Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

Teacher Resource Sites 21stCenturySkills.org

ABC Teach

ADD | ADD Association | ADD Coping in the Classroom | Helping Students w/ ADHD |
AIMS Education Foundation | Alphabet Superhighway
Art | ArtsEdNet | Explore Art | KinderArt see "Art" page

ASIA for Educators | Assessment FormsAtoZ Teacher Stuff
Bigchalk |
Assessment | Assessment Tool for Information Literacy Skills | ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment & Evaluation | Group Evaluation Assessment Sheets | Assessment
Autism | Resources
Behavior | Behavior Advisor
Bingo
Bingo Board Maker | 5x5 Bingo Card Maker | 3x3 Bingo Card Maker | Blank Bingo Cards | Biography Maker | Bingo Card Generator
Blogs Teacher Lingo | Blogs in Education
Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library |
Boardmaker | Plus tutorial |
Brain-based Education & Teaching
| ASCD | Brain based education | Brain Center | BrainConnection | Dynamic Development Lab | Mind Matters | New Horizons for Learning | Neuroscience Education | Project Zero | Rhode Island Teachers in Technology Initiative
BrainPop Jr.
Brochure Lesson Plans 
| Desk Top Publishing
Bulletin Boards  | A to Z Teacher Tips-Classroom Decor | Boards of a Feather | Classroom Decor Index | Kim's Korner | "Hang-Ups"
Celebrating Diversity
Bullying | NoBully.org | Bullying:Peer Abuse in School | Bullying | Online Prevention/Intervention Class
Busy Teacher's Cafe | Bullies in Children's Literature | Using Literature to Teach about Bullying
Calendars | Assign-a-Day | Calendar Server | Calendars Net | Custom Calendars, Bookmarks & much more | Jan Brett Interactive Calendars | Scholastic Teacher Tools
Certificates | Certificates | Certificate Creator | Award Certificates
Character Education | Character Counts | Character Education | Good Character | Character Education | Character Education.com | CE Hotlist | CE Lesson Plans | Good Character | Character Education BU | Character Education Vocabulary
Classroom Management | Class Notes Online | Collaborative Learning | Community Learning | Concept to Classroom Workshops | Conflict Resolution for Grades 2-4  | Connecting Students
Classroom Differentiation | ASCD | Mapping a Route | PUSD
Collaboration 2.0 | Etherpad | Google Docs | WallWisher |
Concept Mapping | Mindomo | MyWebspiration |
Co-operative Learning
| CL | CL | CL CenterCL Rubric
Cyberbee | Creative Teaching Site | Crisis Response in Our Schools | Current Events Ideas | Curriculum Guide to Primary Games
Discovery School | Edhelper | EDSITEment| Education Week | Education World | Education Oasis |Educator's Reference Desk | Eduscapes | Eduweb Adventures | Elementary School | Eisenhower National Clearinghouse | EduHound | Edupuppy (preschool- grade 2) | Education Planet | Educate the Children |
Curriki-open source curricula
Diagrams-draw and share online at Gliffy
Creativity | Flickr Toys-Do Fun Stuff w/ your photos
Differentiation | Classroom Setup Tool | Renzulli Learning System | School of One |
Disabilities
| Disability Awareness with Children's Books | Learning Disabilities | Discovery Education Streaming-see Mrs. Smith for password
eThemes Database | ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities & Gifted Education
Educational Links | Keane
ERIC | ERIC | Educator's Reference Desk 

Essential Question | Asking the Essential Questions
ELL | Doing What Works | Lesson Design | Science & Math Lessons for K-3 ELL | ESL Gold
| Using English.com ESL Online | English as a Second Language | English-to-go Lessons | Englishclub.com | Catch the Spelling | Spell Check | English Online
Essential Questions | Exercises, Quizzes & Tests | Explorer | Lessons for ESL Students | Telephone Converstions | Tongue Twisters
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence |
Field Trips | Virtual Field Trips | Field Trips | Tramline Field Trips | Field Trips |
Filamentality | File Cabinet
First Day of School Activities | Getting to Know You | Fourteen Great Activities | 14 More | Ideas for the First Day
Flashcards-Printable | Free Flashcards |
Flat Stanley  | Flat Stanley Project | Flat StanleyFonts | Formsite | Forms | Freeworksheets
Gateway to Educational Materials | GEM
Games | Map & Geography | Educational | Funbrain
Geography
| Geography Lesson Plans | Geography Education | Geography Label Me Printouts | Global SchoolHouse | Good Citizenship Lessons | Gradebook | Using GPS in Education
Gifted Students | Mind Stretchers | Gifted Resources Home Page | Hoagie's Gifted Education Page | Armadillo's WWW Resources | ERIC | Lifeline to the Net's Gifted Resources Index  | Prufrock Press |
Global Schoolhouse | Google Docs for Educators |
Graphic Organizers
Graphic Organizers | Kathy Schrock's Graphic Organizers | NCREL Graphic Organizers | SCORE Graphic Organizers | Graphic Organizer Generators | Create a Venn | Guided Reading Graphic Organizers | Venn Diagrams | abcTeach | Graphic Organizers | Eduplace Graphic Organizers | Region15 Graphic Organizers | Story Telling Organizers | TeacherVision | Venn Diagrams
Guided Reading Books & Lessons
History | Historynow.org | Books, Timelines, Maps, etc. | Teaching w/ Historic Places | The History Lab see also grade level sites

Homepage Maker | Homework| Houghton Mifflin Web Guide | HowStuffWorks for Teachers
Inclusion Teaching Strategies | Innovative Classroom

Indian (American) Education | Information for Teachers | Oyate | American Indians in Children's Literature | Recommended Books & Resources |
Information Literacy 
| S.O.S. | Tutorial | K-12 Guidelines | Libraries & IL Schools | Research | Neverending Search WebQuest
Insects | Insect Info for using live insects in an elementary classroom | Insect Lesson
Internet | Internet Field Trips | iPods in Education |
Jigsaw Classroom
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

KnowledgeLoom | K-W-L-H Technique |
Language Arts  | SCORE Cyberguide
Learning Page | Learning Resources Search Engine | Learning Styles | LD Online | Library of Congress Learning Page | Literature Based Teaching Ideas
Mass Dept of Edu. | Massachusetts Frameworks Matching Sites | Maps (outline) | MarcoPolo | Maps (Printable) | MCREL Teacher Resources
Mentoring Leadership and Resource Network (ASCD) |
Lesson Planning-see also Primary Sources section below | 4teachers.org | A-Z Teacher Stuff | Apple Education | Asia Curriculum | Bureau of Land Management-science, social studies, projects, etc. | Challenger Center for Space Education | Columbia Education Center | Curriki | do2learn | Dole 5 A Day | Edsitement | Educator's Bridge-Science Lessons & printables | Economics & Geography Lessons for 32 Children's Books | Education World | Educator's Reference Desk -was ERIC 
Eduscapes | HotChalk | NY Times Learning Network | EPA Superfund | ERIC | DiscoverySchool | Education Place | eLearning Web Lessons | 42explore | Federal Resources for Educational Planning | Gardening with Children | Internet4Learning | Kevin's Lesson Center | Lesson Planet | Lesson Planning | Lesson Plans | LessonSense | Links 2 Learning 4 Educators | Lightspan | Lesson Stop | Lessons Plan Page | Lesson Plans-Georgia | Map Lessons | Lesson Planning | LETSNet | AskERIC Lesson Plans | Core Knowledge Lesson Plans | Critical Thinking Lesson Resources | McGraw-Hill Learning Network | NASA Lesson Plans | NetDay Compass | New York Times Learning Network | Open Court Resources | Oxfam's Cool Planet Global Teaching | PBS Teachers | PowerPoints | Project Interactive | PBS Teachers | Quia | Reach Every Child | ReadWriteThink | Scholastic | Interactivate-Science & Math | Shedd Aquarium Educational Adventures | Smile Program | Smithsonian Educators | Smithsonian Education Resource Library | Smithsonian Institute Lesson Plans | Socrato | Solution Site | Songs for Teaching | Starfall | Teachable Moment Social Responsibility Lessons | Teach-nology | Teachers' Domain | TeachersFirst | Teacherslounge | Teacher's Network | Thinkfinity-was Marco polo | Thinkport | Thirteen Ed Online | Universal Design for Learning | Yes I Can Teach Lesson Plans
Literature | Teacher's guides | Literature Circles.com | Literature Learning Ladders |
Literacy | Literacy Web | Peggy Sharpe | Children's Literature | Literature Based Teaching Ideas | Core Literature Cyberguide | Early Literacy | Connecting Students with Literature | Speech & Literacy | see also Literacy Page

Math
| ENC Online | Balanced Assessments | Center for Technology & Teacher Education:Mathematics | Computing Technology for math Excellence | Mathematics | MSTE (Math, Science & Technology Education) Lessons | National Council for Teachers of English | Ohio Resource Center for Math, Science & Reading | One Hundredth Day of School Ideas | Multiplication Games | Center for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching | 10 Best Practices | Best Practice in Mathematics | for New Math Teachers | Math Virtual Library | Internet Math Library | Riverdeep Math | Math & Science Explorer | M & M Math | Math & Spreadsheets | Fractions to print out | Math Center Ideas K-2 | Concept & Teaching of Place Value | Problem-Solving Worksheets | Math Lessons that are Fun | Math Worksheet Creator | Money Equivalents | Worksheet Generator | Worksheet Creator | Explorer Math & Science Resources | Time & Clock Lessons | Resources | Tools |
Multicultural | Multicultural Education-Definition | Building Bridges: A Peace Corps Classroom Guide to Cross-Cultural Understanding | Teaching with a Multicultural Perspective
Multiple Intelligences | Multiple Intelligences | see also Brain-Based Education & Learning above

Music | School Music.com | see also Music page
National Geographic Education Site | NEA
Native Americans-see Indian Education above
Notetaking
| Note-Taking Lessons | IIM Investigation Method |
OWL-NEA
Odyssey | eThemes Online Resources for teachers | Parent Conferences | Periodicals
Paper | Free Printables of graph & other types
Physical Education
| Physical Education Lesson Plans  | PE Central | Access Excellence Health & Bioscience Site
Poetry | How to Teach Poetry | Poetry Class
Professional Portfolio Development | Poetry Teachers
PowerPoint in the Classroom |
Primary Sources | Using Primary Sources in the Classroom | Primary Source Interpretation | The Learning Page from Library of Congress American Memory Collection |
Ancestry.com | Four centuries and over 90 million war records from NARA dating from Jamestown through the Viet Nam War, 37 million images, Civil War pension records and more. Also, immigration records, census data and birth, marriage and death records. | Historic Maps Lessons |
Immigration to the U.S., 1789-1930 (Harvard site) | Harvard University's Open Collections Program has launched " Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930," a web-based collection of approximately 1,800 books and pamphlets, 6,000 photographs, 200 maps, and 13,000 pages from manuscript and archival collections selected from Harvard's library, archives and museums. The collection is available to Internet users everywhere. By incorporating diaries, biographies and other writings capturing diverse experiences, the collected material provides a window into the lives of ordinary immigrants. In addition to thousands of items now accessible, the collection includes contextual information on immigration and quantitative data.
History Websites by period
Stages of a Historical Research Project This would be useful to give students at the planning stage of a research assignment.
The History Lab Build your own lessons with primary sources at this interactive site.
History Toolkit This links on this site are useful for specifics such as graveyards, deeds, diaries, oral histories etc.
Historical Google Videos approximately 250 video clips that are about 10 minutes in lengththat have been made available from NARA (National Archives) and they can be played directly online through your computer
Primary Sources Lesson Framework This site has good criteria for selection of primary sources to be used such as reading level, ideas for lessons and assessments.
Smithsonian Source Resources for Teaching American History The site is divided into three main sections: Teaching with Primary Sources, Historical Topics, and Primary Sources. Five teaching strategies for using primary sources in the classroom, such as Jigsaw and Graphic Organizers, are featured in the first section. The historical topics include: Civil Rights, Colonial America, Native American Society, Transportation, Invention, and Westward Expansion. Each topic includes several lesson plans that are organized by grade level and use primary documents to engage students in learning history. The teacher-developed, standards-based lesson plans include links to the documents, vocabulary, activities, assessments, handouts, and extension activities. Also included is a thematic video to go along with each topic and DBQs (Documents and Questions) that can be used independently of the lesson plan.
NARA Great analysis worksheets available on this site!
NARA Teaching with Documents Lesson plans by era
MassMoments.org
Maryland Historical Society Great analysis worksheets available on this site!
How to Read a 200-year old Document and other FAQs Good write-up and explanations for students about primary sources.
| American Journeys-Eyewitness Accounts of Early American Exploration & Settlement | American Memory Collection Finder Search | America's Freedom Documents | Core Documents of U.S. Democracy | Cornell's Making of America Digital Library of Primary Sources | Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents | Antebellum-Reconstruction Periods Primary Documents | Civil War Images | Documenting the American South | Early America | History First Hand (Using Primary Resources) | How to Use Primary Sources | Living History Farms | Making of America | NARA Digital Classroom  | Our Documents | Past Portal-Colonial Williamsburg's Portal to American History | Primary Sources on the Web | Repositories of Primary Sources | Turn of the Centuries Exhibit | Understanding Primary Sources Lesson: The Erie Canal | US & World History Primary Sources on the Web | US Historical Documents | Our Documents | Primary Source Investigation-Children of Yesteryear | Photo Gallery-Children of Yesteryear | Primary Sources on the Web | Memorial Hall Museum-American Centuries Views from New England | Picturing Modern America | Repositories of Primary Sources |   The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources
Printables | Printables  |  Puzzlemaker
Quia
Posters | Web Poster Wizard
Professional Development
| Professional Learning Library | Thirteen Ed Online | Teacher Universe | TeachersNetwork | TeacherTube
Project Based Learning | Online Resource | Project ApproachProject Based LearningProject Based Learning Checklist |
Puzzles | Puzzle Clonz Jigsaw Puzzles | Puzzlemaker | Personal Education Press

Quizzes | Quizstar | Quia |
Reading
| ReadWriteThink | Reading | Reading Comprehension | Reading Comprehension Connection | Reading Log | Reading-Online Journal | Partnership for Reading | Reading Rockets | Frye Readability Graph | Lexile Framework for Reading | Reader's Theater Scripts | Reading a-z |
Reading Comprehension Strategies | Journey North Teacher's Manual | Reading Comprehension
Reciprocal Teaching, http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/atrisk/at6lk38.htm
Reflective Teaching  | A Handbook for Reflective Teaching | Exploring Our Own Classroom Practice | Reflective Practice & Professional Development | Reflective Teaching

Rubrics | Rubistar | Rubric, Rubrics, Teacher Rubric Makers | iRubric |
Schedule Generator | Scholastic Online Activities | What is a Rubric? (pdf) | Writing Rubric Generator | Writing Assessment Rubric Science
| Biology Corner | Earth Science | ENC Online | Geology | Cool Stuff for the Classroom | Iron Science Teacher | National Science Digital Library | Science Support | Science Gems | Science Curriculum | Sheppard's Science Resources | Awesome Library Science Sites | FossWeb Interactive Science Curriculum | Science Netlinks | Science Lessons | Space Team Online | The Science Page | Science Learning Network | Natl. Science Teacher's Assoc. | Frank Potter's Science Gems | Science Net Links | Small Planet | Franklin Institute | Space Educator's Handbook | NASA Educational Materials | National Science Education Standards | National Science Teachers Association | NSTA Recommends | Teacher Resource Project (Science Lessons) | NASA Quest | National Geographic | Explorer Math & Science Resources | CIESE Online Classroom Projects (Science) | Science House | The Thinking Fountain
Sibling Rivalry | It's My Life | Sisters & Brothers: Working Things Out
Smithsonian Education  | Sites for Teachers
Social Bookmarking | Schoonoodle - for teachers
Social Studies
| TeacherSource Lesson Plans | National Council for Social Studies | US History Lesson Plans | American Memory Learning Place | History/Social Studies for K-12 Teachers | HistoryChannel | Teaching w/ Historic Places
Songs for Teaching: Using music to promote learning

Speech & Language  | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
SPED | SPED News | SPED Lessons | Teachers Helping Teachers
Schwab Foundation for Learning |
State Standards | Study Guides & Strategies
Standards | National Educational Technology Standards | National Dialogue | ISTE Teacher Standards | ISTE Student Standards | Mass Curriculum Frameworks | Sites offering Academic & Skill Standards | Teaching to State Standards & Testing
StudyStack is designed to help leasrners memorize information about various subjects with virtual flashcards, matching games, word seasrch puzzles or hangman.
Surfaquarium
Tammy's Technology Tips for Teachers | 4Teachers | Tapped In | Teach-Nology | Teacher Focus | Teacher's Domain | Teachers Helping Teachers | Teacher Plus | Teacher Resources | Teacher Universe | TeachersFirst | Teachers @Work | Teacher's Net | Gazette | Teachnet | Teacher Vision | TeachWeb | Teacher Zone | Teachers  | Teacher Created Materials | TeachingBooks.net | Teachervision | Teacher's Place | TeacherWeb | TeachersFirst | Teaching Ideas | I Love that Teaching Idea | abcTeach | Tech4Learning | Teacher's Domain | Teacher Time Saver | Teacher Resources from the US Govt. | Teaching w/ Documents from NARA | Sites for Teachers | | Teaching w/ Mnemonics | Teaching w/ Timelines
Technology Technology Integration | Technology Tools | Technology Integration | Tenth Planet | TERC | Thinkfinity | Thirteen Ed Online | Too Cool For Grownups | Trackstar
Timelines | OurTimeLearningLines |
Universal Design for Learning | What is it? | Lesson Planning |
Videos | Brainpop ESL | WatchNow - educational videos | NeoK12 | TeacherTube | Google Video search | National Science Foundation Multimedia | Open Vault | Spangler Science Videos |
Blinkx searches more than seven million hours of video and is the largest repository of digital video on the Web | Wingclips.com movie clips that inspire & illustrate | Kids' Vid | Open Video Project |
Writing | WritingFix |
Web 2.0 | Google Docs & Spreadsheets | VoiceThread | YouTube.Edu | |
Webquests
| Best WebQuests | Dr. Alice Christie's WebQuest Matrix | Explanation | LearnNC | WebQuest Building Blocks | Filamentality | Webquest Template | Webquest Information | The WebQuest Page | Webquest 101 | WebRing | Creating WebQuests | Another Template | Another Template | Web-and-Flow | Matrix of Examples | Webquests | Taskonomy | Sample Rubric | Edhelper WebQuests | Professional Development Page of Links Pertaining to WebQuests | Intro to WebQuests | Webquest Rubric Maker | Webquest Generator | Webquest Locator | More WebQuests
UN Peace Lesson Plan Ages 8-11 | US Dept of Education
WebTeacher Internet Tutorial | Weekly Reader |
Web Hosts  | MySchoolOnLine
| TeacherWeb | Expage | Weebly | see also "Technology"
Web 2.0 Tools | Cool Tools for Schools | Web 2.0 Guru - many resources | Web 2.0
Web Links
| Kennesaw
Word Search Creator | Word Turtle
Wikis | TeacherTube video explaining |
Word Walls
| Word Wall-Interactive | Word Walls | Word Wall Activities | Routine | Activity List | Working w/ Words
Word Search Puzzlemaker
Worksheets | Learning Pages | Worksheet Generator
Writing | ABCs of the Writing Process | Persuasive Writing | The Writing Process, A Web Tutorial | Writing Prompts | Writing Prompts/Journal Topics | Writing Topics | Using Picture Books to Teach Narrative Writing | 6-Traits Lessons | 6 Traits + 1 | Teaching That makes Sense | Writer's Workshop | Making Kids' Writing Shine | see also "Rubrics" (above) & "Literacy" page
Xcursion Central Internet Field Trips


 
 

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