Unit Plan
NASA

Nasa: Goddard Space Flight Center: Precipitation Education: The Water Cycle

For Students K - 1st
This learning tool from NASA provides educational tools related to precipitation. The water cycle is featured on this portion of the site.
Interactive
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Main Nazi Camps and Killing Sites

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive map shows all the concentration camps, extermination camps, and other kill sites during the Holocaust. Click an icon to access a report on each camp. Also included is a background summary of the Final Solution, video...
Professional Doc
American Library Association

Aasl: Standards for the 21st Century Learner: Educators

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides the standards to provide a literacy-conscious basis for the 21st-century classroom.
Website
PBS

Enlightenment: Brown v. Board of Education

For Students 9th - 10th
Site offers background, further study links, the issue before the court, the ruling and results, and discussion ideas for the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
Website
Other

Digital Library for Earth System Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site from Digital Library for Earth System Education provides materials for students and teachers on a huge array of topics. Search site by topic, grade level, and desired output (such as lesson plan, case study, assessment or...
Lesson Plan
Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: Fall 5 Day Brief Lesson Plans on Voting

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A set of brief lessons on voting. Topics covered include voting requirements, registering to vote, voting trends, voter self-education, setting up a polling station, and simulating an election polling site that coincides with a real fall...
Professional Doc
Other

Wv Department of Education: Teacher Resources for Educational Excellence (Tree)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is is a one-stop, grade-specific site highlighting WV College- and Career-Readiness Standards and resources that are essential to the classroom teacher. The resources include grade-specific lessons, professional learning, and...
Website
Other

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: Educator Licensing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This state site provides you with all you need to know about educational licensure within Wisconsin.
Primary
Other

Ncte: Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the National Council of Teachers of English, "this document is a code of best practices that helps educators using media literacy concepts and techniques to interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use." Use this site to help you...
Website
Other

South Dakota Official Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Official site for South Dakota provides information on state government, business, family, health, education, employment, travel, and parks.
Lesson Plan
Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: Ronald Reagan and Executive Power

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a comprehensive examination of Ronald Reagan's administration and how he used his executive powers. It looks at his policies and his ongoing legacy. Includes videos, historical context, and lesson plans from elementary up.
Website
Other

California Association for Bilingual Education

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has won awards for its promotion of bilingual education within the state of California. Here it provides information on the board members, legislative updates, publications, job opportunites, and a variety of other related...
Unit Plan
Columbia University

Asia for Educators: Contemporary Japan: Culture and Society

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site on the culture and society of contemporary Japan, with video resources for learning about urban and rural life, the Japanese family, education and work, Japanese identity, the pop culture of Japan, and traditional...
Graphic
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Organize an Argument [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st Standards
This site provides a nonfiction graphic organizer that will help students organize an argument.
Website
Other

Sportscience: A Peer Reviewed Journal and Site for Sport Research

For Students 9th - 10th
An online journal of essays, news, and research reports on subjects related to the science of sport. A well-organized site, with lots of options for searching for topics ranging from the psychology to the biology to the physics of sport.
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: United States Mexico Borderlands

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a great site that talks about changes in the U.S.-Mexico border. It also discusses the meaning of the border, the people that live there, and border regions. Click "next" at the bottom of the page for more information on the...
Website
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Textiles

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site on textiles of the North American Southwest. Includes a gallery, map, catalog, glossary and timeline.
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: How Much Fact in Fiction? 1984 by George Orwell

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How can a reader determine how much fact is in a fictional book? This site features the book "1984" by George Orwell to illustrate this concept.
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: How Much Fact in Fiction? 1984 by George Orwell

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How can a reader determine how much fact is in a fictional book? This site features the book "1984" by George Orwell to illustrate this concept.
Lesson Plan
University of North Carolina

Nc Civic Education Consortium: Joe Mc Carthy and the Red Scare

For Teachers 11th
This very detailed lesson plan incorporates small group activities, whole group activities, projects, debate ideas, and primary sources all related to Joseph McCarthy. Extensive background material is provided along with a bibliography...
Lesson Plan
Save And Invest

Finra Investor Education Foundation: Break Even Point

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan introduces young scholars to fundamental concepts of starting and running a business, focusing on break-even point analysis.
Handout
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Henry B. Plant

For Students 9th - 10th
From a book titled "The Greatest Men of Florida," this is an account of the life and works of Henry B. Plant, whose work was instrumental in the development of the Gulf Coast area of Florida. The text can be read online, downloaded in...
Website
New York University

New York University: Careers in Dance Education

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers choices in Dance Education. Find out what recent graduates are doing.
Article
Johns Hopkins University

School of Education at Johns Hopkins: Differentiated Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site presents information about the need for differentiated instruction. There are several articles and links provided.