Social Studies and History Links Dr. Kacer’s Links: - Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies: http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/plans.html Dr. Kacer’s Teaching Tips Site: http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm Teach-nology: free rubrics and lesson plans Kathy Schrock’s Page http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ LETSnet lessons from Michigan State University http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/letsnet/frames/subjects/index.html B.J. Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/index.html K-8 Librarian-created Web Search pages - (filtered - includes Science and History sections) http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ Your Electronic Locker (good for college, too!) http://www.ashland.k12.ky.us/trt/HSLocker.htm Learning Style Inventories from Dr. Kacer’s Site: Multiple Intelligences http://www.mitest.com/o2ndary.htm Similar to Myers-Briggs http://www.oswego.edu/Acad_Dept/s_of_educ/curr/plsi/plsi48a.htm Several Instruments Here http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/learning/styles.html GEM Gateway to Resources http://www.thegateway.org/help/quick-start Biographies of Women Mathematicians http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm Thanksgiving http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2004411210309 FYI: Another perspective from a Native American. Paul G. Blazer High School Electronic Locker Great idea! Check this out too! http://www.ashland.k12.ky.us/trt/HSLocker.htm Free Rubrics at Rubistar http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php More Rubrics from all over the US http://eleaston.com/classroom.html The Library in the Sky The British Museum’s Ancient Egypt Site http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/staff/main.html Quizzes online or make your own http://eleaston.com/quizzes.html Filling the Tool Box how to get your students to ask questions in class: http://www.fno.org/toolbox.html#Beginning PBS Teacher Source http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/ Make your own Units Science Social Studies covered - A High Quality Site many great links There is an article in the Kentucky Teacher about digital textbooks available for social studies, language arts, and practical living/vocational studies. Check out http://apps.kde.state.ky.us/kamd Education Index guide to some Of the best sites on the web http://www.educationindex.com/ Virtual School Museums Links to a lot of them! Your school can do one too Many done by students http://www.fno.org/museum/list.html#USA Perspectives on the U.S.-Iraq Conflict http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/offices/di/Burleson/Lessons/US_Iraq/index.htm Students United for Humanity Webquest (for World Peace and Understanding ) http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/offices/di/Burleson/Lessons/studentsunited/index.htm Learning about Propaganda website for High School students from Newspapers in Education: http://www.teachtheteachers.org/projects/DBoin2/index.htm Kentucky Schools on the Web Eduhound Collection http://www.eduhoundschoolsontheweb.com/schscat.cfm?fstate=Kentucky Help with English Grammar Forum site http://www.englishforums.com/ShowForumGroup.aspx?ForumGroupID=1 |