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Listed below are some sites we think you'll find useful. The STA is
not responsible for the content of these sites. Table of Contents
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Clary Middle School NEW!
STA Treasurer Mike Riposo's Clary Middle School
Resource page. An excellent site!Busy
Teachers Great site for those of us who don't enjoy spending
hours surfing the net.
Discovery
Channel School Features lesson plans in a variety of subject
areas based on programs featured on The Discovery Channel and The Learning
Channel.
ICONnect
The American Association of School Librarians sponsors this site which,
among other things, contains ideas for integrating internet resources
into the curriculum
Art
"Tilman
Riemenschneider" (W'rzburg, Germany, 1483-1531) exhibits 50+
works of this artist, who demonstrated proficiency -- at the beginning
of his career -- in a variety of media, sculpting limewood, alabaster,
sandstone, & marble with equal facility.
"Teaching
Resources: Loan Programs" features 150+ teaching resources that
are loaned free to educational institutions,community groups, &
individuals. Programs are designed to meet national standards in visual
arts.
"Education
Resources" provides free-loan educational materials, programs,
& resources for teachers, educational activities & events, as
well as internship & volunteer opportunities at the Gallery.
@rt
Room Primarily designed for students, this site has some great
ideas for art teachers.
ArtsEdNet
Dedicated to helping arts educators and general classroom teachers use
the arts in their curriculum
Foreign Language
"Cultra
Project" lets students in the U.S. communicate with students
from other countries. Students observe, analyze, & compare cultures.
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Language
Arts
"Romantic
Circles High School" is a real-time multi-user environment that
includes "online classrooms" designed & occupied by classes across
the country, a library of Romantic electronic texts, a teachers' lounge,
& shared spaces for special events & social interaction. The
class is meeting inside Villa Diodati, the house that Lord Byron rented
in the summer of 1816 & that served as the impetus for Mary Shelley's
"Frankenstein."
"Figure
This!" offers interactive math problems families can use to
help children understand estimation, volume, & other important mathematical
concepts.
"National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Kids' Pages"
teach children about the connection between their health & the environment
& encourage the pursuit of careers in health, science, & the
environment. The site includes brainteasers, puzzles, stories, &
science activities.
"Science@NASA"
features the latest news in science. "Thursday's Classroom" provides
new lesson plans & activities based on a current headline story
& connects NASA's latest research & to the classroom. Past topics
include four facts about Christmas in space, the Red Planet in 3D, much
ado about Pluto, & more.
Project
Primary Ideas for elementary educators focusing on science
lessons.
Weather
Unit How to teach children about weather using art, math, classroom
props, and social studies.
Hurricanes
The Miami Museum of Science features resources and information covering
everything you ever wanted to know about hurricanes.
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Social
Studies
"America
Dreams" offers lesson ideas & resources for investigating
what the American Dream has meant over the years from various perspectives,
including those of photographers, lawyers, poets, politicians, comedians,
musicians, & reporters. Classrooms across the country are invited
to contribute to a Student Gallery & topost their dreams on a Wall
of Dreams.
"America
Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets" provides "song sheets"
(lyrics without music) for 4000 songs that were popular before the advent
of the phonograph & radio. During this time, (1850-1870), song sheets
were the way that many Americans learned the latest songs.
"American
Wars in Asia Project" is a cross-cultural, cross- disciplinary
project at the University of Montana about how to understand three of
the wars the U.S. fought in Asia (Japan, Korea, Vietnam).
"'Brother,
Can You Spare a Dime': The Effects of the New Deal & the
Great Depression" examines primary sources -- from photographs to oral
histories recorded by the famous Federal Writers' Project -- to develop
a sense of the profound impact the Great Depression had on people's
lives.
"Become
a Historical Detective" challenges students to search for evidence
to support their answer to a question: Was Billy the Kid really killed
by Pat Garrett at Fort Sumner, New Mexico?
"Child
Labor in America" is a teaching unit that leads middle &
high school students through the process of critically examining photographs
(by Lewis Hine) as historical evidence.
"Choices
& Commitments": The Soldiers at Gettysburg" aims
to help students understand the Gettysburg Campaign & the major
actions of the armies during each day of the battle, as well as the
motives & experiences of several participants in the battle. It
offers readings, maps, photos, & activities for students.
"The
Conservation Movement at a Crossroads: the Hetch Hetchy Controversy"
is a two-part teaching unit about the controversy among
conservationists over a proposal to turn part of Yosemite National
Park into a dam to furnish water to San Francisco. The first
part explores the history of the conservation movement in general,
while the second links to primary records, such as Congressional
debates, of Hetch Hetchy itself.
"Crucible
of Empire: The Spanish-American War" deals with America's
transition from a republic, founded in opposition to imperialism,
to an empire. According to the site, "When a declining
Spain, beset by rebellion abroad, fell to American expansionism,
the U.S. inherited her colonies & suddenly emerged as a
world power. The experience & questions that the Spanish/American
War raised about foreign intervention echo throughout
the 20th century, as recent events in Kosovo show."
"Early
Virginia Religious Petitions" presents images of 423
petitions submitted to the Virginia legislature between
1774 & 1802. The petitions concern such topics
as the historic debate over the separation of
church & state, the rights of dissenters such
as Quakers & Baptists, the sale & division of property in the
established church, & the dissolution of unpopular
vestries.
"Enhancing
a Poetry Unit" is a teaching unit that leads students to
the famous Federal Writers' Project & gets them started
writing "found poems." Among the examples is a
free verse poem written after reading an account
of surviving the Blizzard of 1888. (LOC)
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Resources
for New Teachers
Yes
I Teach FEA United's site dedicated to young teachers.
Includes lesson plans, resources, and tips.
www.nctm.org
Click on "Publications" and select the May 1998 issue of
the Mathematics Teacher for "What I Wish I Had Known About Mathematics
When I Started Teaching: Suggestions for Teacher-Preparation Programs,"
by Al Cuoco.
www.edweek.org
Select the archives
and search for "7
Habits of Good Teachers Today," by Dorothy Rich.
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Research
and Reference
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Government
Sites
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Publications
Education
Week Online newspaper focusing on national
education issues. Contains link to Teacher Magazine...a great
resource.
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Other
Resources
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Web Site Provides an array of free resources for curriculum
planning, including: lesson plans, web-linked activities, and tools
for K-8 classrooms.
Multiple
Intelligences Internet resources for teachers and students including
mathematics, language studies, maps and music .
National
Education Service From their site: "The National Educational
Service works with educators and youth professionals to help foster
environments in which ALL children will succeed. To this end, we provide
practitioners and community members, parents and policymakers with the
practical, timely information they need to positively effect the lives
of children and youth -- especially those in conflict with family, peers,
and school."
School
to Careers.com - This site was designed to facilitate
the distribution of School-To-Careers (a.k.a. School-To-Work) information
to educators, students, and businesses.
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