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How to Use ChalkDraft

Follow this guide to create your first material, choose official academic standards when appropriate, understand each form option, review the result, and save or export your work.

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Step 1

Start with the Create form

ChalkDraft uses a guided form to turn your selections into a structured educational resource.

1

Choose the core details

Select the learning setting, grade level, optional standards alignment, subject, subject area, topic, material type, difficulty, and estimated time.

2

Choose an official standard when available

For supported K–12 combinations, you can choose a standards system and select the exact official academic standard you want the material to address.

3

Complete the material options

ChalkDraft displays additional fields based on the material type you select.

4

Generate and review

Generate the material, check it carefully, and then save, copy, print, or export it.

Step 2

Choose your core details

Learning Setting

Learning Setting changes the role language, structure, pacing, and instructional framing of the material.

  • Classroom: Designed for a teacher working with a full class. It may include classroom pacing, whole-group instruction, partner work, small-group work, and teacher-facing notes.
  • Tutoring: Designed for an instructor working directly with one or more students in a flexible tutoring setting.
  • Homeschool: Designed for a parent, caregiver, or homeschool instructor with flexible pacing and home-appropriate activities.
  • Student / Self-Study: Designed for a student working independently with direct, student-facing language.
  • General / Flexible: Uses neutral language so the material can be adapted to different learning environments.

Grade Level

Grade Level helps ChalkDraft adjust vocabulary, directions, examples, reasoning depth, and student-facing language.

ChalkDraft supports Kindergarten through 12th Grade as well as College / Undergraduate. Choosing College / Undergraduate also switches the Subject field to a separate list of college-only subjects.

Official standards alignment applies to supported K–12 selections, and to College / Undergraduate Nursing and Accounting, which use their own standards systems instead of a state system.

Subject

Subject identifies the broad academic category for the material.

For Kindergarten through 12th Grade, ChalkDraft supports:

  • Business
  • Computer Science
  • Economics
  • English / Language Arts
  • English Language Development
  • Foreign Languages
  • Geography
  • Health Education
  • History / Social Studies
  • Mathematics
  • Religious Studies
  • Science

For College / Undergraduate, the Subject list switches to a separate set of subjects:

  • Accounting
  • Anthropology
  • Communication Studies
  • Criminal Justice
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Engineering & Applied Technology
  • Film & Media Studies
  • Health Sciences
  • Humanities
  • Journalism
  • Nursing
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Subject availability can vary by grade or level.

Subject Area

Subject Area gives ChalkDraft more specific academic context. It appears dynamically after a Subject is selected.

Available choices depend on the selected subject, grade, and in some cases the selected standards system.

  • Mathematics → Algebra I
  • Science → Biology
  • History / Social Studies → Civics and Government
  • Computer Science → Python
  • English / Language Arts → Vocabulary

Topic

Topic is the specific lesson, skill, text, concept, event, or idea the material should cover.

A specific topic gives ChalkDraft clearer boundaries and usually produces a more focused result.

Better topics

  • Multi-step equations with variables on both sides
  • Photosynthesis and cellular respiration
  • Causes of the American Revolution
  • Theme in “The Tell-Tale Heart”
  • Python for loops

Too broad

  • Math
  • Science
  • Make something fun
  • Help me teach

Suggest a Topic

After choosing a subject, ChalkDraft can suggest a topic for you.

If you also select an official academic standard, the suggestion can use that standard to provide a more focused topic.

A suggested topic is only a starting point. You can edit or replace it before generating.

Difficulty Level

Difficulty adjusts complexity while keeping the material tied to the selected grade level.

  • Easy: Uses more direct language, foundational tasks, and additional support.
  • Standard: Uses typical expectations for the selected grade level and topic.
  • Medium: Adds some additional complexity or reasoning beyond the standard setting.
  • Challenging: Uses deeper reasoning and more complex application while remaining tied to the selected grade.

Estimated Time

Estimated Time helps ChalkDraft control the amount, pacing, and structure of the material.

  • 15 minutes
  • 20 minutes
  • 30 minutes
  • 45 minutes
  • 60 minutes
  • 90 minutes
  • Multiple class periods

Estimated time is a planning target. Actual completion time may vary by learner, group size, and instructional setting.

Step 3

Use official academic standards

Standards alignment is optional. ChalkDraft builds materials compatible with the official Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Common Core, and Next Generation Science Standards* for supported K–12 subjects and grade levels, plus AACN Essentials 2026, U.S. GAAP, and the CPA Exam 2026 Blueprint for College / Undergraduate Nursing and Accounting.

1

Choose a K–12 grade

The Academic/State Standards Alignment field appears for K–12 grades.

2

Choose a standards system

Select the standards system you want to use, or leave the field blank if you do not want standards alignment. Only the systems that publish standards for your grade and subject are offered.

3

Choose the subject and subject area

ChalkDraft uses the selected standards system, grade, subject, and any required course or subject-area information to determine which official standards are available.

4

Select the exact standard

Choose the official academic standard you want the material to address. ChalkDraft shows the standard code, statement, supporting metadata when available, and a link to the official source.

Alabama

Alabama Course of Study standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, Health Education, Geography, and Economics. Geography and Economics use the corresponding strands in Alabama’s shared Social Studies catalog.

Alaska

Alaska Department of Education & Early Development standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Geography, Economics, Computer Science, and Health Education. High school Mathematics and Science resolve a course to the conceptual categories or disciplines it draws on, and high school Social Studies to United States History, World History, Civics and Government, or Alaska History, a Subject Area offered only for Alaska. Choose the Digital Literacy Subject Area under Computer Science for Alaska’s Digital Literacy standards. Health Education uses Skills for a Healthy Life.

Arizona

Arizona standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, Health Education, Geography, and Economics. Geography and Economics use the corresponding domains in Arizona’s shared History and Social Science catalog.

Arkansas

Arkansas standards support Kindergarten through 12th Grade in Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, and Health Education. Geography and Economics use Social Studies strands or high-school courses. Choose a Subject Area to filter the published courses; Other / Not Listed shows the available courses. Health objectives retain their competency levels.

California

California standards are available for supported combinations of Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, Health Education, and English Language Development.

Colorado

Colorado Academic Standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, Health Education, Geography, and Economics. Geography and Economics use the corresponding disciplines in Colorado’s shared Social Studies catalog.

Delaware

Delaware standards follow the frameworks Regulation 501 adopts: Common Core Mathematics and English Language Arts, NGSS Science, Social Studies (2018), Financial Literacy (2018), and Computer Science (the CSTA standards, Revised 2017). Social Studies and Financial Literacy use Delaware’s K–3, 4–5, 6–8, and 9–12 clusters. Geography and Economics use Delaware’s Geography and Economics standards, and Economics with Financial Literacy or Personal Finance uses the Financial Literacy standards. Health Education and Physical Education are not offered.

Florida

Florida B.E.S.T. and Next Generation Sunshine State Standards are available for supported combinations of Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, Computer Science, Health Education, and English Language Development.

Social Studies covers History / Social Studies, Geography, and Economics, which are selected as separate subjects.

Georgia

Georgia's standards are available for supported combinations of Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, Health Education, and English Language Development.

Georgia publishes every subject by course. Where a grade is taught as one course, nothing extra is asked of you. Where it is taught as several — every high school grade, and some middle school ones — a Georgia Course list appears with the official courses for that grade, such as Chemistry I or American Literature and Composition. Choosing one narrows the standards to that course; leaving it on “All courses for this grade” shows everything the grade covers.

Georgia states some standards across a band of grades rather than at one, so a grade shows its own standards together with any band that covers it.

English Language Development is the WIDA framework Georgia adopted, written as language expectations across grade spans.

Hawaii

Hawaii standards are available for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, and Health Education. The catalog uses HIDOE’s current 2025–2026 ELA, shared Common Core Mathematics and NGSS Science, CSTA 2026 Computer Science, NHES Health, and all current HIDOE Social Studies courses. Hawaii course choices appear only when Hawaii is selected.

Idaho

Idaho Content Standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, and Health Education. High school Mathematics is Idaho's published 9-12 conceptual-category band rather than named Algebra I / Geometry courses. High school Social Studies maps to United States History, World History, and Civics and Government. Geography is offered through grade 9; Economics is offered at K-5 and grades 9-12. Idaho adopted WIDA 2020, so English Language Development is not duplicated. Drafts from the Content Standards Review process are not imported.

Illinois

Illinois Learning Compass standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, Computer Science, Health Education, English Language Development, and Social Science. The Social Science catalog also covers the Geography and Economics subject choices.

Indiana

Indiana Academic Standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, and Health Education, and through 8th Grade for Computer Science. High school Mathematics resolves to Algebra I, Geometry, or Algebra II; high school Science to Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, or Anatomy and Physiology; and high school Social Studies to United States History. Economics is offered at grades 9-12. Geography is not offered, because Indiana publishes Geography and History of the World rather than a Geography Subject Area. Indiana adopted WIDA for English Language Development, so ELD is not duplicated here.

Iowa

Iowa Academic Standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, and History / Social Studies (all required), plus Computer Science and Health Education (recommended by Iowa, not required). High school Mathematics follows Iowa's own named course pathway: Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Statistics and Probability, Precalculus, and Calculus. High school Social Studies maps to United States History, World History, and Civics and Government. Geography and Economics are offered as those ChalkDraft subjects at grades 9-12.

Kansas

Kansas curricular standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, and Health Education. Kansas Science is the Next Generation Science Standards. High school Mathematics follows Appendix A's Traditional Course Pathway: Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and Statistics and Probability. High school Social Studies maps to United States History, World History, and Civics and Government. Geography and Economics are offered as those ChalkDraft subjects at grades 9-12. Kansas History is the Grade 7 HGSS year rather than a high-school Subject Area.

Kentucky

Kentucky Academic Standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, and Health Education. Reading and Writing is the October 2025 edition implemented in fall 2026. Mathematics remains the adopted 2019 edition; draft 2026 math revisions are not imported. High school Mathematics and Science are published as 9-12 bands rather than named Algebra I or Biology courses. Geography and Economics filter official Social Studies strands. Physical Education is not imported.

Louisiana

Louisiana Student Standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, and Health Education. High school Mathematics resolves to Algebra I, Geometry, or Algebra II; high school Science to Chemistry, Physics, Physical Science, Earth Science, Environmental Science, or Life Science; and high school Social Studies to United States History or World History. Geography and Economics are not offered, because Louisiana publishes those as domains of Social Studies rather than as separate catalogs.

Maine

Maine Learning Results are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, and Health Education. Grades 6–8 and 9–Diploma are stored as official bands. Geography and Economics filter Social Studies strands. Computer Science and English Language Development are not offered. Physical Education is not imported.

Minnesota

Minnesota K–12 Academic Standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for English / Language Arts (2020), Mathematics (2007, in effect through 2026–27), Science (2019), and History / Social Studies (2021). Each benchmark carries its parent standard. High school uses Minnesota’s published bands: ELA 11–12, Mathematics 9–11, and Science and Social Studies 9–12. Geography and Economics filter Social Studies strands. Health and Computer Science are not offered: Minnesota has no statewide Health or standalone Computer Science standards.

Maryland

Maryland College and Career Ready Standards and State Frameworks are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science (NGSS), History / Social Studies, Computer Science, and Health Education. High school Mathematics resolves to Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Precalculus, or Statistics and Probability; high school Social Studies to United States History, World History, or Civics and Government. Geography and Economics use the grade's Social Studies indicators. Integrated Algebra 1 and 2 are adopted for future school years and are not yet offered.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Curriculum Framework standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, Health Education, and Economics. High school resolves to the frameworks’ own courses: the eight mathematics model courses across the Traditional and Integrated pathways, the five science courses, and the history courses. Economics uses the High School Elective: Economics standards, and Personal Finance uses the Personal Financial Literacy standards. Massachusetts publishes no geography course, so Geography is not offered.

Michigan

Michigan standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, Health Education, Geography, and Economics. Geography and Economics use the corresponding domains in Michigan’s shared Social Studies catalog.

Mississippi

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, and Computer Science. High school Mathematics resolves to Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, or Calculus; high school Science to Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Physical Science, or Environmental Science; and high school Social Studies to World History or African American Studies. Economics is offered at grades 9-12. Geography is not offered, because Mississippi’s published geography courses do not match that Subject Area name. Health is not imported: MDE publishes Contemporary Health as curriculum/frameworks, not CCR standards. Alignment is educational, not a claim of legal or homeschool compliance.

Missouri

Missouri Learning Standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, Geography, and Economics. Geography and Economics use the corresponding strands in Missouri’s shared Social Studies catalog, and high school Mathematics is published by course (Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2), so it is narrowed by the Subject Area you choose.

Montana

Montana’s adopted content standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics (2026), English / Language Arts (the 2011 standards, in effect through June 30, 2027), Science, History / Social Studies, Geography, Economics, Computer Science, Health Education, and English Language Development, which uses Montana’s English Language Proficiency standards. Montana publishes no high school courses, so high school Mathematics narrows by conceptual category and high school Science by domain, following the Subject Area you choose. Middle and high school Science, Social Studies, Computer Science, and Health keep Montana’s 6–8 and 9–12 bands.

Nebraska

Nebraska College and Career Ready Standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, and History / Social Studies, plus Computer Science in high school. Health Education is not offered, because Nebraska has no adopted statewide K-12 Health Education standards. High school Mathematics is a 9-12 band rather than named courses. High school Social Studies maps to United States History, World History, and Civics and Government. Geography and Economics are offered at grades 9-12. Social Studies revision drafts are not imported.

Nevada

Nevada Academic Content Standards are available for Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Computer Science, Health Education, and English Language Development. Nevada ELD retains NDE’s content-area grade bands and supplements, rather than replaces, content standards.

New Hampshire

New Hampshire standards follow the frameworks its Ed 306 rules currently cite, even where they are older than other documents: Common Core Mathematics and English Language Arts (2010), NGSS Science, Computer Science (2018), History / Social Studies (2006), and Health Education (2003). Social Studies uses the framework’s grade spans, Computer Science its levels, and Health its Elementary (K–5), Middle School (6–8), and High School (9–12) guidelines. Geography and Economics filter Social Studies strands. World Languages and Physical Education are not offered.

New Jersey

New Jersey Student Learning Standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, Health Education, Geography, and Economics. Geography and Economics use the corresponding disciplines in New Jersey’s shared Social Studies catalog, and choosing Economics with the Financial Literacy or Personal Finance subject area resolves to New Jersey’s Career Readiness financial literacy strand. High school Mathematics is organized by conceptual category rather than by course, so it is narrowed by the Subject Area you choose.

New Mexico

New Mexico Adopted Content Standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, and Health Education. English Language Arts includes Common Core plus New Mexico's cultural-responsiveness additions. Science is NM STEM Ready! (NGSS plus six New Mexico-specific standards). High school Mathematics is Common Core conceptual categories rather than named Algebra I / Geometry courses. High school Social Studies maps to United States History, World History, and Civics and Government. Geography and Economics use K-8 strands plus the high school Geography and Economics courses. New Mexico adopted WIDA 2020, so English Language Development is not duplicated. Physical Education is not imported.

New York

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards and the NYSED P–12 frameworks are available for supported combinations of Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, Computer Science, and History / Social Studies.

North Carolina

The North Carolina Standard Course of Study is available for supported combinations of Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, Computer Science, Health Education, and Social Studies, which also covers Geography and Economics.

English / Language Arts adds an edition selector, because North Carolina is moving between two editions. It starts on the 2017 edition, which stays in place for classroom instruction through the 2026–27 school year; the 2026 edition takes effect in 2027–28.

High school Science is published per course, so at Grades 9 through 12 the Subject Area list becomes the five official courses: Biology, Chemistry, Earth/Environmental Science, Physical Science, and Physics. Choosing one narrows the standards to that course.

Health Education covers Kindergarten through 9th Grade, which is the range North Carolina publishes grade-level objectives for.

Ohio

Ohio’s Learning Standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, Computer Science, and Social Studies. The Social Studies catalog also covers the Geography and Economics subject choices, and choosing Economics with the Financial Literacy or Personal Finance subject area resolves to Ohio’s Financial Literacy standards. Ohio publishes its high school Mathematics and Science standards by course, so those are narrowed by the Subject Area you choose. Ohio revised its Kindergarten through Grade 8 English / Language Arts and Social Studies standards in 2026 and left the high school standards unchanged; each standard records which edition it comes from.

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Academic Standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, Health Education, Geography, and Economics. Geography and Economics use the corresponding courses in Oklahoma’s shared Social Studies catalog, and high school Mathematics and Science are published by course, so those are narrowed by the Subject Area you choose.

Oregon

Oregon standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Geography, and Economics. Geography and Economics use the corresponding domains in Oregon’s shared Social Sciences catalog.

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania standards are available for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, and STEELS science from Kindergarten through 12th Grade. History, Civics, and Geography follow Appendix C and are published at grades 3, 6, 9, and 12. Economics uses Appendix C-1, effective July 1, 2026, and choosing Economics with Financial Literacy or Personal Finance resolves to Appendix F Personal Finance, also effective that date. The 2002 science standards are not offered.

South Carolina

South Carolina College- and Career-Ready standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, Health Education, Geography, and Economics. Geography and Economics use the corresponding strands in South Carolina’s shared Social Studies catalog, and high school Mathematics and Science are published by course, so those are narrowed by the Subject Area you choose.

South Dakota

South Dakota’s adopted content standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Health Education, Geography, and Economics, and for Computer Science through Grade 8, which is where the adopted computer science standards stop. High school Mathematics and Social Studies are published by course and high school Science by domain, so those are narrowed by the Subject Area you choose. Health Education keeps the state’s own grade bands. A History / Social Studies selection also returns the separately adopted Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings and Standards, which keep their own codes and source document.

Tennessee

Tennessee standards are available for Computer Science (Kindergarten through 12th Grade), Health Education (Kindergarten through 12th Grade, including Lifetime Wellness for Grades 9-12), English / Language Arts (Kindergarten through 12th Grade), Mathematics, Science, and History / Social Studies. Mathematics is available by grade through 8th Grade, then by course in high school: Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, or Integrated Math I, II, and III, chosen through the Subject Area field. Science and History / Social Studies are each available by grade through 8th Grade; high school Science and high school History / Social Studies are not yet available.

Texas

Texas standards are available for supported combinations of Mathematics, Science, English / Language Arts, Health Education, Computer Science, and the English Language Proficiency Standards.

Social Studies covers History / Social Studies, Geography, and Economics, which are selected as separate subjects.

Utah

Utah Core and SEEd standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, Health Education, Geography, and Economics. Geography and Economics use the corresponding strands in Utah’s shared Social Studies catalog, and high school Mathematics is narrowed by the Subject Area you choose.

Virginia

Virginia Standards of Learning are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, and Computer Science.

Washington

Washington OSPI standards are available from Kindergarten through 12th Grade for Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, Computer Science, Health Education, and Social Studies. The Social Studies catalog also covers the Geography and Economics subject choices, and high school Mathematics is narrowed by the Subject Area you choose. Washington adopted the Next Generation Science Standards, so Washington Science is built compatible with that catalog.

West Virginia

West Virginia standards support Kindergarten through 12th Grade in Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, Health Education, and English Language Development. Geography and Economics use Social Studies strands or the published high-school courses. Choose a Subject Area to filter those courses; Other / Not Listed shows the imported courses. Computer Science defaults to the embedded Technology and Computer Science band unless an elective course is chosen. Health Education excludes Physical Education.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin standards support Kindergarten through 12th Grade in Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, and Health Education. Geography and Economics filter official Social Studies content areas. High school Mathematics maps Algebra I, Algebra II, Precalculus, and Calculus onto the published 9–12 conceptual-category band. High school Science maps Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Earth Science onto official content areas. High school History maps United States History and World History to History, and Civics and Government to Political Science. English Language Development is not offered: Wisconsin uses WIDA 2020 and does not republish a coded catalog. Health Education excludes Physical Education.

North Dakota

North Dakota standards support Kindergarten through 12th Grade in Mathematics, English / Language Arts, Science, History / Social Studies, Computer Science, and Health Education. Geography and Economics filter official Social Studies strands. High school Mathematics is the official 9–10 and 11–12 category bands; North Dakota does not publish named Algebra I / Geometry courses. High school Science maps Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Earth Science onto official domains. High school History maps United States History, World History, and Civics and Government to those official strands. English Language Development is not offered: North Dakota uses WIDA 2020 and does not republish a coded catalog. Health Education excludes Physical Education. Social Studies uses the adopted 2019 framework, not 2026 review drafts.

Common Core

Common Core State Standards are available for Mathematics and English Language Arts from Kindergarten through 12th Grade.

Next Generation Science Standards

Materials are built compatible with the Next Generation Science Standards* Performance Expectations for Science, from Kindergarten through 12th Grade.

AACN Essentials 2026

Available for College / Undergraduate Nursing. Choosing this system first asks you to select one of the ten official AACN Essentials domains, then a competency within that domain, before you choose the exact standard.

U.S. GAAP and CPA Exam 2026 Blueprint

Available for College / Undergraduate Accounting. Which specific standards appear depends on the Subject Area you choose — a purely managerial or tax course, for example, may have no U.S. GAAP standards to select.

Additional selectors

Some standards are organized by course, grade band, proficiency level, or another academic grouping.

When one of those choices is required, ChalkDraft displays the appropriate additional field before the official standard selector.

No state alignment

You do not have to select a state standard. ChalkDraft can still generate the material using the other form settings.

Selecting an official standard does not replace review.

The selected standard gives ChalkDraft a specific academic target, but the generated material is still AI-generated. Confirm that the final material addresses the standard at the appropriate depth before using it.

Step 4

Choose a material type

Lesson Plan

An instructor-facing plan with objectives, timing, instructional structure, activities, and teaching guidance.

Syllabus

A course-level plan for a full term, with units, week-by-week pacing, major assessments, and standards coverage.

Worksheet

Student practice material with directions, answerable items, answer spaces when appropriate, and an optional answer key.

Quiz

A shorter assessment designed to check understanding of a focused topic or skill.

Test

A longer or more formal assessment that can cover multiple related concepts or skills.

Homework Assignment

Practice intended to be completed independently outside the lesson or instructional session.

Study Guide

A review resource containing important concepts, vocabulary, explanations, and practice guidance.

Discussion Questions

Prompts for conversation, reflection, analysis, evidence use, debate, or seminar-style discussion.

Learning Activity

An interactive exercise, simulation, game, debate, role play, discussion, or guided learning experience.

Step 5

Complete the material-specific options

Lesson Plan options

Learning Objective

A Learning Objective states what students should know, understand, demonstrate, or be able to do by the end of the lesson.

Include Warm-Up / Do Now

  • Yes: Adds a short opening task.
  • No: Begins without a separate opening task.

Standards Alignment

This lesson-plan option controls how the lesson describes standards-related objectives.

It is separate from the Official State Standards Alignment selector in Core Details. If you selected an official state standard there, that standard remains the specific academic target.

  • Not required: Does not request additional standards-style language.
  • Include general standards-style objectives: Adds broad skills-based objectives in a standards-like format.
  • Instructor will add standards later: Leaves additional formal standards wording to the instructor.
Syllabus options

Detail Level

  • Concise: Roughly 1–2 pages covering units, pacing, standards, and major assessments.
  • Standard: Roughly 3–6 pages, adding course goals and unit objectives.
  • Detailed: Roughly 6–10+ pages, adding essential questions, suggested resources, assessment descriptions, prerequisite knowledge, differentiation notes, and weekly topic breakdowns.

Term Length

Sets how many instructional weeks the course covers. A Quarter is 9 weeks, a Semester is 18, and a Full school year is 36. Choosing Custom number of weeks lets you enter any length from 1 to 52 weeks.

Classes per Week

How often the course meets, from 1 to 10 times a week.

Minutes per Class

How long each meeting runs, from 15 to 180 minutes.

Term length and meeting frequency together determine the pacing. ChalkDraft calculates the week ranges before writing the syllabus, reserving roughly 12% of the term for review, projects, and major assessments, and dividing the rest across the units.

Standards Alignment

This controls how much of the official catalog the course covers. It works together with the Official State Standards Alignment selector in Core Details, which is where you choose the catalog, grade, and course.

  • No standards alignment: Builds units from your subject, subject area, and topic, without official standard codes.
  • Cover all applicable standards: Places every standard for the selected grade or course into a unit.
  • Prioritize selected standards: Covers all applicable standards, but sequences the ones you select first.
  • Manually select standards: Covers only the standards you select.

Selected Standards

Becomes available once you choose an alignment option that uses a selection. Pick one or more standards from the list loaded for your catalog, grade, and subject.

Textbook / Resources

Optional notes on a textbook, district pacing guidance, required projects, or resource constraints the course has to work within.

Quiz, Test, and Homework options

Question Type

  • Multiple Choice: Students select one answer from four choices labeled A–D.
  • Short Answer: Students write a brief response, explanation, calculation, or solution.
  • Mixed: Includes both multiple-choice and short-answer questions.

Number of Multiple Choice Questions

Controls how many multiple-choice questions appear when Multiple Choice or Mixed is selected.

Number of Short Answer Questions

Controls how many written-response questions appear when Short Answer or Mixed is selected.

Include Answer Key

  • Yes: Adds a separate answer key.
  • No: Generates the assessment without an answer key.

Include Explanations in Answer Key

  • Yes: Adds reasoning, solution steps, or brief explanations when appropriate.
  • No: Keeps the answer key more concise.
Worksheet options

Worksheet Style

  • Guided Practice: Begins with support and a worked example before moving toward independent practice.
  • Skills Practice: Focuses on repeated practice of a central skill.
  • Vocabulary and Concept Review: Reviews terminology, definitions, relationships, and key ideas.
  • Mixed Review: Combines several related concepts or skills and may use multiple response formats.

Participation Format

  • Independent
  • Partner
  • Small Group
  • Flexible / Instructor Choice

Practice Format

  • Varied Worksheet Formats
  • Multiple Choice
  • Short Answer
  • Mixed Multiple Choice and Short Answer

Number of Practice Items

Controls the number of student-answerable items when Varied Worksheet Formats is selected.

Directions, reference boxes, instructional notes, and worked examples do not count as practice items.

Include Answer Key

Choose whether the worksheet includes a separate answer key.

Include Explanations in Answer Key

Choose whether the answer key includes solution steps or brief reasoning when appropriate.

Visual and interactive add-ons (Quiz, Test, Homework, and Worksheet)

These opt-in checkboxes appear only when your Subject, Subject Area, and Grade Level make them relevant. A checked box stays checked if the form re-renders.

Include a Geography map question

Available for Geography. Adds one map-based item — an outline map, a physical map, or a labeled-feature map — matched to your topic.

Include a graph question

Available for Mathematics, Science, and Economics, and for the Economic Geography, Population and Migration, and Human Geography subject areas of Geography. Adds at most one question asking students to interpret a generated graph.

Only one visual — a map or a graph — can be included per material. Checking one clears the other.

Include a generated counting image question

Available for Mathematics, Early Mathematics or Arithmetic subject areas, Kindergarten through 3rd Grade. Adds one question asking students to count or multiply objects shown in a generated image, such as a rectangular array.

Include a spreadsheet calculation question

Available for Accounting. Adds at least one question worked out by calculating — a journal entry, schedule, reconciliation, or ratio — and builds a matching Google Sheets worksheet. See Complete accounting worksheets in Google Sheets for how it works.

ChalkDraft also automatically re-verifies the arithmetic in Accounting calculation-based answer keys, and does the same for Nursing dosage calculations when they are phrased in a way its validator recognizes — many are not yet written that way and are skipped rather than guessed at, so review Nursing dosage answers carefully regardless.

Include an interactive coding question

Available for Computer Science. Adds one or more coding questions students write, run, and check in an in-browser code editor, graded automatically against test cases. Choose the language ChalkDraft writes the question against from twenty-one options, including SQL, and optionally lock students to that language instead of letting them answer in any similar one they prefer.

A SQL coding question runs against a dataset built for that question, not a student-supplied database, so the sample data shown with the question is guaranteed to match what actually executes. See Set an assessment on screen for how a coding question is answered and graded.

Learning Activity options

Materials Preference

  • Use simple classroom materials
  • Use no-cost or very low-cost materials
  • Use printable materials only
  • Use no physical materials if possible
  • Common classroom supplies are okay

Activity Goal

Activity Goal describes the understanding, skill, behavior, or learning outcome the activity should support.

Include Reflection Questions

Choose whether to add questions asking students to reflect on what they learned or noticed.

Discussion Question options

Number of Discussion Questions

Controls how many discussion prompts appear.

Discussion Style

  • Open-ended classroom discussion
  • Small group discussion
  • Debate-style questions
  • Socratic seminar
Output Style

Output Style changes the tone and presentation of the material without changing the selected grade level, subject, official standard, or learning goals.

  • Simple and beginner-friendly: Uses direct language and additional clarity.
  • Clear and practical: Uses straightforward, usable language.
  • Academic: Uses more formal wording and subject-specific vocabulary.
  • Engaging and interactive: Uses a more energetic tone and may include discussion, reflection, or real-world connections.

Step 6

Use Additional Instructions carefully

Additional Instructions are optional. Use them for clear, reasonable customization that works with the selected form settings.

Helpful instructions

  • Use simple vocabulary.
  • Include vocabulary definitions.
  • Include one real-world example.
  • Avoid physical materials.
  • Focus on conceptual understanding.
  • Include a short reflection question.
  • Make the tone encouraging.

Instructions to avoid

  • Ignore the selected question count.
  • Generate 100 questions.
  • Ignore safety rules.
  • Include student names.
  • Make the content humiliating.
  • Include graphic or explicit details.
Form settings remain authoritative.

Additional Instructions cannot override safety protections, question limits, the selected material type, official-standard selection, or grade-appropriate boundaries.

Step 7

Generate and review the result

1

Review the form

Confirm the topic, grade level, subject, subject area, optional academic standard, material type, question counts, and other settings.

2

Select Generate

ChalkDraft will build the material using your selected settings.

3

Review the complete result

Check factual accuracy, question wording, formatting, answer-key correctness, age appropriateness, standards alignment when applicable, and fit for your learning setting.

ChalkDraft materials are drafts.

Review is especially important for mathematics, science, history, health, sensitive topics, standards-aligned materials, answer keys, and anything used for grading.

Step 8

Save, copy, print, or export

Save Material

Save a generated material to your Saved Material Library so you can reopen it later.

Copy

Copy generated content into another document, editor, or learning workflow.

Print or PDF

Open the printable version or use your browser's print dialog to print the material or save it as a PDF.

DOCX

Export an editable Microsoft Word document when that action is available.

Google Drive

Export supported content to Google Drive or Google Docs after completing the required Google authorization.

PowerPoint

Export a saved Lesson Plan, Study Guide, or Discussion Questions material as a slide deck. The first export uses one generation to build the deck; later downloads of the same material reuse it for free.

Take Interactive Quiz

Turn a saved Quiz, Test, Homework Assignment, or Worksheet into an on-screen version that marks itself. Available when every question can be read reliably; questions asking for an essay or extended written work are not offered.

Create Similar

Reuse the form settings from a saved material and change only the fields needed for the next resource.

Step 9

Set an assessment on screen

A saved Quiz, Test, Homework Assignment, or Worksheet can be taken on screen instead of on paper. Open the saved material and choose Take Interactive Quiz.

When it is available

ChalkDraft only offers this when it can read every question and every answer in the answer key without guessing. An assessment containing an essay, extended written work, or a question it cannot match to a single answer is left as a printable document instead.

Multiple choice

Marked immediately in the browser, with every choice restated afterwards and the answer key's explanation shown.

Short answers

Typed into a text box and marked when the quiz is submitted. An answer that matches the answer key is marked straight away; anything else is read by AI, which gives a result, points, and feedback. Spelling and grammar mistakes are ignored unless the assessment is itself about spelling or grammar.

Coding questions

Written and run in an in-browser code editor with starter code already in place, then graded automatically against test cases when submitted. A SQL question runs against DuckDB and the dataset built for that question, not a database the student supplies.

AI-graded practice feedback

Anything marked by AI is labelled as such. It is practice feedback, not a grade: where the AI cannot judge an answer confidently it says the answer needs review rather than guessing, and leaves it out of the score instead of marking it wrong.

Nothing is kept

Answers, scores, and feedback are not saved to your account. Closing the page ends the attempt.

Step 10

Complete accounting worksheets in Google Sheets

When an Accounting Quiz, Test, Homework Assignment, or Worksheet includes a spreadsheet calculation question, a Google Sheets Worksheet button appears on the saved material, under your own ChalkDraft account.

Preview, then start an attempt

Open the button to preview the blank worksheet, then start an attempt. ChalkDraft creates a protected per-attempt copy of the sheet through Google Drive, reusing the same Google authorization Drive export already uses.

Independently graded

When you submit, ChalkDraft re-fetches the sheet's values and formulas and recomputes every answer itself. The sheet's own calculated values are used only for audit context, never trusted directly.

It expires

An attempt expires after 14 days by default.

Step 12

Organize your Saved Material Library

Everything you save lands in your library. It can be browsed by the information already on each material, or organized into folders you name yourself.

All, Recent, and Favorites

All holds everything you have saved. Recent shows just the latest. Use the heart on any material to add it to Favorites.

Browse

Browse by Learning Setting, Subject, Subject Area, Grade, Material Type, or Topic. Pick one and you see the values you actually have, then the materials under each.

These groups come from what is already saved on each material, so they appear on their own and need no setup.

Search and filters

Search titles and topics, and narrow any view by the same fields Browse groups by. The filters only offer values you actually have, and they combine, so you can ask for 6th Grade worksheets in one go.

Your own folders

Name a folder and add materials to it. One material can sit in as many folders as you like, and adding it to a folder never changes or copies the material itself.

Filing a material

Use the folder menu on any material, or on a wide screen drag the material onto a folder in the sidebar. Adding the same material twice does nothing the second time.

Organize into folders

ChalkDraft can build a set of folders for you from what is already saved — by Subject, Subject Area, Grade, Learning Setting, or Topic. It runs only when you ask.

Run it as often as you like. A folder that already has the right name is filled rather than duplicated, and nothing is removed from a folder. Once you have folders of your own the options tuck under an Organize into folders banner beside the list.

Renaming and deleting

Rename or delete any folder you made. Deleting a folder does not delete the materials inside it — they stay in your library and in any other folder.

Step 13

Set profile defaults

Profile defaults reduce repeated form entry for settings you use frequently.

You can save defaults for:

  • Learning Setting
  • Grade Level
  • Academic/State Standards Alignment
  • Subject
  • Subject Area

The Academic/State Standards Alignment default can be set to Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Common Core, or NGSS.

Log in to open My Profile and manage your saved defaults.

Some settings take priority over profile defaults.

Create Similar settings and restored form data are used before profile defaults because they reflect a more recent, intentional selection.

Responsible use

Protect student privacy

Do not enter identifiable student information.

Describe the educational need without including private records or identifying details.

Do not enter:

  • Student names or email addresses
  • Student identification numbers
  • Grades tied to a specific student
  • IEP or 504 information
  • Health or disability information
  • Behavioral or disciplinary records
  • Other sensitive student information

Use anonymous wording such as “a 7th-grade student” or “Student A.”

Need help?

Support and feedback

Use Support for

  • Login or account problems
  • Password reset trouble
  • Email verification problems
  • Generation errors
  • Standards selection issues
  • Saved-material issues
  • Export problems
  • Other technical problems
Contact Support

Use Feedback for

  • Feature ideas
  • Incorrect generated materials
  • Confusing workflows
  • Requests for additional state standards
  • Missing subjects or material types
  • Formatting suggestions
  • Other product feedback

Log in to access the Feedback page.