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What you will find here: Educator Web sites, Publisher Web Sites, Lesson Plans: General, Fine Arts, Language Arts/Foreign Languages, Math/Science, Social Studies/Psychology, Technology/Business, "Other," Special Ed

Educator Web Sites (note: for websites with an "integrating technology" focus, see the Technology Integration Page)

ALPS - Harvard Project Zero: a learning community - information on teaching/learning philosophy, rubrics, creativity, curriculum design
Archive.edu - great resources: lesson plans, graphics, PowerPoint files, etc.
Ask an Expert
Blue Web'n
Center for Adolescent Studies
Chalkboard -free stuff: materials, grants, tours, workshops, lesson plans
Connected Teacher - Classroom Connect's learning community, includes lesson plans
Connecting Students
Creative Teaching - blows the dust right off those tired lesson plans...
David Levin's Web.Sites
Discovery Channel School
ED.Net - education sites and resources
ED's Oasis: K-12 Resources
Educator's Toolkit
Exiting Standards
Explorium (interactive www)
FREE (Federal Resources)
Gateway to Ed. Resources
Hall of Multiculturalism
Kathy Schrock's Guide
McRel Resources
Mining Company
Phil's Place
Pitsco's Launch to Ed. Resources
Princeton University Library
Resources for Educators
Surfaquarium
Tapped In
Teacher Reference Center - Ebsco
Teachers@Work
TeachersFirst
Teachnet.org -grants, resources, discussion, contests
ThinkQuest - sponsors a contest for designing an educational web site.  The pages are terrific!

Publisher Websites

Glencoe Secondary Education
Harcourt, Brace, Inc
Houghton Mifflin Education Place
Library Video Company
McGraw-Hill Resource Village
PenguinPutnam
Prentice Hall School
Random House
Social Studies School Service

Lesson Plans

101 Things for the First 3 weeks
Access IN (teacher guides)
AskERIC Lesson Plans
Center for Learning (values/character)
Collaborative Lesson Archive
Connecting Students
Daily Events (NY Times)
Educational Web Adventures - a wide variety of web-based lessons
NWREL lesson plans
TeachNet.com
TeachServe (humanities)
USA Today

Fine Arts

Art Images for Teaching
ARTSEDGE
ArtsEdNet
Drama Teacher's Resource Room
Improvisational Theatre Structures
World Wide Arts Resources

Lang Arts/Foreign Lang

CyberEnglish - check the "syllaweb" link for lesson plan ideas
English Teachers' Web Site
Foreign Lang. Learning Center
Languages - a rich site with how-to's for many languages, including English
Lesson plan list -McRel
Polyglot (lang teachers)
Reading Village
Shakespeare - Folger Library
Story Arts - storytelling

Math/Science


Biology Lesson plans - San Diego State U
Biology Project - U of Arizona
Cloning Case Study
Compass: Curricular Options...
Cornell Math/Science Gateway
Earth Science Links
ENC Online (math/science)
Explorer
Frank Potter's Gems
GenScope - download an excellent program that investigates genetics principles through manipulating dragon characteristics
Hands-on Math & Physics
Interactive Text (Math/Physics/Chemistry)
K-12 Math
Math Forum: Web Units
Math Goodies
Math Research Papers - ideas!
NASA Educator web site
SAMI (science & math)
SciEd (science & math)
Science/Math Teachers' Corner
Teacher's Notes: (science projects)
WestEd (math & science)

Social Studies/Psychology

African/ African-American Sudies
African American Issues on the Web
American Presidency
American Studies Crossroads Project - American culture and history through technology
Civil War Gazette
Clinical Psychology
Connected Calendar
Crossroads Amer History curriculum
CSS Journal
Geography and History lessons (MSN)
Geography Teacher Resources
Great Depression
History Matters
History/Social Studies Web Site
Jazz Talk
Learning Page -lesson plans for the LOC American Memory collection -excellent!
National Geographic Education
Newspapers in Education
Rock'n'Roll Lessons
Sampling African America
Social Studies Links
We Didn't Start the Fire
World War 1 (unit plan)

Technology/Business

Create a web page (unit)
Desktop Publishing Lesson Plans
Great Ideas/Teaching Accounting
Great Ideas/Teaching Marketing

"Other"

Brain-Teaser - brain teasers and puzzles
Critical Thinking
Sports Media
Time Management
Vocational Ed. Resources

Special Education

ADDNet UK
All Kinds of Minds
Apple - K-12 Education - Disability Resources
Betsie - text-to-speech reader
Can Do!
Cognitive Strategies
Deaf World Web
DO-IT Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology
Guide to ASL (American Sign Language)
HyperText! - The Online zine for Kids with ADD
IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Inclusion - School as a Caring Community
IRSC - Internet Resources for Special Children
Just Because We Have A DisAbility Doesn't Mean WE BYTE!
LD OnLine: Learning Disabilities Information & Resources
NCIP (National Center to Improve Practice in Spec. Ed.)
New Horizons: Inclusion
NICHCY - Natl. Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
OSERS - Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Outside the Box
RESNA - Rehabiltative Engineering and Assistive Technology
Schwab Foundation for Learning
Special Needs Education (SNE) Project