Nevada

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OER Project courses are the right fit for Nevada schools and they’re available in Canvas for your immediate use.

World History Project (WHP) 1200 to the Present is easily aligned to Nevada’s Academic Standards for Social Studies for high school students.
Big History Project is an excellent choice for Nevada sixth through eighth grade students who take the Early World Civilizations course.

Explore the courses mentioned above at your own pace, and once you’re ready to dive into planning, check out the tailored resources below to get started!

Which best describes you?

I’m new to OER Project and about to start using the courses and materials.
I’m a returning OER Project user in Nevada looking to see what’s new.

New to OER Project checklist

Getting started with WHP 1200 or Big History Project is a piece of cake! We recommend following the onboarding checklists below so that you’re equipped with all the information you need to get started:

	World History Project (1200)	Big History Project
Professional development opportunities	Explore the WHP 1200 course. You can also find our WHP 1200 course guide here. Attend a live WHP 1200 introductory PD session. Register for a session today! Take our free, online PD course, Teaching World History (TWH) 1200.	Explore the Big History Project course. You can also find our BHP course guide here. Attend a live BHP introductory PD session. Register for a session today! Take our free, online PD course, Teaching Big History.
Standards alignment materials	Read our WHP 1200 Nevada standards alignment document. Read our WHP 1200 course plan, generated by a Nevada teacher, which includes a pacing guide. We also have a version for 6th grade.	Read our BHP Nevada standards alignment document. Read our sample BHP year-long and semester-long course plans, which include pacing guides.
Talk to a real person!	Connect with other Nevada teachers in the OER Project Online Teacher Community—ask questions, share stories, and seek support! Still have questions? Email an OER Project outreach coordinator for support! You can either email them or find a time on their calendar for a meeting.

"Students have access to very timely sources and reading materials, and activities that are relevant and fresh and bring concepts to life." — Martha, tenth-grade world history teacher, Boulder City, NV

Returning to OER Project checklist

So you’ve taught with OER Project materials in Nevada before. Welcome back! We update our courses and materials each year, so let’s catch you up on what’s new. To prepare for a new term or semester, we recommend checking off the following items:

	World History Project (1200)	Big History Project
Professional development opportunities	Attend a live WHP 1200 introductory PD session, or attend an advanced training tailored for veterans. Register for a session today! If you haven’t already, take our free, online PD course, Teaching World History (TWH) 1200.	Attend a live BHP introductory PD session, or attend an advanced training tailored for veterans. Register for a session today! If you haven’t already, take our free, online PD course, Teaching Big History.
Standards alignment materials	Read our WHP 1200 course plan, generated by a Nevada teacher, which includes a pacing guide. We also have a version for 6th grade.	Read our sample year-long and semester-long BHP course plans, which include pacing guides.
Talk to a real person!	Connect with other Nevada teachers in the OER Project Online Teacher Community—ask questions, share stories, and seek support! Still have questions? Email an OER Project outreach coordinator for support! You can either email them or find a time on their calendar for a meeting.

What Nevada Teachers are Saying

Before I found Big History Project, I felt like I was taking students on a multi-stop tour of the ancient world but without threads or concepts to connect the stops together. Big History tells a cohesive story of our Universe while teaching the crucial skills of critical thinking, academic writing, and deep reading. My students engage with rigorous content and have a lot of fun doing so! This year, we took on World History Project. With all-new material and the same rigor in its activities, my students are world-class scholars of history and understand so much more about their world and their place in it.

— Kathleen, sixth-grade gifted and talented history and ELA teacher, Reno, NV