Web Links to Great Teacher Resources

America’s Story from America’s Library by the Library of Congress includes interactive features in biographical, state timeline, and pastime categories.

National Museum of American History by the Smithsonian Institution features special collections, seasonal exhibits, museum news, and search section to find specific topics.

Great Websites for Kids is a compilation of exemplary websites geared to children from birth to age 14. Suggested sites are evaluated by the Great Websites for Kids Committee using established selection criteria. The committee is made up of members of the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.

“My (Future) Life” Video Series consists of six career modules for students in middle school and high school, and one teacher self-study video support module with links to career investigation resources and assessment strategies. Each My (Future) Life Career Video examines a career in a STEM field and includes an interview with a professional in the given career and what education pathways lead to said career. After viewing the My (Future) Life Career Videos students will have a better concept of the what they need to do while in high school to prepare themselves for a STEM career.

  The National Civil Rights Museum is committed to providing educators with resources and materials to aid them in teaching the struggle for freedom and justice to today’s students.  Here you will find links to e-Learning activities, the NCRM Teacher’s Curriculum Guide, worksheets, primary source analysis guides, scavenger hunts, and much more.

Word Dynamo is a vocabulary quiz site which presents a variety of quizzes for elementary through graduate school.  Scores can be saved and points accumulated.  Words that are defined incorrectly will be reintroduced until mastery.

Catherine Nash’s Resources for Papermaking, Encaustic, and Photography is a site for art teachers to explore related to sharing papermaking with students.  In particular, see the Ideas for Teachers toward the bottom of the homepage.

U.S. History: Pre-Columbia to the New Millineum by the Indepence Hall Association in Philadelphia features American history by topic or event. This site gives you a summary of the event or topic including graphs and charts. It also shares related links from around the internet on the specific topic.

Rock Hounds is a fun site about the three different types of rocks form as well as specific rocks.

Geology.com has information and photos of common rocks.