Resources for teachers

General

The Gateway to Educational Materials Project (GEM) (Education Dept.) http://thegateway.org/

iEARN (International Education and Resource Network)http://www.iearn.org/ 

Education World http://www.educationworld.com/

Eslgold (Free English teaching and learning resources)http://eslgold.com/

Scholastic (Publisher, education and media company)  http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/home.jsp

Activities for ESL Students http://a4esl.org/

New York Times – Learning Networkhttp://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/

ReadWriteThink http://www.readwritethink.org/

National Endowments for the Humanities http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson_index.asp

EdHelper (US Theme Unit)http://www.edhelper.com/United_States.htm

Houghton Mifflin (U.S. publisher of  textbooks, instructional technology, 
assessments, and other educational materials for teachers and students of every age)http://www.eduplace.com/state/index.html

Discovery Education - Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educatorshttp://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/

National Education Associationhttp://www.nea.org/tools/LessonPlans.html

American History:

Library of Congresshttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/lessons/theme.html

National Park Service: Teaching with Historic Placeshttp://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/ 

Teaching American History Program (The University of Wisconsin )http://www.uwgb.edu/teachingushistory/

Discovery Channel Lessons planshttp://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/ushis.html

National Archives - Teaching with documents http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/

National Endowment for the Humanitieshttp://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson_index.asp

Instructor web (Teaching Resources and Tools for Teachers and Special Educators)http://www.instructorweb.com/socialstudies.asp

Smithsonian (also on art issues)http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/index.html

Geography

National Park Service (for Teachers)http://www.nps.gov/learn/curriculum.htm

Discovery Education - Citieshttp://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/cities/

Discovery Education - North America Cultureshttp://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/travelers-northamerica/

Instructor webhttp://www.instructorweb.com/socialstudies.asp

Educator’s Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies/Geography

American Government and Civics

Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kidshttp://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Library of Congress Lessons planshttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/lessons/theme.html

The American Flag – PBShttp://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/theamericanflag.html

Native Americans (ProTeacher Community)http://www.proteacher.com/090018.shtml

EdHelper – American government (game, puzzles)http://www.edhelper.com/American_Government.htm

Holidays

Martin Luther King Jr
1. National Park Servicehttp://www.nps.gov/malu/forteachers/lesson_plans_and_teacher_guides.htm

2. Instructor Webhttp://www.instructorweb.com/les/martinlutherking.asp

Independence Day - 4th of July
1. Teachers Planethttp://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/independence.php

2. About.comhttp://k6educators.about.com/library/bl4thofjuly.htm

3. Education Worldhttp://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson069.shtml

4. Teaching with Historic Placeshttp://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/jul00.htm

Winter holidays: 
2. Education Worldhttp://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/december.shtml

3. Christmas quizhttp://triviapark.com/xmasquiz.html

4. Christmas Tongue Twistershttp://xmasfun.com/Fun/TongueTwisters.asp

Halloween
History.com http://www.history.com/minisites/halloween/

Thanksgiving (the First Thanksgiving)
Scholastichttp://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

Language

Famous speeches – (Full text, audio, and video database 
of the 100 most significant American political speeches 
of the 20th century and some 190 Hollywood movie speeches)http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

Randall’s ESL/EFL cyber listening lab - Everyday Conversations with Adult and Children's Voiceshttp://www.esl-lab.com/

UsingEnglish.com (set up in UK although it uses variety of English)http://www.usingenglish.com/

Karin's ESL PartyLand - The cool way to learn English! http://www.eslpartyland.com/

ESL-lounge.com - board games, large selection of lessons and lesson plans, some freehttp://www.esl-lounge.com/

Teaching Tolerance in America:  Literary, Historical and Cultural Approaches

Teaching Tolerance Through Literature

1.  To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

ReadWriteThinkhttp://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=265

2.  Night, Elie Wieselhttp://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/night/nighttg.html

Tolerance through American History

Immigration

http://www.education-world.com/a_sites/sites053.shtml

Civil Rights Movement

http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org/index.html

Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/liberation_curriculum/lesson_plans/index.htm.

Black History Month (February)

Links on America.gov

More Web Resources on Tolerance

Tolerance.org
Materials for teachers from Tolerance.org – 
a web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center:http://www.tolerance.org/teach/index.jsp