This resource was created by Denise Stevenson, in collaboration with Lynn Bowder, as part of ESU2's Mastering the Arts project. This project is a four year initiative focused on integrating arts into the core curriculum through teacher education and experiential learning.

This inquiry leads students through an investigation of property taxes in Nebraska. It focuses on the history, administration, and use of revenue from the taxes. Relief efforts both past and current will be analyzed with students formulating their own solutions. Resource created by Dan Gossman, Johnson-Brock Public Schools, as part of the Nebraska ESUCC Social Studies Special Projects 2023 - Inquiry Design Model (IDM).

This inquiry leads students through an investigation of the life and the leadership of Qin Shi Huang. He was originally a warlord in Ancient China that worked through conquest to unify China and become their first emperor. Resource created by Jonathan Meyer, Gothenburg Public Schools, as part of the Nebraska ESUCC Social Studies Special Projects 2023 - Inquiry Design Model (IDM).

Did the advent of the railroad positively shape Nebraska? This lesson plan helps students understand the mixed impact of the railroad in Nebraska, encouraging critical thinking about both the positive developments and the challenges that arose.  Resource created by Ann Marie Weber, Omaha Public Schools, as part of the Nebraska ESUCC Social Studies Special Projects 2024 - Inquiry Design Model (IDM).

This resource was created by Nepthys Justo, in collaboration with Dawn DeTurk, Hannah Blomstedt, and Julie Albrecht, as part of ESU2's Integrating the Arts project. This project is a four year initiative focused on integrating arts into the core curriculum through teacher education, practice, and coaching.

This Remote Learning Plan was created by Lonnie Lierman in collaboration with Lori Broady and Andrew Easton as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for 9-12 world history/social studies students. Students will create a Google Slide presentation on the Storming of the Bastille and reveal the role that the sans-culottes played in the early years of the French Revolution. This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: NE Social Studies Standards HS 4.1 (WLD), HS 4.3 (WLD), HS 4.4 (WLD) It is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students 90 minutes to complete. Here is the direct link to the Google Doc:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1S2UHD9fXwRPPwN9Xn4TimVz5t5-JKW26_ozkaY-l8tM/copy?usp=sharing

This Remote Learning Plan was created by Eliza Crim in collaboration with Lori Broady as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for high school American History students. Students will develop a claim addressing the question "What event from the Civil Rights Movement had the biggest impact on the future of the movement?" This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: HS.4.1 (US).It is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students 120 minutes to complete.Here is the direct link to the Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v356vxUVjG52nw_10oLeJZ0A-p_itM6kFis8GBlLS7Q/edit?usp=sharing

This Remote Learning Plan was created by (Aaron Leibel) in collaboration with (Lori Broady) as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for (10th Grade) (Social Studies) students. Students will (Create a law of supply chart for a concession stand item). This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: (NDE Standard)Geography 7.3.3.a Explain the impact of natural processes on human and physical environments.Economics 7.2.5.a Define the government’s role in various economic systems. It is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students (45 minutes) to complete.Here is the direct link to the Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MCc6jnB8hb9NslpjmMpNIy6kMHyGDPKcnWBsnsZYRyQ/edit?usp=sharing

This Remote Learning Plan was created by Eliza Crim in collaboration with Lori Broady as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for high school American History students. Students will create an advertisement from the perspective of a college student in the 1960s that persuades others to join a nonviolent civil resistance event. This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: SS HS.4.2 (US).It is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students 120 minutes to complete.Here is the direct link to the Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-izF9nx5o960gKCFY_3HHsyI4qkMPbmAOOCmUzwOEH0/edit?usp=sharing

Description:  Students will learn about the Indian Ocean Trade Network and its impacts on Eurasia, economically, socially, and politically. This Remote Learning Plan was created by Sara Fjell in collaboration with Lori Broady as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for 9th-12th Grade World History students. Students will learn about the Indian Ocean Trade Network and its impacts on Eurasia, economically, socially, and politically.  This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: SS HS.3.1.b Analyze and explain changes in spatial patterns as a result of the interactions among human and physical processes. SS HS.3.2.a Analyze physical and human processes that shape places and regions. Self-Assessment:I can analyse both the positive and negative impacts of the Indian Ocean trade network and give multiple examples of the ideas, items, and technologies that would be exchanged because of this new connection between regions. 

This Remote Learning Plan was created by (Aaron Leibel) in collaboration with (Lori Broady) as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for (10th Grade) (Social Studies) students. Students will (Create a law of supply chart for a concession stand item). This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: (NDE Standard)2.5.a Summarize the role of competitions, markets, and pricesIt is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students (45 minutes) to complete.

This Remote Learning Plan was created by Ashley Richmond in collaboration with Lori Broady as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for High School American History students. Students will analyze primary sources to determine the arguments for and against joining the League of Nations. This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: SS HS.4.2 (US), SS HS.4.4 (US), SS HS.4.5 (US). It is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students 90 minutes to complete.

This Remote Learning Plan was created by Eliza Crim in collaboration with Lori Broady as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for high school American History students. Students will analyze primary source documents to create an editorial, script, or video demonstrating how McCarthyism and the Red Scare created an atmosphere of paraoia in the US in the 1950s. This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: SS HS.4.4 (US) and SS HS.4.5 (US). It is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students 120 minutes to complete.

This Remote Learning Plan was created by (Aaron Leibel) in collaboration with (Lori Broady) as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for (10th Grade) (Social Studies) students. Students will (Contrast Political Parties). This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: Civics: HS 1.1.g Analyze the roles that political parties have played  in the United StatesHS 1.2.d Investigate an issue and communicate which level of government is most appropriate to utilize in addressing the issue It is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students (approximate number of minutes) to complete. Here is the direct link to the Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KhRTwBFWS0ETUiFDssFFuIjY-gVc5s4pFuIlJH3nxz4/edit?usp=sharing

This Remote Learning Plan was created by Lonnie Lierman in collaboration with Lori Broady and Andrew Easton as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for 9-12 world history/social studies students. Students will create an illustrated timeline focusing on the events leading up to the Reign of Terror.  This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standards: NE Social Studies Standards HS 4.1 (WLD), HS 4.3 (WLD), HS 4.4 (WLD) It is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students 90 minutes to complete. Here is the direct link to the Google Doc:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tAoR3JdJDNIA-_xtqPqFdVJCPS9TdXwVVbTE8zxw5GU/copy?usp=sharing

This Remote Learning Plan was created by Michelle Ulrich in collaboration with Rick Meyer as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for grades K, 1, 2 social studies students. Students will identify and apply being respectful and kind. This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: SS 1.1.1.a Explain how rules reduce and help resolve conflicts between people with different perspectives.It is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students 30 minutes to complete.Here is the direct link to the Google Doc: RESPECT

This Remote Learning Plan was created by Ashley Richmond in collaboration with Lori Broady as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for High School American History students. Students will analyze and determine President Roosevelt's response to Pearl Harbor. This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standards: SS HS.4.4 (US) and SS HS.4.5 (US). It is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students 120 minutes to complete.

This Remote Learning Plan was created by Sara Fjell in collaboration with Lori Broady as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for 9th-12th Grade World History students. Students will (Product description). This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: Evaluate the cause and effect of historical events in the world. For example: How did the rise of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union lead to the Cold War? SS HS.4.1.b (WLD) Select, record, and interpret key global events in chronological order.It is expected to take students for this remote learning plan 1-2 days or 1 block for completion. Remote Learning PlanDescription:  Students will understand the causes and effects of the Cold War on both the United States and the Soviet Union. Self-Assessment:I can explain how tensions after World War II led to a global conflict known as the Cold War. I will be able to explain what led to the start of the Cold War, analyze its impacts around the world, and also what events and people will lead to its en

This Remote Learning Plan was created by Lonnie Lierman in collaboration with Jodi Broady and Andrew Easton as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for 9-12 world history/social studies students. Students will create a visual summary of the lesson while assessing Napoleon's lasting legacies. This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standards: NE Social Studies Standards HS 4.1 (WLD), HS 4.3 (WLD), HS 4.4 (WLD) It is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students 90 minutes to complete. Here is the direct link to the Google Doc:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iALKvyiP5_lehSNF4kkqxPPni2xL393rSaHypj7UnF0/copy?usp=sharing

This Remote Learning Plan was created by Ashley Richmond in collaboration with Lori Broady as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for High School American History students. Students will analyze and comprehend the significance and multiple perspectives during the Vietnam War. This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standards: SS HS.4.2 (US), SS HS.4.4 (US), SS HS.4.5 (US). It is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students 120 minutes to complete.