MarcoPolo/Illuminations
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/teacher/lesson_plan_content_index.aspx

These standards-based resources include lesson plans, student materials, reviewed web resources, and interactives. Registering is fast and free. Includes EconEdLink, EDSITEment, Illuminations, ReadWriteThink, Science NetLinks, and Xpeditions.

 

PBS
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/

Site offers a drop-down box for age groups and a drop-down box for topics including Civics, Cultural Studies, Economics, Geography, United States History, and World History.

 

American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

For Provides free and open access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. Lesson plans are categorized by a variety of topics including African American History, Government/Law, Native American History, Presidents, and War/Military.

 

Learn NC
http://www.learnnc.org/lessons/

Choosing a particular grade and typing the keyword "history" produces over 400 results. You can further refine your search by using more specific keywords.

http://www.learnnc.org/search/

This link takes you directly to the advanced search option.

 

New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.html

Selecting “Social Studies” and “9-12” produces 973 results. The keyword search can help you further refine your results. Most of the lessons are interdisciplinary. At the end of each lesson, the McREL standards are listed.

 

Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/9-12.html

Provides lesson plans under the categories of Ancient History, Contemporary Studies, Geography, U.S. History, and World History. Some lessons required purchasing a video, but many of the suggested videos can be accessed through Unitedstreaming.