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Zinn Education Project
Zinn Education Project--teaching US History through A People's History of the United States.
Doing What Works
"Our mission is to translate research-based practices into practical tools to improve classroom instruction. "
Multimedia Resources for Educators and Students - UEN
"These links provide access to Web sites with resources educators can use in multimedia presentations"
Public Domain Images, Audio and Video Clips
The sites listed on this page contain primarily public domain images, video and audio.
movieclips
It has thousands of short video clips from movies and they’re not blocked by our content filter!
PechaKucha 20x20
PechaKucha 20x20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images forward automatically and you talk along.
teachweb2
"Wiki for teachers to explore and brainstorm ways to integrate Web 2.0 technologies into our teaching."
Digital Library for Earth System Education
The Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) is a distributed community effort involving educators, students, and scientists working together to improve the quality, quantity, and efficiency of teaching and learning about the Earth system at all levels.
The History Lab
"Use this site to learn about how other educators are using technology to promote higher-order thinking in their social studies classrooms."
HippoCampus
HippoCampus (project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE)) provides high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge. Each lesson includes multimedia lessons, the text of the lesson, and related resources.
BigUniverse.com
Read Children's Picture Books Online (or create your own) at BigUniverse. Big Universe has both fiction and nonfiction picture books to read. Books are easy to search by category, grade, reading level, interest age, and language. The free version of Big Universe offers a limited look at the premium publisher books. With the free version you can only create one ebook per user account.
Community Learning Network
CLN's directory offers "annotated links to educational sites with free resources, all organized by theme pages and keyword search."
Best of History Web Sites
Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.
Toolkit Home
The Climate Change Wildlife and Wildlands Toolkit for Educators from the United States Global Change Research Program has recently come out with a new one.
EBSCOhost: Publications: Educational Leadership
EBSCOhost (ebscohost.com) serves thousands of libraries and other institutions with premium content in every subject area. Free LISTA: LibraryResearch.com
Teachers' Guide for the Professional Cartoonists' Index
Teachers' Guide for using the Professional Cartoonists Index web site in your classes. Includes lesson plans for using the editorial cartoons as a teaching tool in Social Sciences, Art, Journalism and English at all levels
AP Central - AP Courses and Exams
In this section of AP Central you can access information about the courses you teach. Here you will find the official AP Course Descriptions, sample syllabi, and the Course Home Page for each AP course. You will also find Exam Questions from previous years from all AP courses.
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