A to Z Teacher Stuff
A to Z Teacher Stuff is a teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. Find lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, and more.
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Annenberg Media
Annenberg Media uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools. This mandate is carried out chiefly by the funding and broad distribution of educational video programs with coordinated Web and print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers. It is part of The Annenberg Foundation and advances the Foundation's goal of encouraging the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge. Annenberg Media's multimedia resources help teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods. Many programs are also intended for students in the classroom and viewers at home. All Annenberg Media videos exemplify excellent teaching. Annenberg Media resources can be accessed for FREE at Learner.org, or can be purchased through the Web site or by calling 1-800-LEARNER.
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Awesome Library
Awesome Library organizes the Web with 37,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.
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CanTeach
CanTeach was created in 1997/98 to assist teachers in finding and using resources online. Although this site has resources which all educators will find useful, emphasis is placed on lesson plans, resources, & links which have a Canadian focus. The resources are broken up into two categories. There is a section of Elementary Resources which consists of lesson plans and resources, as well as a section of annotated Links.
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Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication
The Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication is an information repository of the Indiana University School of Education.
Core Knowledge Foundation
Dedicated to excellence and fairness in early education, the Core Knowledge Foundation is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan organization founded in 1986 by E. D. Hirsch, Jr., professor emeritus at the University of Virginia and author of many acclaimed books including Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know and The Schools We Need and Why We Don't Have Them. The Foundation conducts research on curricula, develops books and other materials for parents and teachers, offers workshops for teachers, and serves as the hub of a growing network of Core Knowledge schools. As you explore this site, you will find lesson plans, articles, and many other resources to help you use the Core Knowledge Preschool Sequence and Core Knowledge Sequence K-8 in your classroom and school.
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Crosswalk.com Christian Homeschool Channel
Get Christian Homeschool advice and support. Christian homeschooling resources and tools for your home education needs and homeschoolers resource center.
Design-a-Study Teaching Help Columns
Teaching Help is Kathryn Stout's monthly teaching tips column. Kathryn says, "I hope these tips will prove helpful. I plan to have a new column each month so if there are specific topics you would like me to discuss send your requests to my e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.." You can Subscribe to have Teaching Help e-mailed to you each month. You can also have back issues sent to you via e-mail by selecting the "E-mail to yourself" option.
Eclectic Homeschool Online
The Eclectic Homeschool Online is a publication of the Eclectic Homeschool Association, a non-profit corporation incorporated in the state of Nevada. The mission of EHO is to provide resources and assistance that allows homeschoolers to homeschool their children in a manner that suits each individual child's needs and gifts. It is published from a Christian perspective.
- Website Eclectic Homeschool Online
EDSITEment
EDSITEment offers a treasure trove for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies. All websites linked to EDSITEment have been reviewed for content, design, and educational impact in the classroom. They cover a wide range of humanities subjects, from American history to literature, world history and culture, language, art, and archaeology, and have been judged by humanities specialists to be of high intellectual quality. EDSITEment is not intended to represent a complete curriculum in the humanities, nor does it prescribe any specific course of study.
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emTech: Emerging Technologies
Over 15,000 resources organized by topics for teachers, students, and parents.
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Garden of Praise
Garden of Praise is an educational website created in 1999 by a veteran classroom teacher with 35 years experience. Their purpose is to provide free online and printable teaching materials. You are free to print material for your own use at home and in the classroom, but you may not reproduce it for profit.
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Homeschool Buyers Co-op
The Homeschool Buyers Co-op is the nation's largest purchasing cooperative for homeschooling families. School districts get educational discounts -- why not homeschoolers? The reason is simple: school districts have purchasing power and homeschoolers don't because we buy as individuals. The Co-op changes that by combining the purchasing power of thousands of homeschooling families around the country to give homeschoolers the same purchasing clout as school districts.
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Internet Public Library
The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment founded at the University of Michigan School of Information and hosted by Drexel University's College of Information Science & Technology.
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Internet4Classrooms
Internet 4 Classrooms "i4c" a free web portal for designed to assist anyone who wants to find high-quality free Internet resources to use in classroom instruction developing project ideas reinforcing specific subject matter areas both in the class and at home and even for online technology tutorials. The portal is used by teachers parents and students of all ages on six of the seven continents (there are not many classrooms in Antarctica) and is available to anyone with an Internet connection.
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Librarians' Internet Index ~ Websites You Can Trust
Librarians' Internet Index (LII) is a publicly-funded website and weekly newsletter serving California, the nation, and the world.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections.
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PASS Supplemental Materials
Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students (PASS) volumes are unique, supplemental materials written to help students with various learning needs achieve success in the classroom. The student volumes are presented in an easy-to-understand format for students seeking a standard diploma. The information is written by the Curriculum Improvement Project team in a manner that offers more understanding in less time. The PASS materials provide resources for teaching courses without changing essential content. The teacher guides give exciting teacher suggestions to stimulate student interest with thought-provoking activities. These inexpensive, ready-to-use resources may be reproduced or used as a workbook.
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Primary Games
Award winning site for teachers, parents, and kids featuring free educational games, coloring pages, interactive e-books, holiday activities, musical postcards, crafts, and more!
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Smithsonian Lesson Plans
Smithsonian lesson plans emphasize inquiry-based learning using primary sources and museum collections. Each plan is print-friendly and provides you with all the materials you need: photographs, reproductions, handouts, activities, suggested strategies, standards information, and additional online resources
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Study Guides and Strategies
Since 1996 the Study Guides and Strategies web site has been researched, authored, maintained and supported by Joe Landsberger as an international, learner-centric, educational public service. The site contains a large resource base of study guides on all subjects including preparation skills, learning, studying, etc.
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Teacher Planet
This website houses a large amount of themes, worksheets, and resources for Educators.
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Teaching Today ~ Teaching Tips, Lesson Plans, and More
McGraw-Hill, Glencoe site with educational resources, downloads, videos, etc.
TheHomeSchoolMom
TheHomeSchoolMom is home to thousands of quality, hand-picked resources including homeschooling lesson plans, unit studies, software, webquests, websites and more. We are constantly adding new resources and our newsletters feature the best online homeschool resources.
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Education Resources
Features topic-by-topic breakdown of the best sites on the World Wide Web.
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Educational Games
Online Educational Math & Word Games and Puzzles for ALL Ages, Kids and Teachers
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Forchess
Forchess is an exciting four-handed chess variant played on a single standard chessboard with two different sets of chess pieces. These can be a plastic and a wooden set or two plastic sets painted different colors (ordinary enamel spraypaint usually works well). The keys to Forchess are the board setup and pawn movement. Forchess is easy to learn but challenging to master.
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AISH Jewish High Holidays
Resources for celebrating the High Holidays of the Jewish faith.
- Website AISH Jewish High Holidays
English Online
A site for English teachers (years 1-13) which includes teaching resources, networks and research for teachers and student projects and publication opportunities brought to you by the New Zealand Ministry of Education.
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Tutorial World
Tutorial World provides free questions for your practice in English, Maths and Science at primary school level. These tutorials and worksheets are arranged by grade levels, subjects and topics.
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Web English Teacher
Web English Teacher presents the best of K-12 English / Language Arts teaching resources: lesson plans, WebQuests, videos, biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom activities.
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World Wide Words
More than 2100 pages on the origins, history, evolution and idiosyncrasies of the English language worldwide. New words and words in the news are regularly featured.
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Handwriting for Kids
An interactive site with resources for teaching handwriting to children.
- Website Handwriting for Kids
EDSITEment: Foreign Language
EDSITEment offers a treasure trove for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies. All websites linked to EDSITEment have been reviewed for content, design, and educational impact in the classroom. They cover a wide range of humanities subjects, from American history to literature, world history and culture, language, art, and archaeology, and have been judged by humanities specialists to be of high intellectual quality. EDSITEment is not intended to represent a complete curriculum in the humanities, nor does it prescribe any specific course of study.
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The Teaching Foreign Languages K-12 video library and professional development guide bring to life the Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century. Illustrating effective instruction and assessment strategies, the series documents 27 teachers and their students in K-12 classrooms around the country as they study eight languages across a range of competency levels.
BBC Languages ~ French
A great interactive site for learning the French language.
- Website BBC Languages ~ French
Fast and Friendly French For Fun
An online resource for French beginners. This is part of over 7,000 websites created by students around the world who have participated in a ThinkQuest Competition.
- Website Fast and Friendly French For Fun
French Language Activities at EnchantedLearning.com
A plethora of activities, worksheets, coloring pages, and other resources for teaching primary French.
Our Vacation to France! ~ A WebQuest for French Students
Your family has decided to take a trip to France. It's the first time you have been to France and you are all excited. This is your one chance to absorb as much of France and what it has to offer in just one week. The problem is that each one of you has different interests and likes so you must make an intinerary that fits all of your interests and needs. Once you are in France you have to visit all of these fun and exciting places and bring back information and pictures for a scrapbook. You want to have a great trip and bring back plenty of memories!
Teacher Planet: France Theme Page
Links to resources on France's geography, language, culture, etc.
TennesseeBob's Famous French Links
TennesseeBob's Famous French Links - 2nd Edition - Now a 10,000-Link Globe-Gate Supersite. Contains a compendium of resources for learning and teaching French.
To Learn French
To Learn French is a free site for French learners. You will find free French vocabulary sheets, French grammar sheets and French exercises. Thousands of French penpals are waiting for you. They will help you learn French. There is a French forum too. The site has been built by French speakers.
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EDSITEment: Literature & Language Arts
EDSITEment offers a treasure trove for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies. All websites linked to EDSITEment have been reviewed for content, design, and educational impact in the classroom. They cover a wide range of humanities subjects, from American history to literature, world history and culture, language, art, and archaeology, and have been judged by humanities specialists to be of high intellectual quality. EDSITEment is not intended to represent a complete curriculum in the humanities, nor does it prescribe any specific course of study.
Literature Learning Ladders
This web project will help you make the connection between theory and practice by exploring some online resources related to literacy, themes, literature circles, technology, and learning.
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Literature Learning Ladders ~ Literature-based WebQuests
WebQuests provide an authentic, technology-rich environment for problem solving, information processing, and collaboration. This inquiry-based approach to learning involves students in tasks that make good use of Internet-based resources. A literature-based WebQuest uses a book(s) as a focal point for activities. Tasks might involve the theme, characters, plot, or setting of the book.
Vandergrift's Children's Literature Page
This website is a means of sharing ideas and information with all those interested in literature for children and young adults.
ABC's of the Writing Process
A Universal Process for Any Writing Task. The purpose of this site is to provide a user friendly online resource, for students or teachers, no matter what they are being challenged to write.
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