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ECC

Elementary Core

A comprehensive, hands-on curriculum, Nystrom Young Citizens is crafted to capture student interest while meeting academic standards and social studies practices.

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SCC

Secondary Core

A custom curriculum to suit classroom needs and meet academic standards, Active Classroom provides all the tools to meet social studies standards for grades 5-12.

Dive into Active Classroom

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Nystrom World

A platform that houses all your favorite Nystrom products, from wall maps to mapping programs, and enhances them with NEW activities and tools. Complete your social studies classroom with Nystrom World. Spark Inquiry with Nystrom World
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Professional Learning

Register for upcoming webinars and watch recordings of our previous webinars, explore our blog, or contact one of our dedicated curriculum specialists. Start Exploring

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Nystrom Young Citizens

Discover: Grade K

This literacy-focused, multimodal curriculum features an online learning platform, dry-erase maps and globes, engaging activities, leveled student readers, auto-graded assessments, and more.

In the text, a diverse cast of characters guide students through units of increasing scope, from family to neighborhood to country to the world.

FOR GRADES
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Nystrom Young Citizens

 Explore: Grade 1

This literacy-focused, multimodal curriculum features a comprehensive student textbook, leveled readers, interactive digital tools, cooperative group activities, and multiple assessment types.

In the text, a diverse cast of characters guide students through units that cover a variety of topics including economics, civics, and geography.

FOR GRADES

1

 
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Nystrom Young Citizens

Connect: Grade 2

This literacy-focused, multimodal curriculum features a comprehensive student textbook, leveled readers, interactive digital tools, cooperative group activities, and multiple assessment types.

In the text, a diverse cast of characters guide students through units of increasing scope, covering topics like history, geography, civics, and economics.

FOR GRADES

K

 
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Nystrom Young Citizens

Inquire: Grade 3

This literacy-focused, multimodal curriculum features a comprehensive student textbook, leveled readers, interactive digital tools, cooperative group activities, and multiple assessment types.

In the text, a diverse cast of characters help students engage with topics in history, geography, civics, and economics.

FOR GRADES

3

 
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Nystrom Young Citizens

 Investigate: Grade 5

In this complete, interactive curriculum, teachers invite students to discover where history happened in order to understand how history happened.

Materials include high-quality wet-erase maps and globes and Our Country’s History atlases designed to help students make connections between people, places, and events using authentic visualizations and context-setting text.

FOR GRADES

5

 
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Active Classroom

U.S. History

Key Series

Freedom: A History of US

Themes & Topics Supplemental Materials
  • Presidents
  • The American Revolution
  • Slavery
  • The Civil War
  • Progressivism
  • The Great Depression
  • Vietnam War
  • Conquering Close Reading  
  • The Inquiry Arc in U.S. History
  • The Historians Apprentice
  • Debating the Documents 
  • History Unfolding
  • Acting History
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Active Classroom

World History

Key Series

The Big Eras of World History

Themes & Topics

  • Early History
  • Rise in Civilization
  • Middle Ages
  • Scientific Revolution
  • Oceanic Exploration
  • World War II
  • Modern World Relations

Supplemental Materials

  • History's Mysteries
  • DBQ Writing Program
  • Common Core Assessments
  • Decision Making in World History
  • Applying Common Core
  • Atlas Of World History

 

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Active Classroom

Psychology

Key Series

Fundamentals of Psychology

  • Cognitive Dissonance
  • Memory
  • Methods of Psychology
  • Observational Learning
  • Physical Development
  • Emotions

Supplemental Materials

  •  Inside Out
  •  Psychology PowerPoints
  •  Understanding Psychology

 

 

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Active Classroom

Sociology

Key Series

Fundamentals of Sociology

  • Class
  • Cultural Variation
  • Economic Systems
  • Gender Inequality
  • Education Disparity
  • Power & Privilege
  • Racial Inequality

 

Supplemental Materials

  • Sociology Activities
  •  The Way We Live
  • Understanding Sociology
  •  American Social Issues
  • Supplemental Materials
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Active Classroom

Geography & Global Studies

Key Series

Physical Gepgraphy

Themes & Topics

  • The Ever-Changing Planet
  • Geographic Regions
  • Human Impact of Natural Environment
  • Landforms
  • Layering the Planet
  • Maps

Supplemental Materials

  • Zombie Based Geography
  • World Atlas
  • What I Eat
  • Atlas of U.S. History
  • Human Geography
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Active Classroom

Government & Civics

Key Series

We the People

 

Themes & Topics

  • Branches of Goverment
  • The Constitution
  • Bill of Rights
  • Citizenship
  • Individual and Constitutional Rights
  • Modern Politics

Supplemental Materials

  • Storypath
  •  Framework for Democracy 
  •  Cases and Controveries in U.S. History
  •  Government Activators
  •  Power Basics
  •  Key Decisions in U.S. History

 

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Active Classroom

Economics & Personal Finance

Key Series

Fundamentals of Economics

 

Themes & Topics

  • Basic Economics
  • Business & Labor
  • Financial Institutions
  • Government and the Economy
  • Globalization

Supplemental Materials

  • The Invisible Hand
  •  Basic Money Management
  •  Personal Finance
  •  High School Economics
  •  Economics at Work 
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Nystrom World

Welcome

Spark inquiry through hands-on, highly visual content anchored in both history and geography.
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The Geographer

  • The Nystrom maps you know compiled into an easy-to-use digital platform
  • Interactive maps available for elementary, secondary, or history classrooms
  • Combine with wall or desk maps to further enrich map skills
  • Layers highlight political features, physical features, cities, and borders
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Nystrom World

The Researcher

  • Launch your atlas digitally
  • New added interactive activities only available on the digital platform
  • Download PDF activities and assessments

 

 
 
 
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Nystrom World

The Explorer

  • Easy to navigate
  • Interactive activities to engage students
  • An added close-reading activity only available digitally
  • Digital Assessents
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Professional Learning

Micro-Credentials

Our credentialed courses give teachers an opportunity to get specialized knowledge and the certificate to match
  • Analyzing Primary Source
  • Literacy Strategies in Social Studies
  • Comparing Primary and Secondary Sources
  • Professional Learning
  • C3 Inquiry Arc
  • Differentiation
  • Active Classroom Expert
 
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Professional Learning

Webinars

Attend our weekly webinars to delve deeply into various social studies topics for your classroom. Explore through some of our past webinars.

 

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Upcoming Webinars

 

Advancing Biliteracy in the Elementary Classroom Through Hands-on Activities
Learn how maps and atlases can support biliteracy and multilingual learning in the elementary classroom with hands-on mapping activities. See examples using Nystrom elementary atlases.
Thu, Feb 6, 2020 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
Register Here

Get the Most Out of Active Classroom: Text-to-speech, Assessment Tools, and More!
In Active Classroom's professional learning sector, we consistently get questions about adding your favorite PowerPoint or reading to your individual lesson plans. Well, it is possible and we are going to show you how, along with other useful resources to maximize your subscription!
Thu, Feb 13, 2020 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
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Using Narrative and Simulation-based Learning to Foster Civil Discourse
It's no secret that students love learning from storytelling and thrive off hands-on learning. Learn how your students can reap the benefits of discussions, critical thinking, and engaging in civil discourse with narrative and simulation-based learning.
Thu, Feb 20, 2020 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
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Pre-teaching Strategies and Activities to Engage ELL Students
As a teacher, how can you help an ELL student make sense of the advanced vocabulary and concepts that come along with academic instruction?
Thu, Feb 27, 2020 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
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Elementary

  • Maps: Primary: ELS
  • Maps: Primary: Readiness
  • Maps: Primary: Outline World Map
  • Maps: Intermediate: Physical
  • Maps: Intermediate: Political
  • Maps: Intermediate: Continents and Oceans Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Wealth of Countries Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Precipitation Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Temperature Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Time Zones Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Land Use Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Population Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Outline World Map
  • U.S. History:1 Native Americans
  • U.S. History:2 Spanish Explorers
  • U.S. History:3 Explorers
  • U.S. History:4 The Great Exchange
  • U.S. History:5 European Settlements
  • U.S. History:6 Thirteen Britishi Colonies
  • U.S. History:7 Slevery In the Americas
  • U.S. History:8 Revolutionary War
  • State Map

Secondary

  • Maps: Intermediate: Physical
  • Maps: Intermediate: Political
  • Maps: Intermediate: Continents and Oceans Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Wealth of Countries Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Precipitation Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Temperature Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Time Zones Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Land Use Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Population Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Outline World Map
  • Maps: Secondary: Land Use Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Population Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Political Relief
  • Maps: Secondary: Land Cover
  • Maps: Secondary: Scupltural Relief
  • Maps: Secondary: Growing Seasons Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Climate Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Tectonic Plates Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Precipitation Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Outline World Map
  • State Map

U.S. History

  • Native Americans
  • Spanish Explorers
  • Explorers
  • The Great Exchange
  • European Settlements
  • Thirteen British Colonies
  • Slavery in the Americas
  • Revolutionary War
  • American Expansion
  • Explorations of the West
  • Trails West
  • War with Mexico
  • Slavery Divides the Nation
  • Slavery and the Economy
  • Union and Confederacy
  • Civil War
  • Conflicts with Indians
  • Railroads Tansform the West
  • Industrial United States
  • Immigrants 1895–1929
  • World War I in Europe
  • Great Depression and Dust Bowl
  • World War II in Europe 1939–1942
  • World War II in the Pacific 1941–1945
  • Great Migration 1940–1970
  • Korean War
  • Cold War
  • Vietnam War
  • Persian Gulf War
  • A Shifting Population
  • Immigrants Sinve 1970

World History

  • New Babylonian Empire
  • Ancient Egypt
  • Chinese Dynasties
  • Ancient India
  • Athens and Sparta
  • Alexander’s Empire
  • Roman Empire
  • Barbarians and the Roman Empire
  • Silk Road and Eurasian Trade
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Charlemagne’s Frankish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire
  • Spread of Islam
  • World of the Crusades
  • China in the Middle Ages
  • Mongol Conquest
  • Rise and Fall of Shogun Japan
  • Exploration
  • Maya, Aztec, and Inca
  • European Exploration and Land Claims
  • African Empires and States
  • Rise of Ottoman Empire
  • Reformation and Counter Reformation
  • European Trading Empires
  • Rise and Fall of Mughal Empires
  • Independence in the Americas
  • Napoleon’s Europe
  • Europe After the Congress of Vienna
  • Africa Under Foreign Rule
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • Cold War
  • World Conflicts Since 1991

Texas

  • Spanish Explorers
  • Western Explorations
  • Trails West
  • War with Mexico
  • Indian Wars
  • Railroads & The West
  • Great Migration
  • population Loss and Growth
  • Native Americans in TX
  • Spanish Settlements
  • Republic of Texas
  • Energy Resources of TX
  • Texas Readiness Map
  • Texas Desk Map
  • Texas State Map