Curriculum Resources

Below are resources that might prove valuable to MAT candidates in their first year of teaching. As I have time, I hope to add more and to annotate them.

General

• TED Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing
  • Most modules include a video to watch, questions to answer, and a discussion board.

English Curriculum Resources

• Mississippi Instructional Materials Matter
• Cult of Pedagogy: The Big List of Discussion Strategies
• Read Write Think: Evidence-based Discussion Strategy Guides
• NCTE Strategy Guides
• Grammar – GCF Global

Mathematics Curriculum Resources

• Youcubed – Stanford University
• Mississippi Instructional Materials Matter
• Dan Meyer’s Three-Act Math Tasks

Mississippi Department of Education

• Secondary Education
  • MDE’s secondary ed landing page. See the right hand menu for standards and curriculum resources by subject area.

Physical Education Curriculum Resources

• P.E. Central
• Mr. Gym

Science Curriculum Resources

• Teaching about Evolution & the Nature of Science – National Academies of Science
• BSCS Fieldscope – Inquiry Activities with Data
• BSCS Science Learning Educator Resource Center
• Chemistry Ed Digital Library
• Chemistry Education Resources – American Chemical Society
• Chemistry Now Video Library – National Science Foundation
  • A bit dated now, but still some interesting video resources.
• National Science Teaching Association Resources

Social Studies Curriculum Resources

• Dr. Lamont Maddox’s Social Studies Resources
  • Dr. Maddox has collected a list of social studies curriculum resource links and organized them by subject area.
• Dr. Wayne Journell’s Social Studies Resources
  • Dr. Journell has collected a list of social studies curriculum resource links and organized them by subject area.
• Choices
• C-SPAN Classroom
• Vote Smart
• Tripline
• What Was There
• Native Knowledge 360°
• Cult of Pedagogy: The Big List of Discussion Strategies
• Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government
• Stanford History Education Group – Reading Like a Historian + Beyond the Bubble
• Big History
• Greek Mythology
• Empires by PBS
• DocsTeach – National Archives
• Digital History Reader – U.S. & European History
• Inquiry Charts – C3 Teachers (New York)
• Historical Thinking Matters
• Beyond Words – Historical Photographs
• Geocapabilities

Universal Design for Learning

• UDL Guidelines
• IRIS UDL Training Module