Resources for Teachers
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Teacher Web Sites
Top 20 Web Sites No Teacher Should Start the School Year Without
Sites that will help teachers start the school year. A lot of techie stuff.
Icebreakers, plans, and units for the K-5 grade levels.
Free teacher web sites- EducatorPages.com is a free service for teachers which allows you to build a web site in minutes. 100% free!
Teacher resources and lesson plans.
Engaging activites for every reader
Hundreds of educational websites ranked by popularity.
A list of web sites to use for "jumping-off" for elementary. Many of them have great resources for educators.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.
5 Tools for the World's Best Teacher
News article about tools that can help the teacher.
Great Sites for Middle Grade Teachers
Lesson plans, classroom projects, articles, classifieds, job listings, chatboards, and more.
One of the best history web sites.
Lesson plans, timesavers, and more. Top rated web sites.
From the American Museum of Natural History
A website focused on key topics in U.S. history, that is designed to teach students how to critically read primary sources and how to critique and construct historical narratives.