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OERs - U.S. Government sourced and related resources

A resource guide for organizing and locating government information and other freely available information for open educational resource (OER) use

Education (Curriculum & Instruction)

19th Century Schoolbooks
America's Education Data
America's Founding Documents (NARA)
Center for Studies in Higher Education
Civics for all of us (NARA)
Code.org
Digital Curation Centre
Digital History
DocsTeach (NARA)
Educational Resources for K-12 (Arctic & Antarctic) (NSF)
Educational Resources for K-12 (Astronomy & Space) (NSF)
Educational Resources for K-12 (Biology) (NSF)
Educational Resources for K-12 (Chemistry) (NSF)
Educational Resources for K-12 (Computing, Information Science & Engineering) (NSF)
Educational Resources for K-12 (Engineering) (NSF)
Educational Resources for K-12 (Environmental and Earth Sciences) (NSF)
Educational Resources for K-12 (Materials Science) (NSF)
Educational Resources for K-12 (Mathematics) (NSF)
Educational Resources for K-12 (People & Society) (NSF)
Educational Resources for K-12 (Physics) (NSF)
Education Sources in State Agency Databases (GODORT)
Educator resources (history) (NARA)
Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People
ETS Research Institute - research on testing
Fact Monster
Find a Library (NCES)
History Matters
Library of Congress - Classroom Materials
Library of Congress - Student Discovery Sets
Making the Modern World
National Archives & Records Administration - Educator Resources
includes link to DocsTeach
National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
NOAA Educator toolkits (climate, weather, environment)
Open Data Platform
Public Library Locator
Resources for Educators (Early Learning, Art & Design, Science & Nature, Social Studies & Civics) (Smithsonian)
School Matters
Teaching with Primary Sources
Testing - Documentation - Guidelines for Specific Disabilities
What Tree is it? (OPLIN & Ohio Historical Society)
Identify trees by viewing illustrations of leaves and fruit. Information about each tree also includes photographs depicting leaf and fruit, twig and buds, bark, and size. (text adapted from Ohio State Library portal. Work licensed under Creative Commons 3.0)