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Resources for Teachers
Listed below are links to websites on various topics of interest to teachers.

Email new sites or dead links to Frank Sineni

ProQuest
Customer ID = 200004047h, password = 55108
SIRS Researcher is for high school students/teachers
SIRS Discoverer is for elementary students/teachers



Atomic Learning
Just about anything you need to know/learn how to do. A self help guide to anything technology.



African American Registy
A calendar based series of accomplishments by Black Americans in history.



American Indian History and Culture
A Smithsonian Institution web site that provides Native American resource links including the Center for Folklife and cultural Heritage, a trigbal museum directory and arctic studies center.


The Digital Ride
Provides students with an educational portal including the Pioneer Press and local TV channels


Also check out this web site supported by Sheridan Elementary.

Sheridan Pathfinder


If you are a "cluster teacher" or attended our "Differentiation of Instruction for High Ability Elementary Students" training, click here for the Big 6
or for Differentiation How To's.

Literature-Based Teacher Resources including Alternative Assessments can be found here.  We have lists and sample copies of many of these assessments.  check with us before you buy.

Economic education materials for elementary and secondary students can be found here.

Engine-uity website can be found here.

This website from the Indiana Department of Education has differentiated tiered activities for elementary and secondary classrooms. here

SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE TRADE BOOKS:

The National Council for the Social Studies and The National Science Teachers Association puts out a recommended list of trade books with ties to social studies or science.  Current and past social studies lists can be downloaded here.
Outstanding science trade books for students K-12 can be downloaded here

SOCIAL STUDIES LINKS


The Gilder Lerhman Institute of American History has a collection of primary documents and other materials available for free download

Hand in Hand Productions 
is an oral history production company with samples a directions for conducting your own oral histories.

Critical Thinking and Information Use


The Center for Critical Thinking


Indiana Historical Society


Photographs and scans of documents are available.  Copy and paste items into Word.

The College of William and Mary


Teaching models for Literature and Social Studies

Minnesota Historical Society

Photographs and scans of documents are available.  Copy and paste items into Word.

Library of Congress

The granddaddy of them all.  All things historical.

American Vets Project
from the Library or Congress

Slave Narrative Project

first hand accounts of slavery

Primary Source Learning from the Library of Congress
Website dedicated to teaching students critical thinking through Primary Resources.


The Legacy Project
The Legacy Project is about you. It's about creating and connecting your life – learning from the past, living fully in the present, and building toward the future. An educational, multigenerational project, it offers free online activity kits and guides, books, essay contests, workshops, exhibits, and more.

Newspapers in Education
NIEonline provides online lesson plans and other innovative materials for use on NIE websites to provide valuable newspaper-oriented resources to teachers through the Internet.

Teaching Tolerance
Founded in 1991 by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance provides educators with free educational materials that promote respect for differences and appreciation of diversity in the classroom and beyond.

Teaching with Primary Sources
Helping educators quickly find and use primary sources related to specific curriculum standards with Best Instructional Practices for all subjects. Primary Source Learning is funded by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program.







 Minnesota Center for Academic Excellence   A link to all things competitive. Formerly "Reach for the Stars"
 National Research Center on the Gifted/Talented   Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM)Articles and Resources
 Minnesota History Day  
 DestiNation Imagination   resources for teams and coaches
 Hoagie's Educator page   Hoagie's has links to many websites
 Minnesota Educators of the Gifted and Talented   State Conference Information - Call for Proposals
 Minnesota Council for the Gifted and Talented   Parents, Educators and Professionals advocacy group
 Hoagie's Gifted Page   favorite links in one spot
 Webquests  
 Rubric Maker (Rubistar)   Great site to create Rubrics
 Talent Development Super Links   From NRC/GT the best of the best
 Intructional Frameworks   Teaching Strategies, Thinking Skills, Rubrics
 SPPS Curriculum and Standards   A reference to all current standards and curriculum resources
 Advanced Placement Central  
 International Baccalaureate  
 Atomic Learning   Need a technology tutorial? This is your place.
 Educator's Reference Desk (formerly ERIC)  
 Lesson Plans/Learning Centers  
 Minnesota Alliance of Geography Educators   Geography related links, Geography Bee
 Search ALL SPPS School Libraries   Links to all the online libraries in SPPS. Do your research from the comfort of your home.
 Wordmasters Challenge   Sign your classes up for Wordmaster's Vocabulary and Analogy Activities
 Young Inventor's Fair  
 National Geography Challenge   not to be confused with the Geography Bee
 National Geographic GeoBee  
 Continental Math League  

Downloads

Math Enrichments/Extensions

Forms for Gifted Specialists
Click here for access to forms and downloads for building specialists and contacts.  You will need a password.  Contact Frank Sineni.

WEBQUESTS are Coming!
What's a Webquest?  Just wait and see!  Click here to learn more and find hundreds of Webquests for your students.  Click on "find Webquests" then search for the curriculum and grade level you teach.

Math Enrichment/Extensions
Math extensions are available for Everyday Math. Click here to access the archive.