| Resources for Teachers |  | Listed below are links to websites on various topics of interest to teachers.
Email new sites or dead links to Frank Sineni
ProQuest
Customer ID = 200004047h, password = 55108
SIRS Researcher is for high school students/teachers
SIRS Discoverer is for elementary students/teachers
Atomic Learning
Just about anything you need to know/learn how to do. A self help guide to anything technology.
African American Registy
A calendar based series of accomplishments by Black Americans in history.
American Indian History and Culture
A
Smithsonian Institution web site that provides Native American resource
links including the Center for Folklife and cultural Heritage, a
trigbal museum directory and arctic studies center.
The Digital Ride
Provides students with an educational portal including the Pioneer Press and local TV channels
Also check out this web site supported by Sheridan Elementary.
Sheridan Pathfinder
If you are a "cluster teacher" or attended our "Differentiation of
Instruction for High Ability Elementary Students" training, click here
for the Big 6
or for Differentiation How To's.
Literature-Based Teacher Resources including Alternative Assessments can be found here. We have lists and sample copies of many of these assessments. check with us before you buy.
Economic education materials for elementary and secondary students can be found here.
Engine-uity website can be found here.
This website from the Indiana Department of Education has
differentiated tiered activities for elementary and secondary
classrooms. here
SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE TRADE BOOKS:
The National Council for the Social Studies and The National Science Teachers Association puts out a recommended list of trade books with ties to social studies or science. Current and past social studies lists can be downloaded here.
Outstanding science trade books for students K-12 can be downloaded here
SOCIAL STUDIES LINKS
The Gilder Lerhman Institute of American History has a collection of primary documents and other materials available for free download
Hand in Hand Productions is an oral history production company with samples a directions for conducting your own oral histories.
Critical Thinking and Information Use
The Center for Critical Thinking
Indiana Historical Society
Photographs and scans of documents are available. Copy and paste items into Word.
The College of William and Mary
Teaching models for Literature and Social Studies
Minnesota Historical Society
Photographs and scans of documents are available. Copy and paste items into Word.
Library of Congress
The granddaddy of them all. All things historical.
American Vets Project
from the Library or Congress
Slave Narrative Project
first hand accounts of slavery
Primary Source Learning from the Library of Congress
Website dedicated to teaching students critical thinking through Primary Resources.
The Legacy Project
The Legacy Project is about you. It's about creating and connecting
your life – learning from the past, living fully in the present, and
building toward the future. An educational, multigenerational project,
it offers free online activity kits and guides, books, essay contests,
workshops, exhibits, and more.
Newspapers in Education
NIEonline provides online lesson plans and other innovative
materials for use on NIE websites to provide valuable
newspaper-oriented resources to teachers through the Internet.
Teaching Tolerance
Founded in 1991 by the Southern Poverty
Law Center, Teaching Tolerance provides educators with free educational
materials that promote respect for differences and appreciation
of diversity in the classroom and beyond.
Teaching with Primary Sources
Helping educators quickly find and use primary sources related to
specific curriculum standards with Best Instructional Practices for all
subjects. Primary Source Learning is funded by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program.
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 Minnesota Center for Academic Excellence
A link to all things competitive. Formerly "Reach for the Stars"
National Research Center on the Gifted/Talented
Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM)Articles and Resources
Minnesota History Day
DestiNation Imagination
resources for teams and coaches
Hoagie's Educator page
Hoagie's has links to many websites
Minnesota Educators of the Gifted and Talented
State Conference Information - Call for Proposals
Minnesota Council for the Gifted and Talented
Parents, Educators and Professionals advocacy group
Hoagie's Gifted Page
favorite links in one spot
Webquests
Rubric Maker (Rubistar)
Great site to create Rubrics
Talent Development Super Links
From NRC/GT the best of the best
Intructional Frameworks
Teaching Strategies, Thinking Skills, Rubrics
SPPS Curriculum and Standards
A reference to all current standards and curriculum resources
Advanced Placement Central
International Baccalaureate
Atomic Learning
Need a technology tutorial? This is your place.
Educator's Reference Desk (formerly ERIC)
Lesson Plans/Learning Centers
Minnesota Alliance of Geography Educators
Geography related links, Geography Bee
Search ALL SPPS School Libraries
Links to all the online libraries in SPPS. Do your research from the comfort of your home.
Wordmasters Challenge
Sign your classes up for Wordmaster's Vocabulary and Analogy Activities
Young Inventor's Fair
National Geography Challenge
not to be confused with the Geography Bee
National Geographic GeoBee
Continental Math League
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