Kelly's Class

This is a list of helpful websites that I have used to find lesson plans, primary sources, fun apps to use in the classroom, and resources for reaching all of my students. I found it very helpful as a student teacher, as did the rest of my cohort when we needed ideas to fall back on. Best suited for Social Studies classes, but many of the websites are interdisciplinary in nature. The list is categorized, and each link is accompanied by a very short summary of what the website is most useful fo

This PowerPoint introduces the very basics of Executive Orders and their significance. I recommend accompanying it with my Executive Order Case Study file for an independent, research based activity that allows students to apply research to the material.

When teaching my students the complexities and dramatics that a Supreme Court nominee must go through, I used recent Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch as an example using this text set including a political cartoon, tweet, an image and news articles. This also includes the comparisons many make between Neil Gorsuch and the late Antonin Scalia, which students can assess for themselves is positive or negative. To make the most of this resource, I would provide background information about the la