Curriculum Resource Center

The CRC collection contains social studies resources useful for (pre-service and in-service) lesson planning such as links to content standards, textbooks, activity books, award-winning literature for children and young adults, reference sources and multimedia materials. 

CRC Hours 

Circulation Policies

Standards

• Ohio Academic Content Standards
• National Social Studies Standards

Searching for Social Studies Resources

When using the keyword search feature in the University Libraries catalog limit by location - Curriculum Resource Center- to narrow your results to preschool through grade 12 materials. Additional limit features (i.e. availability, format, copyright date) can be applied at the same time as well.

Call Numbers: helpful when looking for activity books,  textbooks and multimedia materials on site.

• Early Childhood- 372.21 / 372.83
• Middle Childhood- 372.83 / 300's / 900's
• Secondary- 300's / 900's 

Sample Searches for PreK- 12 Social Studies

• NCSS materials: Linking Literature with Life, Children's Literature in Social Studies, Curriculum Standards for Social Studies, etc.  
• National Center for History in the Schools units of study
•   History Alive binders
• EPIC [Economic Proficiency Instructional Curriculum] materials
•   Colonial Williamsburg
• Jackdaw packets of primary source documents
• Maps & Globes
•     Social Studies Through Children's Literature- activities with trade books
• Civil War
• Holocaust
• Magazines- Cobblestone, Calliope, Faces, Skipping Stones, Teaching Tolerance
• American Memory from the Library of Congress
• Ellison & Accu/Cut Dies