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A Teachers Guide to the Holocaust
This excellent site, produced by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, is "An overview of the people and events of the Holocaust through photographs, documents, art, music, movies, and literature." A teacher's guide and a student activities section suggests ideas for all levels from elementary through secondary.A to Z Teacher Stuff
Site created by teachers with "lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forumns for teachers, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, and more"ABC Teach
This site contains a directory of lesson plans organized by theme. Includes worksheets, coloring pages, posters, board games, name tags, word searches, and writing prompts for a variety of themes and subjects.Academy Curriculum Exchange
"The Curriculum Exchange is an area where teachers can find a variety of lesson plans." It covers language, mathematics, miscellaneous, science, and social studies links for K-5, 6-8 and 9-12 grade levels.Academy Curricular Exchange Social Studies Intermediate School (6-8)
The Organization For Community Networks is an Ohio nonprofit corporation and the links provided on this page are part of their curricular exchange program.The Activity Idea Place
The Activity Idea Place provides more than 3,400 activity ideas for Early Childhood Education organized by theme.Awesome Library
"Awesome Library organizes the Web with 23,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education." The site includes links to lesson plans and information regarding multiculturalism; the arts; English; mathematics; science; social studies; health and PE; technology; and languages. This is truly an "awesome" site!ProQuest
ProQuest provides links to lesson plans from a variety of course subjects and grade levels.CEC Lesson Plans
The teachers at the Columbia Education Center in Portland, Oregon have put together this page of links to lesson plans in Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies for K-12.CheckList for Teachers- Samples Lesson Plans
Lesson plans by subject and styles and a HELP section are provided on this page.Core Knowledge Resources
This site lists lesson plans and units for preschool through eighth grade from educators in Core Knowledge schools. These lesson plans were presented at recent Core Knowledge National Conferences and cover a wide array of topics.Crayola
"Find hundreds of hands-on, standards-based lesson plan ideas designed to integrate arts into the daily curriculum and stimulate independent thinking through visual learning." Ideas can be searched by grade, subject, theme, or crayola product.CrossSearch.com
CrossSearch is an Online Christian Resource Directory furnished by the Gospel Communications Network. There are online learning, distance learning, and home schooling links along with others.
Cyberguides: Teacher Guides and Student Activities
"CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric, based on California Language Arts Content Standards." Included here are guides for Grades K-3, Grades 4-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Foreign Language (CyberGuides), Language Arts Standards, Teacher Evaluation, and Student Evaluation.Debbie's Unit Factory
This page is described as "quality elementary level theme units for teachers and home schoolers."Discovery Channel School Lesson Plans
An informative site with lesson plans as well as a search feature to find resources for specific grade levels, subject types, or resource types. Featured topics include history, animals, astronomy, science, economics, the human body, literature, oceans, and technology.edHelper.com
edHelper includes reading, writing, math, social studies, critical thinking, science, language, specific topics, math puzzles, coloring pages, and a place to make your own games and puzzles.The EdIndex: Lesson Plans
This page contains several links to lesson plan resources in the realms of early education, elementary education, and secondary education. This site is supported and maintained by the University of Pittsburgh.Education Place
Education Place provides textbook support materials for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt company with monthly themes, bilingual resources spelling lists, shape-book patterns, and an activity search.Education World(TM) Lesson Planning
"Education World's goal is to make it easy for educators to integrate the Internet into the classroom." Search 500,000 education sites and link to lesson planning, curriculum, books, and administrators.
Educational WWW Resources for K-12 Students and Teachers
This Web site is sponsored by the Community Learning Network and provides links to various curricular resources, instructional materials and theme pages arranged by subject.Embracing the Child: Education Links
This site includes lesson plans for a wide variety of subjects. "Embracing the Child develops libraries for organizations providing emergency shelter, "safe houses" residential facilities for victims of domestic violence, children with learning differences, emotionally disturbed teens, runaways and "throwaways" as well as provides literature rich environments, tutoring and literacy components for after-school programs and camps for inner-city children in the Philadelphia area."ESubjects
High school lesson plans for general and special education teachers for English, history, math, and science and guidelines and strategies for teaching general and special education students.Everything ESL
"41 content based ESL lesson plans for beginning through intermediate students."Explorers Theme Page
This site contains social studies themes and activities based on the exploration of the world. It provides links to other pages with lesson plans and information specifically for each explorer or theme presented on the page.Foreign Languages for Travelers
Around 80 foreign languages are included in this site. Words and phrases from the categories of basic words, numbers, shopping/dining, travel, directions, places, and time and dates are available.HCISD Lesson Plans and Internet Resources
Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District in Harlingen, Texas has prepared this useful site of links to lesson plans at each grade level.Immigration History and Ethnicity Lesson Plans
The Immigration History Research Center of the University of Minnesota sponsors this site of lesson plans relating to immigration and ethnicity. Sites are added by teachers across the United States and cover grades 2-12.
The K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook
With a variety of sections to choose from, this site is a helpful resource for teachers. It includes links to sections on Principles of Aeronautics, Lesson Plans, Curriculum Bridges, an Aeronautics Sign Language Dictionary, Careers, NASA Tours, an Internet Guide, Activities, a Scientists and Engineers Guide, Wright Again, and a Tennis Science. The textbook is available in five reading levels with activities to go along with the lessons. A self-paced Internet guide and a career guide are just two of the several sections available.The K-12 Teaching & Learning Center: The Internet Library
"The K-12 Teaching & Learning Center is a member-supported universal resource for K-12 educators, students and families. The K-12 Teaching & Learning Center provides an on-line almanac, an on-line encyclopedia, an on-line calendar and much, much more; each developed from the organization of the finest public-domain content available on the Internet for K-12 education. Members of the K-12 TLC are individual K-12 teachers and administrators, schools, school districts, university faculty, pre-service student teachers, home-school teachers, educational service agencies and other adults with interests in K-12 education." This site allows access to a myriad of lesson plans on the subjects of Early Childhood Education, Fine Arts, Geography, Health, History and Social Studies, Language Arts, Math, Literature & Reading, Science, World Languages, Copyright, K-12 Internet Tools, Professional Development, and Reference Resources.Kidspiration and Inspiration Lesson Plan Ideas
This page provides Kidspiration and Inspiration lesson plans and templates for many subjects and themes.
Language Arts Mini-Lessons
This page provides numerous language arts links for grades K-5 and includes reading links for grade 1.
Lesson Plans
"Learning Services at the University of Alberta is comprised of interdependent academic service units, each existing to support the University's mission by enabling learning, instruction, and research through: Knowledge/Skills Transfer and Service Delivery; Asset Stewardship and Infrastructure Service and Development; Resource Management, Planning, Communication and Assessment." This site contains lesson plan guides, as well as links to other sites dedicated to lesson plans.Lesson Planz.com
This site provides lesson plans divided by subject and grade level including computers & technology,cooperative learning, health, language arts, literature, math, p.e., science, social studies, special education, the arts, and thematic units.LessonPlansPage.com
"The Lesson Plans Page is a collection of over 2,000 lesson plans, primarily at the elementary level, that were developed by Kyle Yamnitz, students, and faculty at The University of Missouri." Users may search by subject, then narrow by grade level. There are also links to lesson plans related to upcoming holidays.Lesson Plan Search
This site allows you to search for lesson plans from cooking and dance to writing and social studies. It also has ideas for bulletin boards and other teacher resources, and printable worksheets, writing prompts, brain teasers, sudoku puzzles, and a crossword maker.Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies
This page contains social studies lesson plans for grades K-12 with a huge variety of topics for lessons about anywhere in the world and the United States.The Learning Page: Lesson Plans
"The Learning Page is designed to help educators use the American Memory Collections to teach history and culture. It offers tips and tricks, definitions and rationale for using primary sources, activities, discussions, lesson plans and suggestions for using the collections in classroom curriculum." This site is sponsored by the Library of Congress as part of its American Memory program.Library-in-the-Sky
This page provides links to lesson plans for a number of grade levels, but many are for grade 6. The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory that is located in Portland, Oregon supports this page.Library Spot
This site provides links to many different lesson plan sites. Also has a reference desk and links to books, journals, newspapers, literary criticism, magazines, podcasts, poetry, and speeches.Mark Sheehan's Lesson Plans Page
This site has lesson plans for grades kindergarten through eigth grade and a lot of links to other lesson plan and lesson plan resource sites.Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL)
Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL) sponsors this page with its mission to enhance the quality of education through applied research.MR. DONN'S PAGES
This page is maintained by Mr. and Mrs. Donn, a pair of high school teachers. It contains a vast amount of lesson plans covering the subjects of Art/Music/Drama; History/Social Studies; Language Arts; Math, Science; World Geography; Computers/Technology; Journalism/Media/News; Physical Education; Holiday Lesson Plans; Health, Food, Nutrition; Sociology / Psychology; Vo-Tech/ Business; Propaganda Techniques; Library Lessons; World Languages. Especially useful for social science teachers is a section called Our Units, which contains units created by Mr. and Mrs. Donn themselves.NASA SpaceLink Instructional Materials
This site "contains educational materials and information related to NASA Aeronautics and Space Research." The services available include curriculum support, NASA educational products, multimedia, and national education statistics.New York Times Learning Network on the Web--Teacher Connections
This site offers lesson plans in all subject areas for students in grades 6-12. There is a new topic for each day as well as an archive back to August 1998. Examples of topics are the presidential impeachment trial, the immortality of art, the effectiveness of herbal medicine, and the mathematics behind opinion polls. While there is emphasis on using the Times for some assignments, other resource materials have not been excluded. Each lesson plan has a link to the author's biographical information and is linked to the McREL National Content Standards.NTTI: Lesson Plan Database
This site helps teachers integrate public television programs into their own curriculum. Included are lessons plans in Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Technology.Nye Labs
Nye Labs provides ideas for science projects, demos, quesions, and a guide to the "Bill Nye the Science Guy" episodes.Outta Ray's Head
This site provides links to literature, poetry and writing for all levels, including sixth grade. It was put together by Ray Saitz, who is a teacher/librarian in a small high school near Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada.
PBS TeacherSource
This site contains over 4500 lessons and activities for students from preschool to 12th grade. The lessons and activities are divided by the subjects of Arts & Literature, Health & Fitness, Math, Science, and Social Studies.Scholastic
This site contains lesson plans for grades K-12 organized by grade level, subject, or theme. Plus teaching and lesson plan ideas for scholastic books.SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Animal Information Database
A site for both teachers and students, it includes links for animal and educational resources, educational programs, adventure camps, as well as live video feeds.
Secondary School Educators: Lesson Plans
This page contains lesson plans for grades 6-12. Included are lessons by the subjects of Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Business and Vocational, Fine Arts, Foreign Language, Health and PE, and Multi-Subject and General Interest. Also included are specialty lesson plans on the subjects of the Internet, Computer Based (Non- Internet), Holiday, Critical Thinking, Novels, Using Historical Photos, Biographies, and Mini-Lessons.Sites for Teachers
This Web site offers a wide variety of resources for K-12 teachers. There are over 500 links to sites which include lesson plans, student activities, and other unique teaching resources.Smithsonian Education: Lesson Plans
Housed within this page are several lesson plans in the areas of the Art and Design, Language Arts, Science and Technology, and History and Culture. They "emphasize inquiry-based learning with primary sources and museum collections." Also included are "photographs and reproductions, (and) guidelines" for using the lesson materials provided.Social Studies School Service
This site contains sample lesson plans in Economics & Consumer Education; Environmental Studies; Geography; Global Education; Holocaust Studies; Humanities, Art, & Religion; Law & Youth; U.S. Government; US History; and World History.Stephanie's Lesson Plan Collection
This site offers lesson plans in all subject areas at all grade levels K-12. It was developed by an elementary school teacher from Hickory, NC.Subject Guide
This is a meta-library of K-12 Internet links that provides an "alphabetical index of the subjects you find every day in school!"The Teacher's Corner
This site contains lesson plans for a variety of subjects and grade levels along with links to other printable worksheets and links to other lesson plan web sites.Teacher's.Net
Use this search engine to find all topics and all grade levels.Teachers Helping Teachers
This site is maintained by Dr. Scott Mandel, a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Southern California, with the goals of providing techniques for new teachers, new ideas for more experienced teachers, and a support system for all teachers. Lesson plans for all subjects and all grades K-12 are available here.
Teachnet.com: Lesson Plans
The site gives access to a number of lesson ideas in the subjects of Art, Music, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Real-World, Internet, Classroom-to-Classroom, Health & Physical Education, Parents, Seasonal, and Miscellaneous. For the most part, this site is designed for elementary school teachers.TEAMS Distance Learning
This is an excellent site which provides background regarding the TEAMS project, with links to subject resources in mathematics, science, history/social science, language arts, art and music. Included are lesson plans for use in the classroom.The Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Companies
This searchable site contains information and links to information on the Reading, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Music, Health, and Benzinger.Yahoo! Education: Index
This Web site features several links to topics in education for students, teachers, and parents. Users may access the Organizations topic for information regarding educational groups arranged by subject. Distance Learning, Teaching, and K-12 are also helpful sites with links included on this page.Yahoo! Science
Click on the "just this category" radio button, then click in the search box and type in second grade to retrieve lesson plans in second grade science or broaden search and search for elementary school.INTERDISCIPLINARY LESSON PLANS
A to Z Teacher Stuff: Themes
These lesson plans enable teaching within several disciplines about a common theme. This site is maintained by an elementary teach who encourages teachers to share teaching ideas and materials.America Attacks
"Interdisciplinary lessons developed in partnership with The Bank Street College of Education in New York City. For grades 6-12."Daily Lesson Plan
This resource provides lesson plans in a wide variety of subjects. Each lesson plan includes ideas for "interdisciplinary connections."The New York Times on the Web" sponsors this site.Education World: Teacher Lesson Plans: Interdisciplinary
"Education World's goal is to make it easy for educators to integrate the Internet into the classroom."Educational Resources and Lesson Plans
A number of the lessons on this page are interdisciplinary. Use the CTRL F function to find the lesson plans that are described as interdisciplinary. "This web page consists of thousands of links to lesson plans and other resources of potential use to education students, teachers, and homeschoolers. It also includes lesson plans and resources unique to this site." The page was originally "developed this page primarily for use by education students at the College of Saint Benedict/St.John's University."The Educator's Reference Desk: Lesson Plans: Interdisciplinary
This "Lesson Plan Collection contains more than 2000 unique lesson plans which were written and submitted by teachers from all over the United States."ExxonMobil's Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection
Many of the teaching resources on this site provide ideas for interdisciplinary teaching and connections. The National Council of Teachers of English partners with ExxonMobil in creating this site where teachers and filmmakers work together to create curriculum.Gateway to Educational Materials
1. Click the drop down arrow next to "Search by broad subject:" and click "Social Studies"
2. Click in the box after 1. and type interdisciplinary
3. Click the "Search" button at the bottom of the page
"The Gateway to Educational Materials is a Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites."Interdisciplinary Units at ExxonMobil's Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection
These interdisciplinary lessons explore segregation from a variety of viewpoints.Lesson Plans 4 Teachers: Top Rated Interdisciplinary Lessons
This site is created by teachers. Lesson plans included are selected by teachers who send in ideas. Users should individually evaluate each lesson plan.Lesson Plan: The Civil War
This "lesson plan for an upper elementary unit on the Civil War contains links to other Internet sites that can provide valuable cross-curricular materials for you and your students."Lesson Plan Library - Multi/Interdisciplinary
"McREL is a nationally recognized, private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving education for all through applied research, product development, and service. Our longtime clients and customers expect and receive products and services that are meaningful, affordable, and on target."TEACH-NOLOGY-Interdisciplinary Thematic Lesson Plans
"TeAch-nology, Inc. was created as a response to the multitude of challenges faced by today's educators as they strive to meet the changing demands of teaching and learning. The company was founded to provide opportunities for members of the educational community to easily access information relative to their field and to have the ability to interact with the world of technology in their quest to enhance their profession." "A team of highly professional educators representing a cadre of PreK-12 grade teachers, professors of higher education, leading educational consultants, small business constituencies, and experienced web designers, maintains TeAch-nology.com.XPeditions
XPeditions contains geography lesson plans by National Geographic designed to "address all of the U.S. National Geography Standards, the five geography skills, and the main geographic perspectives."
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