Sites for Educators
The Best Social Studies Websites
By By Larry Ferlazzo
The author shares the year’s best Social Studies Web sites. FREE Resources -- The Constitution
Visit these web sites for information, activities, and resources for learning about the Constitution. FREE Resources: A Baker's Dozen for Social Studies
Visit these web sites for information, activities, and resources for social studies. Writing and Publishing Portals
By Carol S. Holzberg, PhD
Web portals provide convenient 1-stop gateways to special interest topics. In this Web round up, we explore writing and publishing portals for student and teacher authors of all ages and abilities. Do the Math!
By Carol Holzberg
In this round up, we highlight several Pre-K to grade-12 Web sites with math resources for teachers and students. Online Learning from the American Museum of Natural History
By Ashton Applewhite
If you can’t join the visitors who pour through the American Museum of Natural History’s doors every day, join those who tap in every week to its remarkable online educational resources. Here’s a virtual tour. Data Security: Fighting Off Cyber-Hackers
By Carol Holzberg
Here’s information on computer security threats and what you can do to defend against adware, spyware, Internet hackers and the more than 500 PC viruses discovered each month. Election 2004: U.S. Politics, Government and the Campaign
By Carol Holzberg
Get your students excited about national politics and the political leaders of this great nation by taking advantage of election resources available on the Web. Handhelds in the Classroom : A Web Tour
By Karen Vitek
Whether you’re new to handhelds or you’ve been using them for a while, these Web sites will provide you with new ideas on how you can make the most of these versatile tools. Worksheets and Templates
By Carol Holzberg
The Web is a great place for teachers to go for templates and design tools to create print or online worksheets. Here's where to find them. Web Tech Support
By Carol Holzberg
When something goes wrong on your computer, you need help fast. Here are online tech support services so that you can fix it yourself. The Library of Congress ... Online for Educators
By Leni Donlan
The Library is an incredible resource that serves the government and the public with historic archives and current information. Visit it in person or online. Take Someone to Dinner
By Rosemary Shaw
Based on a children's game, this project includes lessons on research, lessons on writing good stories, and eventually students create meaningful web pages. The Library of Congress ... Online for Educators
By Leni Donlan
The Library is an incredible resource that serves the government and the public with historic archives and current information. Visit it in person or online. A Tool Chest for High School Mathematics
By Donna Craighead
The web offers math tools from calculators and virtual manipulatives to dynamic illustrations and interactive environments to meet student needs. Build your tool chest here. A Virtual Tour of Washington's Smithsonian Institution
By Gwen Solomon and Stan Solomon
The Smithsonian is the world's largest museum complex and it has awesome content. Take a virtual trip to find the education-specific assets of this incredible resource. Web Site Accessibility
By Carol Holzberg
Universal Design in Web sites means that sites are set up to reach the widest audience. The following sites will help you to design accessible Web pages. Teach Your Students to Write Poetry
By Marsha Rogers
Read the entertaining perspective on teaching poetry and then visit the collection of recommended web sites for lesson plans, examples and methods to teach poetry units. The Wright Brothers' 100th Anniversary
By Stan Solomon
Prepare for the Centennial of Flight anniversary with these web sites that take you back in history to the Wright Brothers' accomplishment, the first self-propelled heavier-than-air flight. Vocabulary
By Carol S. Holzberg
The Internet can help students develop a strong vocabulary. For increased word power, visit the Web sites discussed in this Web tour. Student and Expert Communications
By Rosemary Shaw
One way that students will get excited about a subject is if they speak directly to an expert. Here are web sites to get started. Online Resources For ESL Students
By Juliana Luna Freire
Of the many resources available on the Internet for ESL students, these Web sites, plus some good advice, will help you students learn English. Education Web Logs
By Carol Holzberg
Web Logs (weblogs or blogs) offer a way for anyone to express opinions, communicate ideas, and share links. These education blogs will help you get started. Teaching Information Literacy: Tips and Resources
By Leonarda Brush
Information literate people know how to find, evaluate, and use information effectively wherever the information is. Here are resources that can help teachers and students.
William Shakespeare
By Susan Brooks
The writings of William Shakespeare continue to influence our culture almost 400 years after his death. His plays are regularly produced on stage, in film, and through dance. U.S. English curriculum calls for high school students to read several of his plays. Susan includes sites that provide general information about Shakespeare and his times as well as several that focus on specific plays and his poetry. While many of the sites are most appropriate for use with middle and high school students, elementary teachers will also find materials they can use with their students.
Ken's Konnections #11 - Language Arts
By Ken Royal
These Konnections are especially for language arts, literature, English, and grammar teachers. Included are Shakespeare, grammar, dictionaries, how to speak Chinese sites, and even sign language. There are places for students to publish their own work, too. You will find them a great addition to classroom language arts study. Maybe after visiting them, youýll want to build a Language Arts site yourself.
A Pride of Poets
By Roger Gottlieb
In honor of National Poetry Month, Roger provides a treasure-trove of poetry Web resources for teachers, students, and all who love the written word, for better or verse.
Fairy Tales and Folklore for Children
By Susan Brooks
Magicians, fairies, happily-ever-after endings--fairy tales and folklore have fascinated adults and children alike for centuries. Originally told to make a point with adult listeners, these stories have become foundation stones of the cultures they represent, and teach not only the values and mores of a society, but also are windows for understanding the peoples who created them. Susan offers these Web sites for children - tales to read and listen to represent cultures from around the world. In most cases, the sites also provide activities for students to complete. The sites offer wonderful opportunities for students to read and learn about different cultures through the world of fantasy.
Children's Fairy Tales
By Elizabeth Bogardus
Sala-cadoola-metcha-caboola-bibbity-bobbity-boo! Put it together and what have you got . . . Elizabeth's recommendations of Web sites for early childhood reading - fairy tales. She's found that great resources for teachers of young children are hard to find, so she's scoured the net and shares the results with you here. The purpose of this web tour is to bring to light many of the sites that are available on folk tales from the European tradition. Many are scholarly in origin, while others are designed for use with intermediate-age students.
ESL/BiLingual Web Sites
By Josie Avellanet Levine
There's lots of information on the Web to help teach Bilingual education or English as a Second Language. These Web sites that Josie recommends are great places to start.
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