TEACHER RESOURCES

Try these links to find resources for your students and your projects.

42eXplore section of Eduscapes.com by Annette Lamb and Larry Johnson has information, definitions, links, and other resources on many topics for K-12. This site is a real time saver.

Assorted Teaching Resources is a collection of sites that are worth a visit.

Black History Links is a web page with links to sites which help describe issues from slavery in pre-Civil War America and the Underground Railroad through the Jim Crow era and Civil Rights struggle to the present.

The Children's Literature Web site has resources about authors, stories, reader's theater, books, reading and language art teachers' resources and much more. This site is by David K. Brown of Doucette Library of Teaching Resources, University of Calgary.

Creating a WebQuest: It's easier than you think! What are WebQuests? What accounts for their popularity? And how can you use -- and create -- WebQuests in your own classroom? This week, Education World explores those questions and more.

Crossroads: A K-16 American History Curriculum is just that - thought provoking questions and on-line resources. This is definitely worth a look by anyone teaching U.S. History at any level!

Curriculum Integration Links The Northern Trails Area Education Agency in Clear Lake, Iowa has put together a comprehensive list of educational links for all subjects and grades.

D & W's Teacher Resources - Dave and Wendy Timmons has put together this list of great resources for teachers and students.

Education Resources by Subject from the Education Index is "a topic-by-topic breakdown of the best sites on the World Wide Web" they claim.

Elementary Level Resources from Edmonds School Dist. #15 in Lynnwood, WA has lessons for many subjects. It also has a link to many excellent resources for teachers of all levels.

EmTech Has put together a comprehensive index of web sites useful for teachers, students, parents, administrators, and other professional educators. This will save you a lot of time in finding useful links.

ESL Resources

ESL/Language Arts Websites has links to ESL, translation and English language websites!
List Of Valuable ESL Resources by Marie Nizzi of Garden City High School in N.Y. Lots of links here, but the site tries to download an mplayer.exe file (play a song). If you don't want it, just cancel the warning dialogue box.

Everything for Education K-12 from EduHound.com is a prescreened collection of excellent educational links. K-5 teachers will want to focus on EduPuppy.com, especially their list of quality lesson plans.

Explore Our Resources from the Science Learning Network has links to many online interactive museum activities. Some of these are good enough to be included in the online projects section.

Geography by Matt Rosenberg has all kinds of geography resources.

History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers is a fantastic collection of resources to provide much help for K-12 classroom students or teachers in locating information on the internet. Dennis Boals has done a wonderful job with this site.

Holocaust, Anne Frank and W.W.II Links is a web page with links to Holocaust, Anne Frank and W.W.II sites for your students and lesson plans for you.

Internet Resources from the Missouri Assessment Program - University of Missouri has resources for teachers and students for all subjects.

Internet School Library Media Center has lesson plans and resources for a variety of subjects. Inez Ramsey, Professor Emeritus at James Madison University has done a wonderful job with this site. You will be glad you visited it.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a classified list of many sites on the Internet found to be extremely useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. Many feel this is the BEST teacher resource site on the Internet. Expect to spend much time here as you enjoy finding wonderful resources for you and your students.

Lesson Plan Resources Page is sorted by grade level from NetSteps.

Microsoft Classroom Teacher Network has a variety of resources for teachers from lesson plans to certificate making. This site has much to offer.

Mr. Bode's Foreign Language Site contain over 100 links for foreign language teachers (mostly Spanish but includes others), as well as interactive Spanish worksheets which can be completed and scored online. (Note: This page has been upgraded and now takes forever to download, but it is well worth the time.)

Mr. Booth's Education Site has quality ideas and units. While at the Education Site, under "select a category" on the left, choose any file and enjoy! In my opinion, Mr. Booth really understands the relationship of technology to how kids learn.

NEA's Education Links (EDLinks) has links about teaching, learning and technology that have been submitted by teachers and reviewed by the NEA consultants (practicing teachers). Choose one of three ways to search through the links database by query, by subject or by listing all links.

On-Line Practice Modules Want to find out how to use PowerPoint, Inspiration, Excel, Clarisworks, Hyperstudio and many other applications in your classroom? Bill Byles and Susan Brooks have designed "step-by-step modules for training teachers to use the most common applications used in classrooms."

Online Educational Resources is a wealth of educational resources assembled by NASA.

Resources for English/Language Arts Teachers by Janice Smith has resources and lesson plans for poetry, literature, editorial cartoons, fictional short stories, grammar, children's literature, on-line ideas for English teacher and much, much more. Also check out her Ms. Smith's English Page for her eighth grade English classes at Weymouth (MA) Junior High as a model of what an English teacher's web page should include.

The Scholastic Network has lesson plans, author interviews, online activities (mentioned earlier) for your students and much more. Access to this site used to cost money, but now it is free. If you are not familiar with Scholastic Network, the time you spend here will be worthwhile. It's a great resource for you and your students. If you can't find resources through the index, then use the Scholastic Network Search.

Science Gems has every site one could possibly need for science education.

Site Map A way to discover information from across the entire U.S. federal government- Check out the Search and Subjects link in particular.

Substance Abuse Research Links is a web page with links to student safe sites which help them with substance abuse research.

TeacherLink A source of many links to teacher resources, units and lesson plans. Type in a keyword for the unit your are doing. This site is maintained by Mr. Nathan M. Smith, College of Education, Utah State University.

Teachers' Links for K-8 teachers from Dr. Norman Labush. K-8 teachers will like the variety of free educational resources.

The Teachers.Net Chatboard Network allows you to talk to other teachers about topics related to your teaching. I've found teachers at this site to be most helpful and supportive. This page is for teachers all grades, subjects, and specialties.

The TeachersNetwork - Webquests has a selection of WebQuests to view and resources to use to develop them.

Teacher Web Resources from Kid Info leads to "quality internet sites" you can use as resources.

ThinkQuest Library of Entries is the collection of educational web sites designed by participants in the ThinkQuest Contests. Your students can explore a multitude of topics, many in an interactive format to keep them interested while learning. Use a search for a topic or use the Index of Categories.

Top Humanities Websites has "an overview of some of the top Internet sites in the areas of literature, history, foreign languages, and art history".

Using Primary Sources in the Classroom from the Library of Congress. Want to make your students really think? "These suggestions for student activities can help you enhance your social studies curriculum using authentic artifacts, documents, photographs, and manuscripts from the Library of Congress Historical Collections and other sources." There are some great ideas for student research at this site.

**A WebQuest about WebQuests for Middle/High School

World Wide Arts Resources has created a one-stop site for those wanting links to museum, art education resources, artists, etc. It also includes searchable art related databases.

WebQuest Readings and Training Materials! - Awesome site of resources as you develop or search for new WebQuests!