Covid19 H-SS Resources

UCBHSSP curricular materials and virtual learning opportunities.

Curricular Materials

Teacher-designed lessons published in collaboration with UCBHSSP during the Covid19 pandemic. Also, check out our web-based teacher resources and UCB resources for H-SS educators.

Submit Student Work

Have you introduced the Covid19 Journal to your students? Consider submitting student work.

Plagues and Pandemics

Video Lectures

My Covid Year

Ideas for reflecting with studens on the last year.

Covid19 Journal Project

UCBHSSP teacher leader Bryan Shaw drafted this assignment early in the Shelter in Place. It has inspired more than a dozen variations.

Comparing Pandemics - US History

Teacher Leader Lauren Piraro authored this lesson which invites students to explore continuities and changes between Covid19 and the 1918 Flu Pandemic.

Comparing Pandemics - World History

This lesson mirrors the structure of the "Comparing Pandemics - US History" lesson but includes a text from Thucydides about the Plague of Athens.

Pandemics - Then and Now

A culminating assignment authored by Stephanie Keith, a 7th grade teacher in Redwood City.

End of Year Assignment - Policy Recommendations

San Rafael HS government teacher Bobbi Brett developed this assignment, inspired by the Covid19 Journal Project.

Planning and Instruction

Framework and Resources to Support Learning during the Time of Covid

History in a Time of Disruption

Digital Learning Strategies

Created during Crisis Learning

UCBPDP Virtual Learning Series

UCBHSSP is a member of UC Berkeley Professional Development Providers, which offers discipline-specific support to K12 teachers.

Previous Sessions (UCBPDP)

UCBPDP hosted a virtual learning series during Spring 2020, to support teachers in the shift to crisis learning. Use this link to access compiled materials.

CHSSP Network Resources

The member sites of the California History-Social Science Project are collaborating on programs and resources to support students and teachers during crisis learning.

#CHSSPLive

The CHSSP Network is compiling resources from across its sites.