactive resources covering science, nature, history, culture, art, space, and more.
Updated August 2026