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General Resources

I Love That Teaching Idea
http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/WRCenter/WRCenter.htm
Includes links to a variety of teaching ideas submitted by other teachers, indexed by subject and grade level.

Info Please Homework Center
http://infoplease.com/homework/
Provides reference materials including an almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia, and biography database. They also provide maps and atlas materials and a map library.

Public Broadcast System: Don't Buy It
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/
Web page designed to encourage students to think carefully about consumer behavior and the power of advertising and media.  
Critical reflection and analysis are invited and pop culture references make this a potentially very powerful site.

Public Broadcast System: Teacher Resources
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
PBS content in the classroom offers teachers standards-based curriculum materials and lesson plans.

Smithsonian Education Resource Library
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/resource_library.asp
Allows searching for lesson plans, labs, field trips, and more by grade level, subject, keyword, media, and institution. The Smithsonian Education site is subdivided into sections for teachers, students, and family. This finding aid is a great way to search all sections.

WNet Lesson Plan Template
http://www.wnet.org/wnetschool/origlessons/template.html
Handy template to use for developing lessons that incorporate technology in your classroom.

 

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