TPS Consortium Members and Resources

Citizen U https://citizen-u.org/lesson-plan/

The goal of Citizen U is to integrate civics throughout the core curriculum in elementary, middle, and high school grades by developing inquiry-based science, math, English-language arts, and social studies lessons with an overarching theme of equality. The lessons are also designed to teach a wide variety of skills necessary for student success, including collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, information literacy, communication, leadership, social responsibility and, of course, civic literacy itself.

Thinkport Education https://www.thinkport.org/tps/

Thinkport has hundreds of standards-aligned resources and is a perfect destination for educators to access high-quality, trusted content that will inspire students and transform learning.  They provide inquiry kits that allow students to select a research topic of interest and evaluate themed primary sources from the Library of Congress.

Primary Source Nexus- Teaching Resource Blog https://primarysourcenexus.org/

This blog provides themed collections of primary resources as well as tips for teaching and learning with primary sources.  Teachers can explore resources based on different topics, and use them to create engaging and integrative lessons.

iCivics DBQuest https://www.icivics.org/products/dbquest

DBQuest introduces students to major questions in civics and history. A Big Question acts as guiding light for deep examination of three selected primary resources. Each document challenges students to dig into the text itself and find the relevant information through document–based supporting questions.