Lesson Plans

Doing Social Studies

Our blog, Doing Social Studies, is up and running. We're excited about the opportunity it provides for generating discussion about what high-quality social studies looks like in the 21st century. KCSS board members and other educators from around the state will share ideas, resources, and materials about how we can all do social studies better.

We'd love for you to be a part of the conversation! Join in by posting ideas and suggestions in the comments.

Lesson Plans

We're starting from scratch and so our lesson plan database is small. But we will be continuing to update this page with lessons from around the web. We're especially interested in posting your lessons! In the next few months, you'll have the chance to upload your best stuff.

Eventually we will have separate pages for each of the core content areas: Civics / Government, Economics, Geography and History.

Geography

Regions of the United States
This lesson plan uses Flickr images and Photostory 3 to help middle school students understand different geographic regions of the United States

US History

Constitutional Issues
Take high school students through a variety of US Constitutional issues (including student rights) using this lesson plan designed for Constitution Day

Kansas Council for the Social Studies

Doing Social Studies

Summer Workshop Lesson Plans