Find free lesson plan resources to assist you in creating 21st century skilled students.

All Subjects

  • Classroom Video On Demand - Created for middle and high schools, this curriculum-focused video subscription provides unlimited access to thousands of videos for ALL departments.
  • WISELearn Resources - Need high-quality materials to use in the classroom? Take a look at WISELearn Resources - with content contributed by Wisconsin educators. 
  • ArtsEdge | Cross-curricular lessons helping you to integrate the arts into a variety of other subject areas.
  • BetterLesson | Free Classroom-ready lessons
  • Common Sense Media For Educators | Resources for teaching in the digital age - recommended by teachers
  • Crash Course - YouTube | Tons of awesome courses in one awesome channel!  Check out the playlists for courses in physics, philosophy, games, economics, U.S. government and politics, astronomy, anatomy & physiology, world history, biology, literature, ecology, chemistry, psychology, and U.S. history, & more.​
  • ​EDSITEment | supplies excellent free lessons on the arts, languages, culture, history and social studies, and literature.​
  • National Geographic | provides free lessons designed in a modular system: activities, lessons, and units. ​
  • PBS Learning Media |  provides interactive lessons in science, social studies, math, and English language arts. Lessons are updated frequently to reflect the real world, current events, and student interest. ​
  • Pinterest | Find creative lesson resources and "pin" them to your board
  • ​Teachers Pay Teachers | Find lessons made by other teachers to fit your classroom needs

Math & Science

  • BioInteractive | Free multimedia tools and lesson plans help kids explore biology through real-world examples.
  • Concord Consortium | Free interactive STEM activities with NGSS connections.
  • Howtosmile | Search over 3,500 of the very best science & math activities on the web.
  • inside mathematics | free resource for educators include problem of the month, common core resources, and performance assessments.
  • NCTM Illuminations | The website includes more than 700 lesson plans, 100 activities for students, and 13 Calculation Nation games, as well as interactive tools for students and instructional support for teachers.
  • ​Phet | free interactive math and science simulations

Current Events

  • DOGOnews | leading source for current events, news and non-fictional content for Common Core ELA, Science and Social Studies. 
  • Student News Daily | build students’ knowledge of current events and strengthen their critical thinking skills.

English & History

  • CommonLit | Free instructional materials to support literacy development for students in grades 3-12.
  • iCivics | Engage students in meaningful civics learning and simulations
  • ReadWorks |  Use  texts, lesson plans, assessments, and supports on this platform to help facilitate instruction 
  • ReadWriteThink | Free high-quality lessons in reading and language arts instruction 
  • The Stanford History Education Group | Engages students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features a set of primary documents based on students' reading levels.
  • Zinn Education Project | free, downloadable history lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and grade level. ​