Tuesday, October 11, 2022

ERS Portal Featured Resource: ABC-CLIO (grades 7-12)


ABC-CLIO is an all-in-one curriculum solution featuring four social science subject areas: American History, American Government, World History: Ancient & Medieval, and World History: The Modern Era. More than 1,800 videos give students context that primes them to explore new concepts more deeply while providing tools for their research and inquiry.


  • Self-assessment quizzes enable students to assess their comprehension of essential concepts and direct students to resources to review when questions are answered incorrectly.
  • In addition to scaffolded inquiry activities for a variety of learning levels, the text-to-speech tool transforms all resources into a read-along for students who read below grade level or who learn best through listening; the translate tool offers translation of all resources into 12 languages.
  • The Academic Success Corner features a helpful video series that gives students easy-to-follow steps for strengthening their writing, reading, research, and critical thinking skills.
  • The research list tool allows educators to build customized lists of articles, essays, and primary and secondary sources to use in class and to assign to students.

[Video] How to use ABC-CLIO Databases (3:48)

[Video] ABC-CLIO Database Presentation (14:17)