PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Summer of Possibilities: Friends & Neighbors Packet: Grades 1 and 2
Use these friends & neighbors-themed activity sheets to allow children to choose their own learning adventures.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Coming of Age Novels
Come and check out this site featuring a list of appropriate young adult novels. This list includes the title of each book and a brief description.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Timeless Picture Books
Can you motivate your young students to read more? Scholastic.com offers a list of timeless picture books to help you accomplish your goal. Along with the title there is a brief description of each book.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Police
Chronicles the career and provides biographical details on superstar group, The Police, 2003 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, recommended reading list, and essential songs.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Top 10 Graphic Novels for 2016
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides A list of the Top 10 Graphic Novels from 2016 along with a brief summary of each.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: My Kids’ Favorite Books
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides lists of the popular books for young readers.
Other
Presenting Sid Fleischman
This is children author Sid Fleischman's personal website, which offers a fascinating look into his life and work.
PBS
Pbs: Independent Lens: 7 Books That Inspired Documentaries
Find brief descriptions of seven books that either inspired documentaries or were written as a result of documentaries.
Family Education
Family Education: Books for Ages 7 8
Selection of age-apppropriate fiction for seven- to eight-year-old children. Plot summaries included.
Family Education
Family Education: Books for Ages 7 8
Selection of age-appropriate fiction for seven- to eight-year-old children. Plot summaries included.
Curated OER
History Matters: "A Crowd of Howling Negroes"
Read the reporting from the Chicago Daily Tribune on the Chicago race riot in the summer of 1919. Find an accounting of the many incidents and a partial list of those injured.