ORC Resource Types

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: Using this resource teaches will explore with their students how cultural differences among American Indians and Europeans settlers caused disputes and conflicts. Three issues are examined in this lesson....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: Though this instructional resource could be used at all grade levels, it is most valuable to 3-5 grade teachers who are building skills associated with the analysis of primary documents. This resource is written for teachers to provide information that will be useful for the teacher when preparing lesson that involve photograph analysis....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: Many teachers use editorial cartoons to incite thinking from their students. This instructional resource will help teachers optimize the knowledge gained through the analysis of editorial cartoons....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This resource from the History Works project is a tutorial for teachers and students about how to conduct research and interpret deeds. A worksheet is provided to guide students through the interpretation process....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This resource is a tutorial for teachers and students about how to research and interpret history through Art. Art is often used by teachers to explore historic themes and content because art can provide a great deal of information and because it is appealing to student's visual intelligence....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This lesson plan provided by the History Works project involves students in a comparison of the Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. The documents provided may be reviewed online or printed for distribution....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This instructional resource was authored by two Ohio educators and published by the Ohio Council for Social Studies on their website. This lesson plan encourages students to explore cultural exchanges made along the Silk Road....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: Students will analyze the political atmosphere of post-World War II Europe and the U.S. surrounding the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as well as its evolution into its current status....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This lesson compares of the Manchu Dynasty and their isolation from the common people with the access of U.S. citizens to U.S....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: Students will work in groups to create a panel presentation to explain and evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of colonization in a given country. Specific roles will be assigned to each panel member and each panel will then share their findings at a mock conference....