Social Studies Standards and Resources

Related Resources

Resources for teaching about the Holocaust

A new workshop is available focusing on lessons, stories and songs from Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel’s classroom. Cantor Deborah Katchko-Gray shares lessons of action, remembrance, and hope given from her former teacher’s experiences during the Holocaust. Katchko-Gray shares rare recordings of Elie Wiesel singing songs of childhood that will be interspersed with lessons from the extraordinary human being who witnessed the worst of humanity and won a Nobel Peace Prize for his commitment to peace and “speaking truth to power.” If you are interested in having Cantor Deborah Katchko-Gray at you school, please contact her at cantordebbie@gmail.com "

Additional Resources for Teaching Puerto Rican History

Aqui Me Quedo
Puerto Ricans in Connecticut
Los Puertorriqueños en Connecticut

Book Cover 'Aqui Me Quedo, Puerto Ricans in Connecticut, Los Puertorriqueños en Connecticut'

Ruth Glasser

Aqui Me Quedo
Puerto Ricans in Connecticut
Interdisciplinary Teacher's Guide

Book Cover 'Aqui Me Quedo, Puerto Ricans in Connecticut, Interdisciplinary Teacher's Guide'

Cover art by Samuel Lind, Estudio de Arte, Loiza, Puerto Rico, used with permission of the author.

For information about these publications, contact:

Ruth Glasser, Ph.D. at rglasser@erols.com

The Mattatuck Museum at (203) 753-0381

The Connecticut Humanities Council, Lisa Comstock-Parron, at (860) 658-2260

Contemporary Mexican and Puerto Rican Immigration

Complete curriculum that can be used in both Social Studies and Spanish classes. Includes notes, bibliographies, and nine lessons for use in middle and high school classrooms. Supported by the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.

Social Studies: The Irish

The Irish: The Great Hunger and Irish Immigration to America, Teacher Resource Guide (76 pp.)

Book Cover 'The Irish: The Great Hunger and Irish Immigration to America, Teacher Resource Guide'

Individual Sections

  • Covers, Intro & Section 1 (22 pp.) [PDF]
    This Is Who We Are, Section One: Ireland's First 2,000 years, Instructional Activities
  • Sections 2 & 3 (22 pp.) [PDF] Section Two: Ireland: 1500-1799, Instructional Activities, Section Three: Ireland: 1800-1845, Instructional Activities, Section Four: The Great Hunger: 1845-1850
  • Sections 4-6 (32 pp.) [PDF]
    Section Four: The Great Hunger: 1845-1850 continued, Instructional Activities, Section Five: New World Challenges, Instructional Activities, Section Six: The Irish in America, Instructional Activities, Teacher Resources, Books and Journals, Internet Resources, Connecticut Resources