Lesson resources

• GEM The Gateway http://thegateway.org
• Education Atlas http://www.educationatlas.com/
• American Memory Lesson Page http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html
• BBC Schools http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
• Blue Web'n http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
• CyberSmart Curriculum http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/home/
• New York Times Teacher Connections http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/index.html
• New York Times Learning Network http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
• About.com Secondary http://7-12educators.about.com/
• About.com Elementary Educators http://k-6educators.about.com/
• Education World Teacher Resources http://www.educationworld.com/
• Discovery School Lesson Plan Library http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/
• Discovery School Teacher Tools http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html
• edHelper.com (lessons, webquests, worksheets) http://www.edhelper.com
• FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence http://www.ed.gov/free
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
• Marco Polo http://www.marcopolo-education.org/
• Math Forum http://mathforum.org/
• NARA Digital Classroom http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/index.html
• National Science Digital Library http://nsdl.org
• National Geographic Education http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/
• NOVA Online Activities (science) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hslibrary.html
• PBS TeacherSource http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
• Professional Cartoonist (Editorial Cartoons with lesson plans) http://www.cagle.com/teacher/
• Read Write Think (NCTE) http://wwww.readwritethink.org/
• S.C.O.R.E. Cyberguides http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
• Social Studies School Service Online Activities http://socialstudies.com/c/@9crDOmMTkGTpA/Pages/activities.html
• Teach With Movies: A New Tool for Parents and Teachers http://teachwithmovies.org/
• Teaching History Online (lots of simulations) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/history.htm
• Teaching With Documents http://www.edteck.com/dbq/
• Tom March's New Best WebQuests http://bestwebquests.com/
• WebQuest http://webquest.org/
• WebEnglish Teacher.com http://www.webenglishteacher.com/

Open Source Curricula

• OER Commons
• •MIT’s OpenCouseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
• Connexions http://cnx.org/
• CMU Open Learning Initiative http://www.cmu.edu/oli/
• Wikibook project http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page

• •Wikijunior http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior

• South African Curriculum http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/South_African_Curriculum

More Sites for Lessons!

• About.com Secondary Lesson Plans http://7-12educators.about.com/bllessonplans.htm
• ArtsEdge http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/les.cfm
• Educator's Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org/
• Cornell Gateways http://www.tc.cornell.edu/CTC-Main/Services/Education/Gateways/
• CNN SF Learning Resources http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/
• Educational Cyberplayground http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/TOC.asp
• EconEdLink http://www.economicsamerica.org/econedlink/
• Edsitement http://edsitement.neh.gov/
• Education Index http://www.educationindex.com/
• Explorasource http://www.explorasource.com
• Federal Resources for Academic Excellence http://www.ed.gov/free/
• Free Online Unit Studies http://www.alaska.net/~cccandc/free.htm
• Greece Athena: English Language Arts http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/
• High School Hub http://schmidel.com/hub.htm
• Holocaust Teacher Resource Center Lesson Plans http://www.holocaust-trc.org/lesson.htm
• Internet Learning Network http://www.getsmarter.org
• MCREL http://www.mcrel.org/connect/lesson.html
• Education @National Geographic.com http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/
• NARA Digital Classroom http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/index.html
• NCREL http://www.ncrel.org/
• New Teacher Page http://www.new-teacher.com
• New York Times Learning Network http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
• Newspapers in Education http://nieonline.com/
• Newsweek Education Program http://school.newsweek.com/
• Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer at http://www.kn.pacbell.com/
• PBS TeacherSource http://pbs.org/teachersource
• Professional Cartoonist (Editorial Cartoons with lesson plans) http://www.cagle.com/teacher/
• Project Based Learning Checklists http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/
• Reading Group Choices http://www.readinggroupchoices.com/
• Science Bytes http://ur.utenn.edu/ut2kids/
• SCORE Virtual Fieldtrips http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/virtproj.html
• Sites for Teachers http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
• Smithsonian Education: Teaching Resources http://educate.si.edu/resources/resourcedir.html
• Smithsonian Lesson Plans http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/lessons.html
• Teacher Net http://www.teachnet.com
• Teacher Resources http://www.sonoma.edu/CThink/K12/k12class/trc.nclk
• Teacher Tidbytes http://www.teachertidbytes.com/WebResources.html
• 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 Connect http://www.ofps.dpi.state.nc.us/OFPS/tc/index.html
• TeachersFirst Professional Resources Matrix http://www.teachersfirst.com/prof.htm
• Teachers Helping Teachers http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/
• Teaching with Historic Places http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/
• Teachnet.Com http://www.teachnet.com/
• Virtual Field Trips http://www.field-guides.com
• World Lecture Hall http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/
• Zoom School http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/

About change

• Center for Innovative Instructional Resources http://ghost.rider.edu/cii/
• LiveText: Teachers' College Columbia University http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/livetext
• Active Learning Practices for Schools http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps/
• Coalition of Essential Schools http://www.essentialschools.org/

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

• From Now On http://fno.org

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

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

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