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Standards for learning

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Unit Plan Guidelines

Unit Plan Guidelines
http://mtweb.mtsu.edu/jsanders/UPlan.htm

Special Education

Kodak Special Education Lesson Plans
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/lessonPlans/indices/specialEducation.shtml

Gifted and Special Education Lesson Plans and Resources
http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edexc.htm
Scroll down the page-- you will find a list of excellent resources.


Art (visual)

Art Education Sources  (WSC)
http://lib.westfield.ma.edu/art.htm#education

Kodak Lesson Plans
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/lessonPlans/indices/art.shtml
Note, all of these plans (English, History, Mathematics, etc.) relate to photography.


Language Arts

National Council of Teachers of English
http://www.ncte.org/lessons

Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Writing
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/bb/
This list of sources relating to all areas of teaching writing is incredible.  To find out if the materials are available here, check the Ely Library Catalog or the Full Text Periodical Directory.  Remember that Interlibrary Loan is also available.

Read Write Think  (International Reading Association & NCTE)
http://www.readwritethink.org/
Here find English Language Arts (ELA) lesson plans for all grade levels.

Ed Helper
http://www.edhelper.com/language/language.html
English / Language Arts worksheets and lesson plans.

Teaching English Units
http://www.d.umn.edu/~lmillerc/TeachingEnglishHomePage/TeachingUnits/units.htm

TeachersFirst: Plays of William Shakespeare
http://www.teachersfirst.com/spectopics/shakespeare.cfm

Writing Resources (Secondary and Higher Ed target)  (WSU)
http://lib.westfield.ma.edu/engwrite.htm

National Storytelling Directory
www.storynet.org
Here find events, storytellers, grant programs.

Bridging Literature & Mathematics Lessons (NCTE)
http://www.ncte.org/kits/litmathlessons


Children's Literature

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Web Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/toc.html

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
http://www.dawcl.com/

Literature for Children
http://palmm.fcla.edu/juv/
This scholarly collection of digitized children's literature from pre-1850 to post-1950 focuses on literature from the US and Great Britain.  Search the collection by author, title, subject, keyword, and more.

Children's Literature Medal Winners:
Caldecott Medal Winners 1938 - Present
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottwinners/caldecottmedal.cfm

Newbury Medal Winners
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberywinners/medalwinners.cfm

Sibert Medal Winners
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/sibertpast/sibertmedalpast.cfm

American Indian Youth Literature Award Winners
http://www.ailanet.org/activities/youthlitaward.htm

For more book and media award information, see the ALA Association for Library Service to Children.  

Children's Literature Awards (DAWCL)
http://www.dawcl.com/search.asp


Mathematics

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics  (NCTM)
http://standards.nctm.org/

Bridging Literature & Mathematics Lessons (NCTE)
http://www.ncte.org/kits/litmathlessons

Math Central (University of Regina)
http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/index.php

MSTE Online Resource Catalog  (Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education, Univ. of IL at Urbana-Champaign)
http://mste.illinois.edu/resources/
Look for "Lessons and Curriculum" on the left of your screen.  There are also Java Lessons available.

Math Forum Lesson Plan Collections
http://mathforum.org/teachers/elem/lessons-collections.html  


Sciences

Access Excellence (Biology Teaching)
http://www.accessexcellence.org/

NASA Education Resource Center (Framingham State Univ Collaboration)

Environmental Education
http://eelink.net/classroomresources-directories.html


History & Social Studies

History Lesson Plans and Resources  (Edmund J. Sass, Ed.D.)
http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edhist.htm
If you can get past the cluttered look, check here for U.S. and World History lesson plans and units.

Teacher's Resources (National Archives)
http://www.archives.gov/education/
Look for "Lesson Plans & Activities" as well as "Using Primary Resources" and "State & Regional Resources"

Docs Teach: Bring History to Life for your Students  (National Archives and Records Administration)
http://docsteach.org/

Lesson plans covering this country from 1754 to the present.

Congress Link (Dirksen Congressional Center) http://www.congresslink.org/
...how Congress works; includes lessons plans and other resources.

Blank & Outline Maps (About Network)
http://geography.about.com/cs/blankoutlinemaps/
Although this site contains many advertisements to help fund it, the maps are perfect for a variety of projects.  Watch out for extra browser windows that pop up...

Teaching with Historic Places
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/
This site "uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects."  You can also create your own Lesson Plans using the "Guide for Developing "Teaching with Historic Places" Lesson Plans.

National Adoption Month Resources (November 2011)

Black History Month: African American Women in Culture and History (February 2012)

Lesson Plan Collections in all Subject Areas

The Educator's Reference Desk (Unavailable 11-08-2011)
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml

Education World (Links to over 50,000 Web sites, including Lesson Plans)
http://www.education-world.com

Teachers Network
http://www.teachersnetwork.org/
Lesson plans, videos for teachers, grants for teachers, etc.

Teachers.Net Lesson Plans
http://www.teachers.net/lessons

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?

Index of Curriculum Units  (Yale-New Haven Teacher's Institute)
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/indexes/

New York Times Learning Network Lesson Plans
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/lesson-plans/

McREL (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning)
http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/index.asp
Each subject area has a lesson plan list with grade recommendations noted.

Lesson Plans Page (HotChalk)
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/

Global Schoolnet Foundation 
http://www.gsh.org
International / Global collaborative opportunities

Enchanted Learning
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Home.html
Enchanted Learning produces children's educational web sites, games, and quizes.  Find categories such as Animal Printouts, Birds, Anatomy, Calendars, China, Explorers, and many others.


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