These links are provided as a resource for teachers and families. They do not take the place of standards-based classroom materials already in use, but rather, they are intended to offer suggestions and strategies to support instruction. This site will be updated frequently. Comments on these sites and suggestions for new ones are appreciated.
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Learn more about the NBPTS, what it has to offer online, as well as updates on its latest news.
Kathy Schrock: Assessment and Rubric Information
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html
Multi-media Project Scoring Rubric – Scoring Guidelines
http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/MMrubric.htm
Involving Students in Checklist Creation
http://www.4teachers.org/projectbased/students.shtml
A web site that provides tutorials in Inspiration, Kidspiration, HyperStudio and PowerPoint among many others. Short Quick Time movies cover topics quickly and clearly.
Certificate Creator
It’s the end of the school year and time to pass out some class wards. See which original ones your students can come up with. You can also access premade certificates at this site and simply print them out; click on “category” and then “awards.”
http://www.certificatecreator.com/main.asp
EdHelper
Armadillo’s K-12 WWW
http://chico.rice.edu/armadillo/Rice/Resources/reshome.html
AskEric – Educator’s Reference Desk
Cyberbee
Education Index
A guide to education related web sites.
Education World – Where Educators Go to Learn
http://www.education-world.com/
INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
http://infomine.ucr.edu/Main.html
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
http://www.discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
Best Practices in Technology Integration
http://www.remcll.k12.mi.us/bstpract/
Building Integrated Technology Projects
From designing a framework to outcomes and evaluation tolls, use this technology – specific guide and template to help you design your own integrated projects.
A to Z Calendar Printouts
No matter what unit you are currently studying, chances are this Enchanted Learning site has a printable calendar for it. Choose the butterfly and moth calendar, endangered animals, solar system, mammals, transportation – even create your own.
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/calendar/
Early Literacy – A Resource for Teachers
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/ela/e_literacy/index.html
Online Writing Workshop
This workshop is for teachers and addresses storytelling and teaching writing in the classroom. Several online articles pursue background reading, while teaching materials are organized around all aspects of the writing process. Student handouts include worksheets on editing and revision, character response, and the writing process.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/irish/share/storytelling/workshop/artsedge.html
Using Technology to Support Alternative Assessment and Electronic Portfolios
http://electronicportfolios.org/portfolios.html
Creating Online Portfolios
From preliminary articles to process, scanning, examples, and adding graphics. This site will take you through the steps of getting student work portfolios up and online.
http://www.electricteacher.com/onlineportfolio/index.htm
Creating Online Portfolios Can Help Students See “Big Picture”
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/02/2002022101.htm
Creating and Using Electronic Portfolios
If you are considering using portfolios in your classroom as a method of student work assembly and teacher assessment, this page will introduce you to the process.
http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/teacher/protfolio.html
Copyright Issues
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/copy.htm
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The Reference Desk
http://www.refdesk.com/instant.html
The Virtual Reference Desk
Real Time Data site
http://k12science.stevens-tech.edu/askanexpert.html
History Channel
Dave’s Math Tables
http://www.sisweb.com/math/tables.htm
Algebraic functions, geometry, calculus, and general math equations and formulas and conversion tables
Dictionary.com
Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
Rhyming Dictionary
http://www.WriteExpress.com/online.html
USPS Zip Code Lookup and Address Information
Internet Address Finder
Library and Information Science
Citation Guides for Electronic Documents
http://www.ifla.org/II/index.htm
http://www.ifla.org/I/training/citation/citing/htm
Library Spot (all reference)
Library List
http://www.freeality.com/libraries.htm
LibDex
Search for worldwide libraries by keyword
Libweb
Academic, public, state, and more
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/
lib-web-cats
Points to more than 5,000 libraries
http://staffweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/breeding/libwebcats.html
Publiclibraries.com
Nice directory of public libraries
http://www.publiclibraries.com
School libraries
Find K-12 libraries around the world
State Libraries
Connect with the 50 state libraries
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlcl/pld/statelib.html
MuseumSpot.com
A free online cultural information center, combines engaging editorial with a high utility collection of the best museum related resources on the Web in one user-friendly spot.
Structures around the World
The Exploratorium collaborated with museums in France and Italy to build this project. Students explore structures through a series of hands-on activities, involving straws and pins, bamboo poles, clay beams, and newspaper bridges, etc.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/structures/index.html
Smithsonian Institution
Yale Peabody Museum
Mystic Aquarium/Institute for Exploration
Museum of Science, Boston
Holocaust Museum
www.ushmm.org/education/index.htm
MoMA Art Safari
Yellowstone National Park for Kids
www.nps.gov/yell/kidstuff/index.htm
The Louvre: Paris
http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
The National Museum of Women in the Arts
Take the online tour with the museum’s founder and visit exhibits from the Renaissance to the late 20th century. View works from women silversmiths, Native Americans, Mary Cassatt, Camile Claudel, and Frida Kahlo.
The Art Institute of Chicago
View the new, continuing, or even future art exhibits at this online version of the Art Institute of Chicago. Teacher resources are also available.
http://www.artic.edu/aic/index.html
Guggenheim Museum Home Page
Photos of art exhibitions from museums in New York, Germany, Spain, and Italy are available on this site, along with the history of the artists.
Quotation Central
Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett//
The Quotations Page
Search multiple archives in one spot.
http://www.quotationspage.com/
Dictionary of Quotations
A small archive of interesting quotations.
http://www.quotationreference.com
Quoteland.com
Browse topics or do a quick search.
Quoteworld
Search by person, keyword, or exact words.
Roget’s Thesaurus
Bartleby Thesaurus
Ask an Expert site – listed by content area
http://k12science.stevens-tech.edu/askanexpert.html
Ask Jeeves!
Ask Jeeves for Kids
Providence Journal
CNN
National Public Radio
The New York Times on the Web
USA Today
Electronic Elementary Magazine
http://www.inform.umd.edu/MDK-12/homepers/emag/index.html
Time for Kids
Sports Illustrated Magazine Online
http://www.sikids.com/index.html
Scholastic News Online
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/
Encyclopedia.com
World Book Encyclopedia Online
http://www.worldbookonline.com/
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
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Online Books
http://www.onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu
The English Room
For teachers of English 6 – 12 who wish to explore poetry with their students, take a look at 30 Days of Poetry. Students have a poetry writing assignment each of the 30 days, or teacher can assign several types of poems for student to experience. Research Using Technology has an activity where students research a word using several sources, then write short essays about what they discovered. Check out this site for other creative ideas that English and writing teachers can incorporate into their curriculum.
Kids Click: literature
web search for kids by libraries
Newbery Medal Home Page
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC): Awards and Notables
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awards.html
Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site
Children’s Book Council
The Children’s Literature Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Young Adult Library Service Association (YALSA)
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/index.html
Wendy’s World of Stories for Children
Aesop’s Fables Online Collection
http://www.pacificnet.net/%7Ejohnr/aesop/
Cyberguides
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
Teacher Cyberguide to “Trumpet of the Swans”
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/trump/trumptg.htm
Five student activities and a class reading guide to accompany the book
Think Aloud
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/1237.html
Consider these discussion and critical thinking questions when reviewing your Trumpet chapters.
Book Discussion Guide
http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides-trumpet.html
Find key questions to discuss with your students after they have completed reading the entire novel.
Teacher Cyberguide for Hatchet
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/hatch/hatchettg.htm
Students will use a wide variety of online resources to explore the physics of flight, learn how to use a compass, visit Canadian wildlife and prepare a short report, and create a survival guide.
Hatchet Journal Writing Prompts
http://www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/schools/bchs/hatchet.htm
Several ideas here to accompany journal or essay writing exercises for each chapter of Paulsen’s “Hatchet.”
Survival – A Series of Lessons on Hatchet
http://www.saumag.edu/edavis/2002/Bradford/LitLesson%5Clessonoutline.htm
A fifteen-day unit contains student worksheets, journal topics, essay questions, assessments, and chapter-by-chapter activities for reading “Hatchet.”
Hatchet:
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/survival/hatchet/hatchet.htm
This site offers chapter-by-chapter discussion questions and extension activities.
Guide for James and the Giant Peach
http://www.westga.edu/~kidreach/jamespeach.html
This basic guide will set up the novel and give students a reading strategy.
Book Review:
http://www.educate.org.uk/english/en_james_and_peach.pdf
Teacher Guide to “Charlotte’s Web”:
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/charl/charltg.html
In these student writing and research activities accompanying your class reading of “Charlotte’s Web,” the focus is on the animals found in the story: pets, spiders, and state fairs.
Charlotte’s Web Guide:
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/charlotte/index.htm
Chapter summaries, quizzes, crossword puzzles, and more…
Stone Fox Teacher Guide
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/stone/stonetg.html
Students will use online resources to explore aspects of the main character and his life, as well as investigate the Iditarod.
Stone Fox:
http://www.nancypolette.com/LitGuidesText/stonefox.htm
This page includes an acrostic poem template, a math graphing activity, discussion topics, writing prompts, and a problem solving activity
http://www.nths.newtrier.k12.il.us/academics/english/catcher/catcher.html
Images, allusions, character analyses, and book reviews are among the topics covered at this site, along with class and student assignments.
Novel Guide – Catcher in the Rye:
http://www.novelguides.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/catcherrye/
Find author background, summaries, and chapter analyses.
Teacher Cyberguide for Animal Farm
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/anfrm/anfrmtg.html
Political content is examined through various writing and discussion activities, comparing modern America, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Cesar Chavez to situation or ideas from Orwell’s novel.
Animal Farm – The Complete Project:
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts//1565.html
Each chapter is broken down into a series of related projects.
Orwell’s Allegorical Animals
http://www.robcol.k12.tr/course_work/orwell/alleg.htm
High school students will create a chart to trace Orwell’s novel to its connections with the Russian Revolution, using online resources.
Teacher Cyberguide: The Giver
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/Giver/givertg.htm
Carol Hurst Literature Guides: The Giver
http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/giver.html
Flat Stanley Comes Alive
http://collaboratory.nunet.net/ties/flatstanley/FlatStanley.html
Beyond geography and mapping skills, students will also learn letter formats, story mapping, and sequencing skills. This unit also includes suggestions for group dramatic performances of Flat Stanley activities.
Flat Stanley Print View
http://www.scican.net/~jsheppar/stanley/StanPrint.html
In this lesson plan for third grade classes, Flat Stanley is used as a basis for both computer lessons and for the further adventures of Flat Stanley. Kid Pix software complements this lesson plan nicely
The Red Badge of Courage Guide
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1987/2/87.02.08.x.html
Students will be asked to try to identify, analyze, and understand the causes and elements of war.
The Red Badge of Courage – Critical Reception
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/CRANE/reviews/section1.html
How was “The Red Badge of Courage” reviewed at the time of its first publication? Let students first write their own newspaper literary review, and then compare their results with actual considerations.
Elie Wiesel @ Web English Teacher
www.webenglishteacher.com/wiesel.html
Student responses to the novel.
Elie Wiesel Biography
www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wie0bio-1
The Great Gatsby Unit
www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-2925.html
Project ideas, vocabulary lists and quizzes, and reference materials for The Great Gatsby.
Great Gatsby at Allgatsby.com
The Great Gatsby Study Guide – the world’s biggest and most complete guide to the Great Gatsby.
Of Mice and Men – lesson plans
www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-3754.html
Of Mice and Men is a simple story, but in many ways, the most complex of Steinbeck’s short books.
Of Mice and Men – learning resources for the curriculum
www.learn.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=Unit&WCU=2585
To Kill a Mockingbird
Spark Notes
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mocking/
Context - Plot – Overview – Characters – Character Analysis
To Kill a Mockingbird: Student Survival Guide
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/tkm/
A+ Research & Writing for High School and College Students Home Page
Need to write a research paper? Here’s help. This web site is sponsored by the Internet Public Library and provides strategies for writing a research paper.
http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/
Book Adventure
This web site houses a free motivational reading program for children in grades K-8. Reviews help children pick a book to read, either from a library or bookstore. This web site was developed by the Sylvan Learning Center.
Analyzing Your Topic
Choosing and analyzing a topic for a research paper is the focus of this article, offering steps and tips to help students develop their papers.
http://www-english.tamu.edu/wcenter/handouts/invention.html
Writing about Novels
Especially useful for students who become paralyzed at the thought of writing a literary essay – this site offers exercises and key questions to help writers stay focused and analyze
http://www-english.tamu.edu/wcenter/handouts/prose/html
AdCracker.com
Our culture is bombarded by ads, now learn more about them. AdCracker looks at how the buyer buys, how ads make people think, feel and act, and how to create a brand.
http://www/adcracker.com/index.htm
Lesson Plans K-12 for Teaching Reading and Writing
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
KidLit Children’s Literature Home Page
Reading Lessons
www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/reading/index.html
Student Guides – The Book Report
From choosing a book, to outlining and drafting a report, to creating the final version, this site will guide students through the process.
http://www.lkwdpl.org/study/bookrep/
Structure of the Five Paragraph Essay
Paragraph by paragraph, this outline will provide a guideline for a second grade report. Click on the arrow for writing samples.
http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/English/essay/index.html
Teaching Strategies
http://www.kidwriting.homestead.com/
http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/department.asp?d=1
http://www.angelfire.com/ks/teachme/writing.html
Writing a Basic Essay
Online guide for grades 9-12
http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/
PALS – Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening
The following sites provide teachers with background information:
www.proteacher.com/070171.shtml&title=Phonemic%20Awareness%20Activities
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/fourblocks/working_with_words_blocks.htm
The following sties are for students
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooeyhome.html
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/hanglist.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/
The following sites provide teachers with background information
http://www.sedl.org/reading/framework/
http://www.sedl.org/reading/topics/cueing.html
The following sites are for students
Index to Children’s and Young Adults’ Authors and Illustrators
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm
Authors and Illustrators on the Web
Alphabetized list of children’s authors and illustrators. Click on the name to be linked to web site about the author.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
Folktales from Africa, Native Americans, Asia, Trinidad, and Japan
http://edtech.sandi.net/literacy/3.6/folktales.html
Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/authors.html
Children’s Book Council
http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/aboutauthors.html
Fairy Tale Activities
http://www.alfy.com/teachers/teach/thematic_units/Fairy_tales/Fairy_1.asp
Favorite Fairy Tales
http://www.abcteach.com/FairyTales/talesTOC.htm
William Shakespeare
www.bartleby.com/people/Shakespe.html
Shakespeare and the Renaissance
www.castle.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Annex/ShakSites1.html
Teaching Shakespeare
Folger Library offers a lesson plan archive and general tips on teaching Shakespeare to students
http://www.folger.edu/education/teaching.htm
All Shakespeare
Visit this site to access online guides for Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets. Learn about the life and times of Shakespeare from the biography, timeline, and pictures and images.
Shakespearean Insults
Shakespearean language and expressions
http://www.petelevin.com/shakespeare.htm
Chill with Will
Created for students, this site will help answer questions about studying Shakespeare, including information about his life, works, and language.
http://library.thinkquest.org/19539/
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The complete collection is at this site
http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/
Web Guide to Shakespeare’s Julius
Caesar
Four main student activities to support and extend your class reading of Julius Caesar can be found at this site, along with a web guide and further resources.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/Caesar/caesarwebguide.html
Poetry for Upper Elementary Students
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/poemiddle.htm
Lyrical Lessons Online
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/spotlight.htm
Hyperbole Lesson Plan
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/10lesson.htm
The Novel Guide
To Kill a Mockingbird: Student Survival Guide
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/tkm/
To Kill a Mockingbird & Harper Lee
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Culture/HarperLee/
Huck Finn: A Teaching Guide
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/teachers/huck/
Catcher in the Rye: Novel Analysis
http://www.novelguide.com/thecatcherintherye/
The Crucible: Novel Analysis
http://www.novelguide.com/thecrucible/index.html
The Story of Beowulf
http://www.lone-star.net/literature/beowulf/beowulf.html
Beowulf Main Page
http://stcyril.org/teacher/beowolf.htm
Resources for the Study of Beowulf
http://www.library.unr.edu/subjects/guides/beowulf.html
The Geoffrey Chaucer Website – Homepage
http://www/icg.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/
Guide to Grammar and Writing
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar
Mrs. Dowling Grammar Corner offers study guides and grammar rules.
http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/grammar/gram.html
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Ben’s Guide to Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/index.html
What should elementary students be learning about their government in the early years? Find the ABC’s and essentials here, with an overview of our nation and government, as well as a look at neighborhoods and communities, games and activities, and American symbols.
The White House for Kids
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/index.html
Designed especially for children. Elementary students can learn the history of the White House, take a tour, learn about the presidents, their pets, and more.
United States Historical
Documents
Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents
Brought to you by the folks at the University of Okalahoma’s College of Law, this easy to use site contains primary documents related to U.S. History. It starts with Christopher Columbus’ letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and ends with George W. Bush’s Inaugural Address in 2001. In between are a myriad of documents covering every period of U.S. history. You can copy and paste into your word processing application and make study guides, or you can have students access the site directly.
National Constitution Center
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/
The Avalon Project: listed by dated Amendments
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/usconst.htm
United States Postal Service
Library of Congress Home Page
The United States Mint
http://www.usmint.gov/index.cfm
Stately Knowledge
http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/
What is the Capital?
http://www.what-is-the-capital-of.com/
Worldwide Governments on the WWW
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/world.html#1
Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions etc. Also includes political parties. Online since June 1995. Contains more than 17000 entries from more than 220 countries. Frequently updated.
International Government Sources
http://www.umr.edu/~library/gov/intltabl.html
U.S. Elections
http://www.infoplease.com/millennium1.html
Current Flags of US Districts, Territories, and Possessions
http://www.law.ou.edu/possflag.html
Us – Territories and Possessions
http://www.cyndislist.com/territor.htm