Homeschool Resources
In addition to our Online Research Database, Rocket Language Learning platform, and Homeschooling collection (located upstairs in Clark House), here are some helpful homeschooling websites for grades K-12:
Homeschooling Guidelines
Curriculum Outlines
- New York State Standards and Curriculum
- New York State Common Core Curriculum for Math & English
- New York State Social Studies Framework
- New York State Science Learning Standards
Free online worksheets/testing
- https://www.ck12.org/browse/
- https://www.khanacademy.org/
- https://www.unbounded.org/explore_curriculum
- https://openupresources.org/
Free lesson plans
- OER Commons
- Curriki
- Edsitement (National Endowment for the Humanities)
- ShareMyLesson
Free Multimedia Resources
- Smithsonian Learning Lab Collections
- Smithsonian Open Access
- National Geographic Resource Library
- PBS Learning Media
- ACT Academy
- Big History Project & OER Project
Free Textbooks & Online Books
- Project Gutenberg– public domain ebooks
- Librivox– public domain audiobooks
- Wikibooks– collaboratively written textbooks and other instructional books
- OpenStax– mostly college level, but adding high school textbooks too!
Educational Videos
Bonus… Astronomy!
- Teach Astronomy
- Stellarium interactive planetarium
- Comparative analysis of constellations in different cultures
Please note that the resources listed on this page are not affiliated with the library.