Teacher Resources

 

For All Teachers:

Condense long URLS
http://tinyurl.com/

Free Images on the Internet
www.picsearch.com

Games (subscription required) -
http://www.quia.com

4 Teachers / includes Trackstar
http://4teachers.org

WBRA TV
(United Streaming Video, NTTI lesson plans)
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
"A categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum & professional growth.")

American Memory Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/

National Archives and Records Administration Digital Classroom
http://www.archives.com/digital_classroom/index.html

Virtual Libraries
    Librarian’s Index to the Internet -
      http://www.lii.org
   Internet Public Library -
      http://www.ipl.org/

Notetaking (All Departments):      http://www.noodletools.com/login.php
User Names and Passwords for School Account are posted on Blackboard, click on GHS Information Tab.

Teen Readers:
American Library Association http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/bestbooksyoung.htm
Favorite Teenage Angst Books:  http://www.grouchy.com/angst/

Verizon Thinkfinity (All Departments):  previously known as Verizon MarcoPolo and the new Thinkfinity Literacy Network. ... interactive content and web sites -- in seven academic disciplines.
                 http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx

Net Library (ebooks) (All Departments; each  teacher must setup an individual account with the public library)
                 http://www.netlibrary.com/Gateway.aspx

                    English

Guide to Grammar and Writing (SOL's)
     http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

Thesis Generator
http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/thesisgenerator.html

Question Brainstromer
http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/questbrain.html

Open Source Shakespeare
http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/

The Seven Ages of Shakespeare's Life
http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/life/lifesubj.html

                    Social Studies

Developing Essential Questions For a History Project
http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/histbrain.html 

Website Correlates to SOL's - HarpWeek

 Hyper History.com
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

History Primary Source Site: 
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook

World Wide Web Virtual Library - History Sites
http://vlib.iue.it/history/index.html

The World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Social Studies   http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/cc_greatdepression_kit.php
This photo-rich primary source set documents the disaster that occurred between 1930-1940 in the southwestern Great Plains region of the United States.  Materials include a teacher's guide, downloadable images and ready to use graphic organizers.

 The History Net - History News Service, 1996+ "an informal syndicate of professional historians who seek to improve the public's understanding of current events by setting these events in their historical contexts."

The HistoryNet.com is brought to you by the Weider History Group, the world’s largest publisher of history magazines. HistoryNet.com contains daily features, photo galleries and over 5,000 articles originally published in our various magazines.
http://www.thehistorynet.com/

Congressional Biographical Directory - 1774-today
http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp

American Presidents

The American Presidents web site, created for the television series, contains a complete video archive of all American Presidents: Life Portraits programming, plus these additional resources:

• Biographical facts
• Key events of each presidency
• Presidential places
• Reference material

http://americanpresidents.org/

                    Math

Guide to Math Teachers - free math teacher worksheets
                      http://www.tiny.cc/bTlLy

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
http://www.nctm.org/

The Math Forum (Drexel University)
http://mathforum.org/teachers/high/

Math Archives
http://archives.math.utk.edu/k12.html

Statistical Abstracts of the United States
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ 

  

                    Science

NY Times Environment
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/earth/index.html

The Why Files:  the Science behind the News
http://whyfiles.org/

Science Net Links
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/

Library of Congress:  American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/00/nature/index.html

    In these lessons, students examine accounts by Americans from the late 19th century and early 20th century of their life changing experiences with nature.

ABC Science Online
http://www.abc.net.au/science/

 

 

 

 

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