Social Studies: Grades 3-5

Below are interactive, tech-enhanced online resources to help students practice the skills they will need for next generation assessments.

If you know of other appropriate resources, please submit them through our form here. Submissions will be reviewed and added to the collection.

Sample Assessment Items

Ohio Sample Assessment Items
  • Link - Ohio Training Test for Science and Social Studies
  • Link - Ohio Sample Assessment Items
Other Sample Assessment Items
  • Link - Edcite - Use, copy, or modify thousands of user-created next generation assessment items, or create your own. Includes support for technology-enhanced question types including ELA passage highlighting, dynamic Math graphs, image labeling, and many more.

Resources by Topic and Tool

Content Area Reading Comprehension
  • Link - Newsela - Daily nonfiction news articles, each available at multiple lexile levels, with associated Common Core aligned quizzes. Teachers can also assign and track student articles.
Simulations
  • Link - Lemonade Stand Simulation - Requires Java
  • Link - Jamestown Online Adventure Simulation - Requires Flash

General Interactive Resource Sites
  • Link - Annenberg Learner Interactives