Massachusetts History & Social Science Standards
Select a Massachusetts State Standard to see the related resources.
- Kindergarten: Many Roles in Living, Learning, and Working Together
- Grade 1: Leadership, Cooperation, Unity and Diversity
- Grade 3: Massachusetts, Home to Many Different People
- Grade 5: United States History to the Civil War and the Modern Civil Rights Movement
Curricular Resources
HSS | Kindergarten, Topic 1 - Civics: Classroom Citizenship
Supporting Question: What does it mean to be responsible?
- Lesson Plan: Investigating the March on Washington
- Lesson Plan: Fighting for Equality: Esther Peterson Leads the Way on Equal Pay
- Lesson Plan: Solve the JFK History Mystery: What is this Object?
- Lesson Plan: Young Jack’s Plea for a Raise
- Activity: The President's Seal
- Resource Guide: Historical Literature Resources for Elementary and Middle Grades
- Resource Packet: Picture Book Biographies of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline B. Kennedy
- Resource Packet: Rose Kennedy: Her Life and Legacy
- Virtual Program: John F. Kennedy: Family, Courage, and Service
- Museum Program: Who Was John F. Kennedy?
HSS | Grade 1, Topic 1 - Civics: Communities, Elections, and Leadership
Supporting Question: What does it mean to belong to or lead a group?
- Lesson Plan: "Ask not what your country can do for you"
- Lesson Plan: Ask What You Can Do
- Lesson Plan: Making Your Voice Heard
- Lesson Plan: Race to the Moon
- Lesson Plan: Red States, Blue States: Mapping the Presidential Election
- Lesson Plan: Road to the White House
- Lesson Plan: Televised Debates: Candidates Take a Stand
- Activity: Suffrage Sash
- Activity: Suffrage Sunflower
- Activity: Massachusetts' Suffrage Bluebird
- Activity: Campaign Button
- Activity: Protest Poster
- Virtual Program: Presidential Campaigns and Elections
- Museum Program: Presidential Campaigns and Elections
HSS | Grade 1, Topic 3 - History: Unity and Diversity in the United States
Supporting Question: What does the motto, “Out of Many, One” mean and why is it a good motto of the United States?
- Activity: Popsicle Stick Flag
- Activity: Suffrage Sash
- Activity: Suffrage Sunflower
- Activity: Massachusetts' Suffrage Bluebird
HSS | Grade 3, Topic 1 - Massachusetts Cities and Towns Today and in History
Supporting Question: How can people get involved in government?
- Lesson Plan: "Ask not what your country can do for you"
- Lesson Plan: Ask What You Can Do
- Lesson Plan: Making Your Voice Heard
- Lesson Plan: Road to the White House
- Lesson Plan: Televised Debates: Candidates Take a Stand
- Virtual Program: Civil Rights, Civic Action
- Virtual Program: Presidential Campaigns and Elections
- Museum Program: Presidential Campaigns and Elections
HSS | Grade 5, Topic 3 - Principles of United States Government
Supporting Question: How did the Constitution attempt to balance competing interests, the question of power, and ideas about slavery?
- Lesson Plan: A President’s Day
- Lesson Plan: The President's Pledge
- Resource Packet: The Most Powerful and Precious Right: A Voting Rights Photobook
- Virtual Program: Civil Rights, Civic Action
- Museum Program: Investigating the Civil Rights Movement: The March on Washington
- Museum Program: Singing for Freedom: Music and the Civil Rights Movement
HSS | Grade 5, Topic 5 - Slavery, the Legacy of the Civil War, and the Struggle for Civil Rights for All
Supporting Question: What ideas and events of the 19th century led to the expansion of civil rights in the 20th and 21st centuries?
- Lesson Plan: Addressing Racial Discrimination in Voting
- Lesson Plan: Fighting for Equality: Esther Peterson Leads the Way on Equal Pay
- Lesson Plan: Investigating the March on Washington
- Lesson Plan Investigating Kennedy's Address on Civil Rights
- Lesson Plan: They Had a Dream
- Activity: Suffrage Zine
- Activity: Campaign Button
- Activity: Protest Poster
- Resource Guide: Martin Luther King Jr. - Resources from the Kennedy Library Web Site for Elementary and Middle Grades
- Resource Packet: The Most Powerful and Precious Right: A Voting Rights Photobook
- Interactive Resource: 1963: The Struggle for Civil Rights
- Virtual Program: Civil Rights, Civic Action
- Museum Program: Investigating the Civil Rights Movement: The March on Washington
- Museum Program: Singing for Freedom: Music and the Civil Rights Movement