Web Links to Great Teacher Resources

Knights in Central Park from the Metropolitan Museum of Art is an interactive site that features arms and armor from around the world.

Critical Thinking Through Core Curriculum is from the Newspapers in America Foundation for Newspaper in Education Week, but is appropriate at any time.  Free and downloadable.

Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids is the educational component of GPO Access, which provides free on-line access to official Federal Government information.

Project Look Sharp offers free lessons that integrate media with the subject area.  From Ithaca College.

Reading Rockets: Teaching Kids to Read and Helping Those Who Struggle is a terrific resource for reading and language arts teachers. Affiliated with PBS.

Meet the Greens is a website for middle schoolers about sustainability and the environment.  It is from PBS’s WBGH and offers not only an entertaining interactive site for students but also teacher resources.

Daily Grammar offers lesson ideas daily and a comprehensive archive.

Grammar Bytes: Grammar Instruction with Attitude is possibly the most fun a student could have while learning grammar and language.  Grades 7-12.

These podcasts from Grammar Girl are clear and concise and cover every grammar question imaginable.  Ideal for high school students.

The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) is a valuable tool for secondary English teachers preparing students for work and college.