Curriculum Resources for Teachers

 

Portals | Standards | Journals | Lesson Plans | Assessment | Language Arts | Social Studies | Science | Math | Information Literacy | ESL | Special Needs

 

Portals

• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
• MidLink Magazine's Professional Development Resources
• MidLink Magazine's Subject Specific Resources
• The Educator's Reference Desk

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Standards

• Indiana Academic Standards
• Indiana's Academic Standards and Resources - online tools for teachers to use in aligning classroom instruction and assessment to Indiana's Academic Standards
• McRel's Standards Database

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Academic Journals

• The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) online
• Education Journals at INSPIRE - includes the Professional Development Collection with full text articles from over 750 journals for educators

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Lesson Plans

• Lesson Locator - standardized lesson plans for Indiana teachers
• Marco Polo Teacher Resources
• Library of Congress Learning Page - using primary resources
• Discovery School Lesson Plans Library
• Discovery School Teaching Tools (Puzzlemaker, Worksheet Generator, Clipart Gallery, etc)
• Smithsonian Education Lesson Plans
• Columbia Education Center Lesson Plans
• PBS Teachers
• Scholastic Teacher Resources
• The WebQuest Archive - inquiry-based lesson format where students find information on the Web

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Assessment

• Rubistar - create your own rubrics; the 4Teachers site also includes many other online tools
• Kathy Schrock's Assessment and Rubric Information
• Indiana's Assessment System - includes the ISTEP+ InfoCenter and K-2 Reading Assessments

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Language Arts

• National Council of Teachers of English
• 6 +1 Writing Traits - tutorial useful for both teachers and students; includes short video clips
• 4 Blocks Literacy Framework - created by a teacher, this site is an informative guide to using the 4 Blocks method of teaching reading and writing; also includs a nice collection of graphic organizers under "guided reading"
• Literature Learning Ladders - "encouraging active reading through book - technology connections"
• Children's Literature Across the Curriculum - Carol Hurst's Children Literature Site helps connect literature to all subject areas
• Carol Hurst's Book Reviews
• Author/Illustrator Interviews from Reading Rockets - video interviews with 34 renowned children's book authors and illustrators

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Social Studies

• National Council for the Social Studies
• Smithsonian Source: Resources for Teaching American History - a mixture of elementary, middle, and high school lessons using primary resources and document-based questions; user guide
• Explorers: A Guide for Student Researchers - includes teacher resources and materials located in the Childs Library
• Two Sides to Every Story: A Colonization WebQuest - includes lesson plans and assessment rubrics
• A Guide to Resources on George Rogers Clark and the Revolutionary War in Indiana
• Harlem Renaissance WebQuest - includes teacher pages and assessment rubrics

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Science

• National Science Teachers Association
• Foss Science Web
• Exploratorium Science Musuem - the digital library contains digital images, webcasts, and lesson plans; the explore section has online activities and exhibitions and hands-on activities
• The Science Spot - award winning teacher created resource

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Math

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• Everyday Math Website
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - "library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives"
• The Math Forum at Drexel University; lesson plans

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Information Literacy

• Evaluating Websites - includes "Web savvy" quizzes and lesson ideas
• S.O.S. for Information Literacy
• Teacher Tap from eduscapes - "a free, professional development resource that helps educators and librarians address common questions about the use of technology in teaching and learning by providing easy access to practical, online resources and activities"
• Oregon School Library Information System (OSLIS) - useful for creating lesson plans on information and research skills
• Guide for using INSPIRE.net's Image Collection - introduces students to this useful image database; also covers keyword searching, saving images, and citing sources
• "Don't Buy It: Get Media Smart" is a media literacy Web site for young people that encourages users to thing critically about media and become smart consumers. Activities on the site are designed to provide users with some of the skills and knowledge needed to question, analyze, interpret and evaluate media messages." Guide for Teachers
  

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English Language Learners

• MCCSC ESL office
• Language Minority and Migrant Programs at the Indiana Department of Education
• Indiana's ESL standards
• Everything ESL - great essays on how ESL students learn, plus links to other sites
• Teach Children ESL - resources for ESL teachers

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Special Needs

• LD Online - "features thousands of helpful articles on learning disabilities and ADHD"
• Indiana Institute on Disability & Community
• CeDIR - "the mission of the Center for Disability Information & Referral (CeDIR) is to provide access to information to meet individuals' disability-related needs

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