LESSON PLANS, ARTICLES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Awesome Library   http://www.awesomelibrary.org

Best Searchers   http://www.bestsearchers.com/search-specialized/students-and-teachers.html

Education Planet – Quality Web Resources for Students and Teachers http://www.educationplanet.com

Education World   http://www.educationworld.com/index.shtml

Gateway to 21^st Century Skills  http://www.thegateway.org

Google for Educators http://www.google.com/educators/index.html

Library of Congress: Teacher (inc. Primary Source Learning) http://www.loc.gov/teachers/#

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Common Core Standards, Resources & Lesson Plans:

Overview of Library of Congress Common Core Resource Center

Library of Congress Resource Center

Teaching with Common Core Standards

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From Joyce Valenza’s teacher webpage:

About.com Elementary Educators http://k-6educators.about.com/

About.com Secondary http://7-12educators.about.com/

About.com Secondary Lesson Plans http://7-12educators.about.com/bllessonplans.htm

American Memory Lesson Page http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html

ArtsEdge http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators.aspx

BBC Schools http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/

Blue Web'n  http://www.kn.pacbell.com/index.html  

CNN SF Learning Resources http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/

Cornell Gateways  http://www.library.cornell.edu

CyberSmart Curriculum http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/home/

EconEdLink http://www.econedlink.org

edHelper.com (lessons, webquests, worksheets) http://www.edhelper.com

Edsitement http://edsitement.neh.gov/

Educational Cyberplayground http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/TOC.asp

Educator's Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org/

FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence http://www.ed.gov/free

Free Online Unit Studies  http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/7380/units.html

High School Hub http://schmidel.com/hub.htm

Holocaust Teacher Resource Center Lesson Plans http://www.holocaust-trc.org/lesson.htm

Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything:   http://www.schrockguide.net

Marco Polo http://www.marcopolo-education.org/

Math Forum http://mathforum.org/

MCREL http://www.mcrel.org/connect/lesson.html

NARA Digital Classroom http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/index.html

National Geographic Education http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/

National Science Digital Library http://nsdl.org

NCREL http://www.ncrel.org/

New Teacher Page http://www.new-teacher.com

New York Times Teacher Connections http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/index.html

New York Times Learning Network http://www.nytimes.com/learning/

Newspapers in Education http://nieonline.com/

Newsweek Education Program http://school.newsweek.com/

NOVA Online Activities (science) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hslibrary.html

Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer at http://www.kn.pacbell.com/

PBS TeacherSource http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

Primary Sources Wiki by Joyce Valenza http://primarysources.wikispaces.com/

ProCon.org (Pros & Cons of Controversial Issues) http://www.procon.org/

Professional Cartoonist (Editorial Cartoons with lesson plans) http://www.cagle.com/teacher/

Project Based Learning Checklists http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/

Read Write Think (NCTE)  http://www.readwritethink.org

Reading Group Choices http://www.readinggroupchoices.com/

Science Bytes  http://pr.tennessee.edu/ut2kids/default.htm

SCORE. Cyberguides http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html

SCORE Virtual Fieldtrips http://www.score.k12.ca.us/

Sites for Teachers http://www.sitesforteachers.com/

Smithsonian Education: Teaching Resources http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators

Smithsonian Lesson Plans  http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/index.html

Social Studies: http://www.socialstudies.com

Spartacus Educational: (Social Studies): http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk

Teach With Movies: A New Tool for Parents and Teachers http://teachwithmovies.org/

Teacher Net http://www.teachnet.com

Teacher Tidbytes http://www.teachertidbytes.com

Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/default.htm

Teacher's Guide to the Professional Cartoonist's Index http://www.cagle.com/teacher/

Teachers Helping Teachers http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/

Teaching History Online (lots of simulations) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/history.htm

Teaching with Documents http://www.edteck.com/dbq/

Teaching with Historic Places http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/

Teachnet.Com http://www.teachnet.com/

Tom March's New Best WebQuests http://bestwebquests.com/

Virtual Field Trips http://www.field-guides.com

WebQuest http://webquest.org/

WebEnglish Teacher.com http://www.webenglishteacher.com/

World Lecture Hall http://wlh.webhost.utexas.edu/

Zoom School http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/

About change

Active Learning Practices for Schools http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps/

Annenberg Institute for School Reform http://www.annenberginstitute.org/

Center for Innovative Instructional Resources http://ghost.rider.edu/cii/

Coalition of Essential Schools http://www.essentialschools.org/

Filamentality  http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/guides.html

From Now On http://fno.org 

Live Text  https://college.livetext.com/4mat/index.html

Mission Critical (Critical thinking)  http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/

Pathways to School Improvement http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/