K-12 Learning at home during COVID-19

There are many online Social Studies education websites and many are game-based.  Most have quite a bit of free content and many require that you sign up for an account, even to get free content.  The ones below are some of the resources I hear the most about from teachers and parents, and there are many more listed on We Are Teachers' website including lists of virtual museums and historical games and simulators. 

• The Ye’yumnuts Project is an excellent educational and cultural collaboration between the Cowichan Nation, School District 79 (Cowichan Valley), and UVic's Department of Anthropology.  Delve into the many wonderful resources within this project website to learn more about traditional knowledge and perspectives.  Their curriculum pages relate directly to BC's science, language arts, math, social studies, and French curriculum.
• The Khan Academy has lots of great content related to Arts and Humanities
• CBC Kids' Explore pages are amazing!  You can search by many topics and age levels, including tweens and teens
• The Royal British Columbia Museum's Learning Portal has excellent educational exhibits and videos.  I particularly like their Pathways series where you can search by grade level.
• Historica Canada has a lot of content for all K-12 levels on a variety of topics
• The Canadian Museum of History has a lot of online exhibits on their Learn pages
• The Western Canadian Learning Network is a consortia of school districts from BC, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.  Their YouTube channel has some great content on a variety of curricular topics.   
• Crash Course History
• TED-Ed History
• George Mason University's World History Matters
• Junior Achievement of BC (JABC) has come great content on their Online Learning pages focusing on financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and work readiness.  Check out their resources for middle school and secondary school learners such as 'More Than Money' and 'Dollars With Sense.' 
• Dealhack Canada's Guide to Free Online Resources During the COVID-19 Pandemic is a compilation of online courses, software, academic journals, and apps that you can access for free during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Crash Course World History

TED-Ed history

Kurzgesagt history playlist