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Welcome
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Madrid-Waddington School Library
Resources for Teachers
Learning Unit Template:
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New York Education Department:
Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment:
An Introduction to
Internet Searching for Teachers:
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Arranged by subject and by grade level, this is an impressive list of web pages
Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators
Subject guide to web pages, plus lesson plans and "teacher helpers"
Search sites for Teachers
(Ask librarian for user id and password)
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Marco Polo – Standards based, Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, plus teacher training online |
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GEM – "Gateway to Educational Materials": Lesson plans, curriculum units and other educational resources on the Internet |
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CERF -"Curriculum & Education Resource Finder": Search for safe, K-12 URL’s, selected by teachers, arranged by subject area
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Draft framework, curriculum guide, Learning Standards and sample exams for: The Arts; English Language Arts; Languages Other Than English; Mathematics, Science, and Technology; Physical Education; Social Studies; Middle School (most files are in .pdf format) |
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The ERIC database (Educational Resources Information Center) is the world's largest source of education information, and contains abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. |
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Department of Education's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. |
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Lesson plans (over 2000) and links to online education information, |
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Video-on Demand -- a service offered by WPBS to complement their Instructional Television programs. Instant access to more than 1500 ITV programs and 15,000 video clips. |
Internet sites of interest for Teachers
Teachers' Resource Kit -- Created by Carson-Newman College education students, collections of websites for all subjects and many popular teaching units.
WebQuest Page -- collections of webquests on a variety of subjects
Lesson Plan Central -- free lesson plans, webquests, clipart, worksheets, rubrics...
FREE - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
TeAch-Nology:
"The Best on the Web for Teachers"
Subject guides, reference collections, homework help
Encyclopedia of Days – Special events for every day and month of the year
Earth Calendar -- Also includes weekly and monthly themes for celebration
Brief biographies of famous people and characters. Each biography
includes vital stats and "four good links" to other websites.
InfoSearcher -- Guide for teacher who want to integrate technology into their curriculum. Includes guided tours of the Web, software, resources and web-based tools to support inquiry learning
ResPool
- A free reference and research network established
for researchers, information specialists and others interested
in discovering and/or sharing potentially useful and
informative resources on the Internet.
New York State Curriculum Resource Guides - Draft framework, curriculum guide, Learning Standards and sample exams for: The Arts; English Language Arts; Languages Other Than English; Mathematics, Science, and Technology; Physical Education; Social Studies; Middle School (most files are in .pdf format)
BBC Online - Search the web for approved sites evaluated by BBC's subject specialists
REGENTS REVIEW SITES:
History Game Review religions with this game
Some Favorite Reference Sites:
Puzzle Maker sites:
TeAch-nology Crossword Puzzle Maker
Discovery School PuzzleMaker - Wordsearch, Crosswords & Math puzzles
All Subject Areas:
The Timeline Index - Interactive timeline: People, Periods, Places and Events
National Geographic Magazines index
National Geographic Expeditions - World/Continent/Country maps made for printing & copying
Merriam-Webster Online: The Language Center - Dictionary, Thesaurus, word games, word of the day, word of the wise.
Re: Quest dot Net - Online library of annotated links, arranged by subject.
Virtual LRC - Arranged by subject area, this site provides links and facilitates searching. Click "Home" to search.
Brief biographies of famous people and characters. Each biography
includes vital stats and "four good links" to other websites.
The 2004 New York State Statistical Yearbook features extensivestatistical information about New York State and its people for the useof government officials, businesses, academics, the media, andinterested citizens. Available online on the Rockefeller Institute's New York State Statistics website.
Free Educational Websites from the Federal Government -- Search by keyword for websites in the following subjects: arts, educational technology, foreign language, health & safety, language arts, mathematics, physical education, science, social studies and vocational education.
Gale Group's Free Resources -- Includes sites for poetry and literary resources, and Hispanic Heritage, Women's History Month and Black History Month. Also includes a Literary Index and Glossary of Literary terms.
The Quotations Homepage -- Excellent site for browsing. Quotations are grouped into collections and can be searched by topic and/or author.
Bartlett's Quotations - Search by keyword or author, passages, phrases and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature.
Classroom Clipart - Categories cover many subject areas (countries, historical periods, plants, dinosaurs, etc.), and are free for use in educational projects and school webpages.
Bonus.com is a kid-friendly Web site that has plenty of good stuff for children. It’s bright, colorful, and presented in a way that rewards children for hunting and exploring.
Includes information on 50 states (map, flag, state symbols - even a recording & word to the state song:
English:
Literature Timeline - 800 BC - Post Moderism
Recommended Literature: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve -- Annotated list created by the California Department of Education, searchable by author, title, subject, keyword, genre, culture, curriculum connection. Updated annually.
A Dictionary of Haiku -- Classified by Season Words with Traditional and Modern Methods, by Jane Reichhold.
OWL -- Online Writing Lab from Purdue University
Academy of American Poets - the Academy maintains one of the
liveliest and most comprehensive poetry sites on the Internet, promotes contemporary poetry, hosts collected poetry and bios of American poets.Bibliography format:
Using MLA Style - from the Purdue Online Writing Center
Using APA Style - from Cambridge University
Maps on the Internet:
(Go to Maps page to see details of each collection)
Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection (University of Texas)
Xpeditions Atlas (National Geographic)
Outline Maps (Houghton Mifflin)
World Factbook Reference Maps (US CIA)
World Factbook Country Maps (CIA)
Blank State Outline Maps (Weber Publications)
TerraServer USA (Microsoft Corp. sponsored by USGS)
Science:
ScienceMaster - each major science category (Space, Earth, Life, Physical, Technology) has its own page of information, news, links, pictures, products and services.
Social Studies:
History: References and Resources - I've never seen a more complete list of sites. Check out History of .... for weird and wacky histories.
18th Century History -- A timeline and references and resources covering every aspect of the 18th Century. Related site: The American Revolution
Canku Ota (Many Paths) -- An online newsletter celebrating Native America
History - America -- Very comprehensive list of internet sites related to all periods of American history. All sites have been reviewed as having value to the K-12 community.
-- This non-profit organization is "dedicated to promoting e-Government initiatives and interconnectivity between the federal, state and local levels of government"
National Geographic Expeditions - World/Continent/Country maps made for printing & copying
Parenting Information:
A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety -- Publication of the FBI
Facts for Families - concise and up-to-date information on issues that affect children, teenagers, and their families, selected by the AACAP (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry).
Laura Ingalls Wilder Websites (compiled by Jane Subramanian 6/3/02)
http://www.lauraingallswilder.com This site has been created by William Anderson and Leslie A. Kelly, photographer. Among other things, it includes direct links to all the homesites, as well as a link to a "wilder site in Japanese!
http://www.pinc.com/~jenslegg This site, called The Definitive Laura Ingalls Wilder Pages, contains many resources available, including biographies, critical works, a number of newer works for children, teaching resources, and interviews. It provides direct links to Amazon.com for ordering as well. It also includes suggestions for activities.
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~irby1/laura Includes several different items. One of the webmasters is in England - research on Wilder spans many countries.
http://hoover.archives.gov/ This is the website of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, where much primary material related to Wilder is held. See especially the links for Just for Kids, For Educators and Research.
http://almanzowilderfarm.com The website of the Almanzo Wilder farm.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Email Listserv Discussion Group: To subscribe to this discussion group, send an email message to: macjordomo@geocx.geo.tcu.edu
with the following message content: subscribe liw your name
History Game Review religions with this game
Recent Regents exams with scoring key
Cable in the Classroom - Educational Television
Discovery School: Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, Learning Channel
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Video-on Demand -- a service offered by WPBS to complement their Instructional Television programs. Instant access to more than 1500 ITV programs and 15,000 video clips. |
Updated 27 October 2006
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