Social sciences explore human behavior, societies, and how people interact with the world. From psychology and sociology to anthropology and political science, these subjects help students think critically about society. Explore our collection of free resources, activities, and lesson plans to enrich your homeschool studies!
Anthropology
Anth101 – anthropology course with challenge made for groups but we did it alone.. Yup we actually used this one. Includes free online textbook
Coursera Anth Courses – listing of their various courses that contain antropology content. If it says Free or Preview you can use for free. Preview just means you have to pay for a certificate. For home learning for kids you don’t need that.
Anthropology Textbooks – you can pick one and download it via PDF
What Does it Mean to be Human – from the Smithsonian, online resource to look through
Sapiens Magazine – for teens+, articles to read and possibly summarize or pick apart
Sapiens Teaching Section – units to teach
Anthropology for Kids – from the ology website lots of resources for kids
Education Resources – from Maxwell Museum for K-12 Anthropology
Classroom Activities – from Nova Online Anthropology, could be adapted for home use
Economics
see Family and Consumer Sciences for Personal Finance
Federal Reserve Teaching Resources – Pre-K – Highschool
Economics for Kids and Teens – from PBS Learning, videos, lessons and more
Econ for Kids – blog with lots of good tips and such
Economics with Mr.Donn – pages to read sometimes with quizzes
You Are the Economy – Bank of Canada resource, 6 lessons for grades 7-12
EconEd Link – search by type of economics and grade to see lessons
Khan Academy Economics – video based lessons
Ducksters Economics – website for kids with lots of information
Super Teacher Worksheets Economics – worksheets on supply/demand, needs/wants etc
Basic Economics Worksheets – very simple introduction worksheets 2nd grade level
Economics Worksheets – highschool level
Psychology
Homeschool Psychology Course – highschool level, free after subscribing
Introduction to Psychology Open and Free – college level online course for highschool+, free signup required to save progress
Health, Sports and Psychology – short online courses but you could use with other things or put a bunch together
Psychology Textbooks – open source textbooks you can download
PSYCH101 – free online course with free final exam. You only pay if you want it to count as college credit
Intro to Psychology at Yale – free online course with video lectures
Lesson Plans for Psychology Teachers – for highschool, quite extensive
Crash Course Psychology – video course for highschool+, also found on YouTube
Psychology/Sociology Courses – short ones but you can put a bunch together or do like a unit study
Sociology
Crash Course Sociology – video course for highschool+, also found on YouTube
Psychology/Sociology Courses – short ones but you can put a bunch together or do like a unit study
SOC101 – online course with Saylor Academy
Sociology Textbooks – free pdf downloads
Introductory Sociology – free from Modern States
Introduction to Sociology Textbook – Canadian Edition
Political Science
Crash Course Political Theory – video course for highschool+
Political Science at Yale – two free courses
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