Teaching Resources
College of Education Offices & Resources
Katie Brown Memorial Library
The Katie Brown Memorial Library, located outside of the Academic Success Center, contains over 850 titles, with many titles featuring multiple copies. Through this initiative, pre-service teachers have access to a collection of quality, award-winning children’s literature to use during their training.
University Tools & Resources
Library Research Guides
Research guides can help you get started on your research. Browse by subject, course or 'how to' topic.
Teaching Commons
The Teaching Commons is a collaboration between curricular and co-curricular partners across the university offering a range of practical and pedagogical resources which, while targeted towards faculty and staff at DePaul, may prove helpful to any educator.
External Resources Organized by Subject
Assessment Tools
- GRIT Rubric - (For student's self-assessing their process)
Design & Engineering (integrative STEM/STEAM)
Multilevel
- Global Day of Design - Maker Projects and Design Challenges
- Canva for Education
- CheggStudy
- Adobe Education Exchange
Economics and Financial Literacy
- Freakonomics https://freakonomics.com/
- Moving Economics Online https://community.mru.org/
- Federal Reserve Education https://www.federalreserveeducation.org/
- UC Economics Center https://www.federalreserveeducation.org/
- Teaching K-5 Economics https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-business-administration/center-for-economic-education/teacher-resources/k-5/k-5-lessons.php
- What gives a dollar bill its value? https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-gives-a-dollar-bill-its-value-doug-levinson
- Take Charge Today https://www.takechargetoday.arizona.edu/
- Next Gen Personal Finance https://www.ngpf.org/
- EduTopia https://www.edutopia.org/financial-literacy-resources-guide
- Young Entrepreneur Institute https://www.youngentrepreneurinstitute.org/k-12-programs/pitch-challenge-overview/
- Ohio Means Jobs: Career Education https://jobseeker.ohiomeansjobs.monster.com
- TV for Economics http://tvforecon.blogspot.com/
- National Stock Market Game
- Practical Money Skills (Applications) http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/play/peter_pigs_money_counter
- Chegg Study https://www.chegg.com/learn/economics/
English-Language Learners
Language and Literacy - English
Language and Literacy - Spanish
Multilevel
Multi-Subject/General Consolidation of Resources
Multilevel
- Teaching During COVID-19 Facebook Group - Teachers sharing ideas with other teachers https://www.facebook.com/groups/259567351732867/
- SplashCircle Facebook Group - A group for parents and teachers sponsored by Splash Learn https://www.facebook.com/groups/splashcircle
- Khan Academy
- Scholastic Learn at Home- Daily activities broken up into PreK/K, Grades 1 & 2, Grades 3-5, and Grades 6+ https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
- An Expansive Listing of E-learning Companies Offering Free Subscriptions due to School Closing http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/
- School Library Journal's Free Tools for Online Teaching https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=free-resources-tools-for-online-teaching-and-learning-during-school-closures-COVID19-coronavirus
- NextLesson - 50 Free Projects/Activities of varying subjects and age groups. https://www.nextlesson.org/resources/price-free
- INFOOhio - Ohio's PreK-12 Digital Library https://www.infohio.org/
- Project Gutenberg - Free eBooks https://www.gutenberg.org/
- ListenWise - podcast lessons for a variety of subjects https://listenwise.com/#
- Stop Learning Loss https://www.stoplearningloss.org/contents/
- Uof I Learn Away https://learnaway.education.illinois.edu/
Early Childhood Education
- Kohl Children's Museum Home Zone https://www.kohlchildrensmuseum.org/home-zone-steam-childrens-museum-activities-for-home/
Elementary & Middle School
- Wide Open School - free collection of the best online learning experiences for kids curated by the editors at Common Sense Media https://wideopenschool.org/
- Genius Hour Journal (a do-it-from home PPT) https://www.dropbox.com/s/pueorky51xg3n27/Genius%20Hour%20Journal.pptx?dl=0
- Story Time from Space https://storytimefromspace.com/
High School
- CheggStudy https://www.chegg.com/learn
Online Teaching Tools
Project-Based Learning
Elementary & Middle School
- Genius Hour Journal (A do-it-from home PPT)
High School
- Genius Hour Journal (a do-it-from home PPT)
Social Studies
General Multilevel
- CSS Resources for Navigating Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) https://www.socialstudies.org/ncss-covid19-resources
- History for Kids https://www.historyforkids.net/
- iCivics https://www.icivics.org/
- News Literacy Project https://newslit.org/coronavirus/
- Newslea https://newsela.com/
- Core Knowledge https://www.coreknowledge.org/curriculum/download-curriculum/
Geography
- National Geographic https://www.nationalgeographic.org/education/
- Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals http://www.teachsdgs.org/
- Google Earth https://www.google.com/earth/education/
- Maps in K-12 Classes https://publications.newberry.org/k12maps/
- American Geographic Society https://americangeo.org/
- The True Size: Examining Maps App https://www.wired.com/2016/06/handy-applet-will-remind-distorted-maps/
- PBS Global Connections http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/themes/religion/index.html
- iEARN https://iearn.org/
- TakingItGlobal https://www.tigweb.org/
- Newspapers from Around the World http://www.world-newspapers.com/
- Newseum-Front Pages https://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages
- Globalization 101 http://www.globalization101.org/
- Asia for Educators http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/
- GapMinder http://www.gapminder.org/
- World Mapper https://worldmapper.org/
Government and Civics
- iCivics: Videogames https://www.icivics.org/
- Annenberg Classroom https://www.annenbergclassroom.org/
- Pros & Cons of Controversial Issues
- Factcheck.org https://www.factcheck.org/
- C3Teachers.org http://www.c3teachers.org/
- World’s Constitutions https://www.constituteproject.org/
- Center for Civic Education https://www.civiced.org/
- Teacher Vision https://www.teachervision.com/subjects/social-studies-history/us-government
- Ted Talks & Government https://ed.ted.com/series/government-declassified
- PBS NewsHour for Kids https://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/
- Time for Kids https://www.timeforkids.com/
- Teaching Tolerance https://www.tolerance.org/
- News Literacy Project https://newslit.org/
- NYTimes Current Events https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/learning-current-events
- PBS Learning https://ideastream.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/b524a08e-a487-43f3-926a-1a4e87be657a/the-united-nations-lesson-plan-gt
- Popular and Electoral College Data Results, 1789-2008 https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
- The Living Room Candidate http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/
- Newsela https://newsela.com/
- I Side With https://www.isidewith.com/
- Constitutional Rights Foundation https://www.crf-usa.org/curriculum/?fbclid=IwAR1d5K6harqLSrb6Vlbh7H-MDYGtcHhgHG2ZsviRi7ZuIngBn98P3XpZkFQ
History - US and World
- Reading Like a Historian https://sheg.stanford.edu/history-lessons
- C3 Teachers http://www.c3teachers.org/inquiries/
- Smithsonian https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/smithsonians-history-explorer
- Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
- Beyond the Bubble https://sheg.stanford.edu/history-assessments
- Zinn Project https://www.zinnedproject.org/
- US Holocaust Memorial & Museum https://www.ushmm.org/learn
- Constitution Center https://constitutioncenter.org/
- Crash Course History Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse
- Teaching History https://teachinghistory.org/
- Facing History https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/teaching-strategies
- NCSS Lesson Plans & Kids Books https://www.socialstudies.org/publications/notables
- Teaching Tolerance https://www.tolerance.org/
- Black Lives Matter Syllabus http://www.blacklivesmattersyllabus.com/
- History Unerased (LGBTQ+ History) https://unerased.org
- History Channel - This Day in History https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
- NYTimes 1619 Project https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html
- Medieval Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
- U.S. National Archives https://www.archives.gov/education
- Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History https://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection
- National Museum of the American Indian https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360
- Women in World History http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/
- EDSITEment: Nat. Endowment for the Humanities https://edsitement.neh.gov/?fbclid=IwAR2Mc7UIT8Gb94POH08dmH03Q1WG1V3ArR42b_bfAemAsKmZSEAWBwFcYaU
- Teach Rock (US History) https://teachrock.org/lesson/the-journey-to-marriage-equality-in-the-united-states/
- Ohio History Connection https://www.ohiohistory.org
- New American History https://learn.newamericanhistory.org
- History for Kids (Gr. K-5) https://www.historyforkids.net/
- White House Historical Association https://www.whitehousehistory.org/rubenstein-center
Special Education/Inclusivity
- IRIS Modules — cover a lot of wonderful inclusive teaching practices which often include technology and distance learning accommodations (e.g., high leverage practices, FBA/BIP, assistive tech, IEP development)
- eLearning Industry The Use of Technology in Special Education
- Webinar on Online Education and Website Accessibility
- National Center on Disability and Access to Education
- Stop Learning Loss — Special Education Resources
- Teach Town — Exceptional Solutions for Exceptional Students
Visual Arts