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This website comes from the Alaska Department of Education, and contains several examples of possible assessments, scoring rubrics, and other useful tools that can be adapted to almost any class, age, or proficiency level.

ER/IR Rags to Riches: Students must atempt to consecutively translate -ER and -IR verbs in order to win one million pesos. This engaging activity is similar to the Millionaire game and can be done as a whole class or in teams. click here!

See the podcast page - http://www.am760.net/cc-common/podcast/single_podcast.html?podcast=davidsirota.xml - Check out hour 1, Wednesday 3/17/10. Discussion continues for a half hour into the second hour of the show.

A recent article in the NY Times discusses a proposal for standards in education that a majority of the states in America plan to adopt. While the standards will replace state guidelines with federal standards, one of the aims, apparently, of the federal standards is to simplify certain state curriculum that is to broad for its own good. It also intends on proposing several reading choices in English instead of dictating what is read. Personally, the reading options mentioned are something I can stand behind (i.e. Thoreau's "Walden," Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address,"). Help in molding the standards was provided by education groups.

Año Viejo / Old Year: Located in Ecuador
http://www.studyspanish.com/comps/ano-viejo2.htm

Los alebrijes de Oaxaca / The Animal Carvings of Oaxaca: Located in Mexico
http://www.studyspanish.com/comps/alebrijes2.htm

This website is not just a good site form Math teachers, but for all subject areas. When you enter the site, on the right side there is a place where you can choose your subject. Under the math section, they have plenty of different types of resources that can be useful in the classroom. They have ideas for math lessons, graphic organizers, word problems, printable worksheets, and many more helpful tools. This site is just a great online teacher resource.

www.nctm.org

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is the public voice of mathematics education, and their website provides many great links and information for math Created by math, and list up coming conference dates that teachers can attend to become better educators.

www.aaamath.com

This website is one of the most useful sites I have found when trying to come up with different lessons. First, it lists the different topic that you may be focused on in a math class such as; algebra, addition, geometry… etc. Then after choosing the topic, it gives you a list of different lessons that could go along with the particular topic. For example, if my topic was geometry, I could have a lesson on polygons, finding third angle of a triangle, area of a square, or volume of a cube. Once a lesson is chosen, it gives a place where one can learn about the topic, practice the topic, and explore the topic.

www.teachertube.com

Teacher tube is a website with educational videos. The site has videos on all subjects including math. Most of the math videos are a step by step demonstration of how to solve problems. This can be a great alternative to the teacher showing how to work a problem out. It my help some students to hear a new voice explain a problem. Although this is an educational site, anyone can post videos so it is a good idea to review the video before showing it to a class.

www.math.com

Math.com has a wide range of topics and uses. Math.com covers all the way from very basic math, to advance math such as Calculus. It also provides homework help, practice problems, calculators, and many other helpful tools math teachers can utilize.

This is the Pennsylvania Department of Education's website. Its the pdf file for the math standards for the state of Pennsylvania. This can help teachers know what they need to be teaching at what grade level.

Math.com

This is a good site because it allows both teachers and students to go on it and get help with either teaching or learning math topics. It also helps teachers create homework and quizzes.

http://www.mathplayground.com/
This site is good for teachers teaching middle school and elementary school maths. It gives teachers, students and parents a place to go for fun ways of learning topics and for getting things to teach with.

http://www.factmonster.com/us.html
This site is not only good for math it is good for all subjects. It is, however, it is for lower grades. It is Part of Family Education Network which is a resource site that helps parents and students with different topics that arise during schooling

http://www.sosmath.com/

This website has help for upper maths were the other sites were forcing on younger students. It has everything divided by topic and then subtopic so that things are easy to look up when you are looking.

www.ncte.org

This is the official site of the National Council of Teachers of English. It offers tons of links where teachers of secondary English can find current news articles, preview lesson plans and new books, find out about the standards of this professional organization that are meant to enhance state and national standards, write for the NCTE publication of <i>English journal</i>, find out how to participate in the National Day of Writing, and even get in touch with other English teachers through blogging and a leadership organization called CEL.

www.readwritethink.org

This site is a good site to find lesson plans for English classes of all grades. To find lesson plans, standards, and student materials for secondary grades, a teacher can simply select grades 6 through 8 or grades 9 through 12 under the lesson plan selector tab. Lesson plan subjects range from Shakespeare interpretation to creating a persuasive podcast.

www.reading.org

This site is geared more towards reading teachers, but would still be a good site to look at when teaching English. It offers meetings and events where teachers can find out about ways to more effectively help students read including English-language learners. It includes a literacy forum where teachers can participate in ongoing online conversation about teaching methods. The site suggests teacher resources to use in the classroom as well.

www.novelguide.com

This site may not be as visually pleasing as cliffnotes, but it does offer more information about novels over a longer range of time. This site includes summary and character analysis from modern classics and also offers short author biographies. Students could use this site as a starting point or review (it offers study guides) of novels they are studying but should be aware that some of the information given is opinion-based.

www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/britlit.htm

On this site, British literature is organized under subheadings that represent time periods. When you click on a subheading such as Victorian Period, for example, a list of authors comes up. You can click on an author's name to find out basic information about them such as their major works, their lifespan, and other links that offer criticism and more author information. This site would be a good resource for students who are going very brief research on British authors.

2. http://www.finearttouch.com/
This website not only explores the extraordinary works of the Italian Renaissance Art, but it also explores the lives of important Italian artists and architects who greatly impacted the world of art today.

3. http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
This vast encyclopedia allows students to browse the works of art by the movements, subject, nationality, artists’ names, and medium. Also, there are educational articles, news updates related to art, and links to famous art museums across the entire world.

4. http://www.tersiiska.com/design/
This website contains information regarding what design is made up of. The focus of the website is on the elements and principles of design. There are examples of works containing all of these elements and principles.

5. http://www.artelino.com/articles/modern_art_periods.asp
Modern Art Movements are discussed on this website. The site covers Impressionism, Fauvism, Expressionism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Art, Pop Art, and Op Art movements.

Website: Best History Websites an EdTechTeacher.org resource

Description: Best History Websites contains a vast a ray of historical information and resources, like lesson plans, history activities, and etc…. This site has been recommended by the National Council for the Social Studies, the New York Public Library, the British Broadcast Corporation(BBC), and Prince University, to name a few.

2. Link: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

Website: Digital History

Description: This website is being developed through a collaborative effort by the University of Houston, Chicago Historical Society, and U.S. National Park Service, just to name a few. Digital Story offers a wide variety of educational resources for history teachers, like learning modules, lesson plans, classroom handouts, and resource guides, to name a few.
3. Link: http://www.pbs.org/

Website: Public Broadcasting System

Description: PBS site is a good source of information on a myriad of historical events and people. The Public Broadcast System Foundation handles the funding, which they receive donations from sponsors and special initiative funds to ensure the continued broadcasting of education television.

4. Link: http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/

Website: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution

Description: This site contains topical essays, images, text documents, songs, maps, a timeline, and a glossary, which pertains to the history of French Revolution. The site is collaboration between the Center for History and New Media (George Mason University) and American Social History Project (City University of New York).

5. Link: http://www.choices.edu/index.php

Website: The Choices Program: History and Current Issues for the Classroom

Description: The Choices Program offers a different array of curriculum, and multimedia resources, that pertain to current world and national issues. For the Students, this site offers many different f. forums, so that they can discuss what they are learning in Social Studies. The Choice Program website is based at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University.

2. http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/
“Incredible Art Education Resources” was created by Judy Decker – a former middle school art teacher. There is many links on the front-page which links to everything from art careers to art dolls and non-western art. The website also has a link to send questions or comments to Judy Decker directly. I would suggest if using any of this valuable material to ask her any tips or hints to doing the lessons she provides.

3. http://www.si.edu/
The information hosted on the Smithsonian Institution’s website hosts information from all museums available by the Smithsonian. There are many web links on the side of the webpage that link to exhibitions and galleries within the Smithsonian museums and may be a valuable visual aid for students. The website also hosts educational games and activities for students and younger children to generate interest in art, or any of the other topics as well.

4. http://www.crayola.com/educators/index.cfm
Crayola, the maker of art tools for all ages, hosts a website which has craft ideas, lesson plans, and even coloring pages. The website looks awfully child-oriented; however, the website has valuable resources for art educators K-12 alike. In addition, it also hosts resources for language arts, math, science, social studies, and visual arts. This website may also be a valuable tool for camp counselors.

5. http://arted20.ning.com/
This webpage is actually an art education blog on the Ning social networking site. This webpage hosts a forum for all educators in order to incorporate educational technology into art education. This Ning page also hosts on the front-page current projects to help educators incorporate new technology into art education classrooms. The forums listed below have an excellent amount of information regarding art education in general as well as how to use different programs and software available.

http://www.education.com/activity/article/Game_Show_Probability/ This is a very interesting site showing probability through a the game show, “Let’s Make A Deal”.
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/tools/math-hs.html This website has a lot of useful information with different calculators to do for calculations.
http://highschoolace.com/ace/math.cfm Here is a website that can help students with their high school math home work.
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/drmath.high.html Here is a Q&A site for high school students to help with homework.
http://www.pde.state.pa.us/a_and_t/cwp/view.asp?a=108&Q=73314&a_and_tNav=|680|&a_and_tNav=| This is a math PSSA preperation help site.

French influence was vital in North America even as the colonies fought for Independence during the Revolutionary War. It continued for centuries and has contributed to the rich cultural landscape we see today. Additionally, the American relationship with France remains important in the 21st century. These connections make valuable lessons for students in the French language classroom. They make education relevant and bring learning to life.

1. From Champlain’s Map of 1632. Map. History of Brulé’s Discoveries and Explorations 1610-1626. by
Consul Willshire Butterfield, 1898. LC General Collections. 29 July 2009
<http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gcfr.0015>

This map depicts the area around Lake Superior and Lake Huron. It is an example of French cartography in the New World and demonstrates the developing understanding of the landscape.

I would ask students to compare this map to current maps of the same area. Then I would ask focused questions about what the map can tell them about early understandings of the landscape. I would also ask them to look at the map labels and to research, perhaps in groups, current French influences in these areas. In a follow-up project, students could create a digital story about how the French influenced the Natives here over the next several hundred years.

2. Sagard, Gabriel. « Le grand voyage du pays des Hurons, situe en l'Amérique vers la mer douce,
es derniers confins de la nouvelle France, dite Canada » Paris : Denys Moreau, 1632. printed paper. Global Gateway. Lib. Of Congress. 28 July 2009 <http://gallica.bnf.fr/document?O=oai:bnf.fr:gallica/NUMM-109515>

This source details Sagard’s experience living among the Huron Indians during the early seventeenth century. The Hurons were the main allies for the French in the New World and Sagard provides rich first hand experience about their government, language, and norms.

I would use this source to help students understand French influence in early America. I could ask students to read excerpts aloud in class or as homework. Students could translate the text and answer targeted questions concerning what Sagard’s writing reveals about French perceptions of Native Americans etc. As a follow up assignment, students could write a fictional letter from Sagard’s point of view.

3. Plan de la ville de la Nouvelle Orléans en l'état quelle étoit le 30 may 1725. Map. Maps Collection. Global
Gateway. Lib. Of Congress. 29 July 2009
<http://international.loc.gov/intldl/fiahtml/fiatheme2.html#track1>

New Orleans was founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville and named in honor of the regent, Philippe d’Orléans. It is an example of French settlement along the Mississippi River. This map illustartes the city in 1775 and depicts administrative buildings, the Gulf Port, and the public square.

I would use this resource to introduce students to New Orleans history and French influence in Louisiana. Students will infer why the French chose to settle in this area based on its geographic location. Students might complete a webquest or virtual tour of the city, which would enable them to compare the city in 1775 to modern day. I might even ask students to research what damage has been done to this area from hurricanes such as Hurricane Katrina. This lesson can serve as an introduction to French influence in New Orleans, perhaps in conjunction with Mardi Gras.

4. Champlain, Samuel de. Histoire et description générale de la Nouvelle France. 1613.
manuscript. Paris. LC Rare Books and Special Collections Division. Global Gateway. Lib.
of Congress. 30 July 2009 <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbfr.0012>

Samueal de Champlain was a cartographer, explorer and colonizer and is often considered the “Father of New France.” It provides a first hand account of his explorations, which aimed to endorse “French colonial endeavors” in Canada. The Histoire et description générale de la Nouvelle France provides an appropriate entrée into French influence in Canada.

Students will read an excerpt from Champlain’s writing. In their own words, they will orally describe his experiences as if they were discussing breaking news in France. Since Champlain hoped to promote colonization in the New World, students could brainstorm ways that he might advertize his voyages differently today. Students will then be asked to use one of these ideas to create their own advertisement for North America, based on Champlain’s writing. Some ideas might include travel brochures, commercials, or blogs.

5. Norman, John. “The Honble. Marquis Lafayette, Major General of the American Army.”
Illustration. An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and the
United States, from its commencement to the end of the war. Boston: Nathaniel Coverly
and Robert Hodge 1782. 65. LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Global
Gateway. Lib. of Congress. 30 July 2009 <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a45442>

This picture depicts the Marquis Lafayette who was an influential French general of the American army during the Revolutionary War. He later played a key role in the French Revolution as well. According to the Library of Congress’ France in America project, Lafayette “epitomizes the close Franco-American relations that developed during and after the American War of Independence.”

This picture can serve as an anticipatory set for a lesson on French involvement in the American Revolution. Students might take a field trip to local sites from the Revolutionary War where Lafayette played a significant role. If costs allow it, students would have lunch at Chez Gérard, a French restaurant housed in a building from the Revolutionary War era and situated close to key battlegrounds. This lesson could directly precede a unit on the French Revolution, since one heavily influenced the other.

Content Specific Websites
1.)
Web Address: http://www.ncte.org/

Title: “NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English”

Citation: National Council of Teachers of English. Retrieved August 1, 2009, from http://www.ncte.org/.

Summary of content: This website contains many useful resources for teachers of English. It gives news updates that have anything to do with education and/or English education. It allows you to receive and give information regarding teaching English in elementary, middle, high school, or college levels. There are posts that show when conferences are being held to discuss educational issues, so that you may attend. There are also resources to look up such as: books, newsletters, journals, etc. To become a member of the NCTE, it is best to sign up as a student, the cost is 20.00 and it can be done via online.

My thoughts I have looked up this website numerous times and still have not signed up yet (but I will)! I think that it is a great way to find out what else is happening in our schools that is taking place in other states. Also, it allows you to communicate with other teachers and this can benefit your topics in your lessons. Perhaps other teachers can give you advice and vise-versa. I also like to have access to difference resources that may be hard to find on my own (journals, books, etc). I recommend not only the website to my peers of the English education but also to sign up!

2.)
Web Address: http://webenglishteacher.com/ap.html

Title: “Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Lesson Plans and teacher resources”

Citation: Web English Teacher. Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Lesson Plans and teacher resources. Retrieved August 1, 2009, from http://webenglishteacher.com/ap.html

Summary of content: This website has a lot of different topics for an English teacher. It gives various advice for what to do throughout your lesson plans, depending on your topic. For example, if your students are conducting a book report; this website has a tab for “book reports” and discusses about five different activities that you can have your students do to assess them on their book report. This also goes for topics such as: grammar, poetry, journalism, media, reading, speech, etc. It also has a lot of information regarding AP Literature. Literature is a huge part of teaching English so these resources could be a great help.

My thoughts: I will probably use this site once I become an English teacher in my own classroom. While researching, I looked up a lot of the activities that are listed for the topics and they are ideas that I would probably not think of (at least not at the beginning of my career). I think that using a variety of ways to teach topics is a great way to keep students interested and motivated. By doing different activities regarding topics my students will have fun while they learn!

3.)
Web Address: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/arts/artlit.html

Title “Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators-Literature and Language Art”s

Citation: Discovery Education. Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators-Literature and Language Arts. Retrieved August 1, 2009, from
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/arts/artlit.html

Summary of content: This website gives access to different resources in the English topics. There are many different subtitles such as: “authors;” which gives you a site to find out about specific authors, “Children’s Literature Site;” which allows you to use children literature in the classroom (for those teaching elementary), and “Creative Writing for Teens;” which gives a list of activities that can be used in the classroom to help students with their writing process. These are just three of many different sub-topics in the website. Also, there a few topics to which have a red ribbon beside them (meaning that it won an award).

My thoughts: I like this site because it has many different and unique subtopics that I can work with in the classroom. For instance, I may not think of an assignment such as making a picture book (dealing with authors and their stories). However, this site gives that topic and what seems to be a fun learning assessment to go with it.

4.)
Web Address: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3666/is_199411/ai_n8729170/

Title: “12 Guidelines for teaching writing in middle school”

Citation: BNet Reference Publications. 12 Guidelines for teaching writing in middle school. Retrieved August 1, 2009, from
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3666/is_199411/ai_n8729170/

Summary of content: This website is full of different articles about students who have struggled with their writing skills and how they can overcome them. It gives you writing strategies to use on your students and different methods that they can do in and out of the classroom to improve their writing. Each topic has a story behind it and then it discusses how the student improved.

My thoughts: I chose this website because writing is such an important part of education and life, in general. So many students enter high school and still do not know the correct way to write a letter or even a research paper. Once they hit college, if they have not mastered these writing skills they will automatically fall behind from the start. The more that a teacher allows students a chance to write in the classroom (so that they may be of assistance) the better writers they will be.

5.)
Web Address: http://www.readingrockets.org/

Title: “Reading Rockets: reading comprehension and language”

Citation: Reading Rockets. Teaching Kids to read and helping those who struggle .Retrieved August 1, 2009, from
http://www.readingrockets.org/

Summary of content: This is a great website for teacher, parents, principles, and librarians, basically anyone who will teach a student to read. It has numerous resources available to all of us. There are newsletters to let us know what is happening in the reading of education field, there are articles dealing with technology and how it can help students read more accurately, it has videos and podcasts to guide leaders to help finding different ways that students can read better and many more sources as well. It also has links to other websites such as facebook and blogs, which can allow teachers to interact with one another or possibly even parents of their students.

My thoughts: I chose this website because along with writing I feel that reading is just as important. It is highly possible that students get through most of their education, up to high school, and are still not strong readers. Having access to this websites’ resources can only benefit those that are trying to help them become those strong readers. I like that there are articles answering questions on the site as well. One that is on the homepage says “How can I help my son practice blending sounds as he reads?” This is under the category of “Frequently asked questions.” So, obviously there are many concerned parents out there that have the same questions. This site allows them to speak out and receive answers.

2.) Comic Abstraction: Image-Breaking, Image-Making
www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2007/comic_abstraction/Flash.html
This site is a very interesting, high tech advertising for an art exhibition at the Moma. Each piece of art is a link to information about the artwork and its artist. There is also a direct link to Moma that has ever changing pictures of artwork at the museum. This site could be used as a virtual tour for an art class.

3.) Everyday Mysteries
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/
This site is an interactive site. Students can ask questions or just browse the site and learn many interesting facts. Students can use this site for a reference when researching science. The links are related to one of the many sciences. Each link has a question and answer area that are very informative.

4.) What in the World is That? Ingenious Inventions Throughout History
www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsand activities/activities/science/learn_more.html
This site has 16 inventions on the first page with pop up pages giving the descriptions of the inventions historical development. There are links to related sites and games to play. There are interactive activities where you create questions for a class trivia hunt. More inventions are linked to this site through the word “inventions.” Students and teachers could use this site for social studies, history, sciences and art.

5.) Art History Resources on the Web
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
This site is a very in depth and detailed resource page for art students and teachers. Every country is represented on this site. The site is a bit boring at first because it is so many lists but after you navigate a few pages you get to see art. Any teacher or students interested in art and art history would find this site useful.

2. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/ An American Time Capsule. Three Centuries of Broadsides and other Printed Ephemera.
In total, the collection comprises 28,000 primary-source items dating from the seventeenth century to the present and encompasses key events and eras in American history. An American Time Capsule, the online presentation of the Printed Ephemera collection, comprises 17,000 of the 28,000 physical items.
The collection contains primary documents like images and pamphlets relating to events in American History and offers a first hand account of events as they happened. This collection can be referenced in a classroom to enhance critical thinking skills and jumpstart discussions of current events, propaganda usage and basic layout design.

3. http://www.preservationnation.org Historic Artists' Homes and Studios.
Historic Artists' Homes and Studios is a consortium of 30 of America's most significant artists' spaces that are open to the public and serve over 600,000 visitors each year. These extraordinary sites are the intimate living and work spaces of painters, sculptors, ceramicists, photographers, and furniture designers. They include superb collections and intact studios, landscapes, and homes dating as far back as the 17th century. Here, visitors may see original palettes and brushes, study plaster casts and tools, and look out of the artists’ windows to partake of the views that inspired them.
The images are limited for review on the site but a provided search database of locations can find places to visit narrowed down by region or state. This site would be useful to locate local places one can visit to experience a preserved home or studio. Lessons incorporating preservation importance, spatial design and architecture may find this resource particularly useful.

4. http://www.wga.hu/ Web Gallery of Art.
The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism and Realism periods (1100-1850), currently containing over 22.600 reproductions. Picture commentaries, artist biographies are available.
The site contains pictures of actual works of art many would have to travel the globe to view in person. The site also contains original music from the 12th – 15th century in mp3 format. I would use this resource for studies on early European art and society, comparing and contrasting styles of art between time periods.

5. http://www.archivescanada.ca Canada’s archival record database.
Search more than 50,000 descriptions of archival records from the holdings of all provinces and territories including virtual exhibits created by Canadian archival institutions. View digitized photographs, maps, documents and online exhibits developed around Canada's history and browse digital projects produced through the Archival Community Digitization Program.
The site contains access for individual research or genre photographs on the history and development of Canada. When learning about diversity and cultural applications, government, socioeconomic backgrounds, etc. this site can provide original photos and letters to examine. Learning about another country so close to ours can be a great critical thinking and art history examination lesson.

Crayola – This Web site has a various products related to the crayola brand. They offer coloring pages that can be printed, craft ideas, games, and products. They also offer a section for teachers and parents. Adults can utilize this site to research various art activities for kids. I think this site is especially useful for art educators. Under the teacher’s link there are several ideas for art lesson plans that can be accessed free of charge.

www.princetonol.com

Incredible Art Department- This Web site is beneficial to artists. The site has various resources such as lesson plans, art stores, recommended supplies, job postings, and a community blog. I especially think this site is beneficial for art educators. There is a vast range of lesson plans for the art room. An educator can research about any artist and find a lesson plan that pertains to that particular artist and their work. This site is also great for the communication factor. Art teachers can post blogs and share ideas with one another. I would recommend this site to any educator specializing in Art.

www.artcyclopedia.com

Artcyclopedia- This Web site offers accurate information from any famous artist throughout history. There are short bibliographies and examples of the artists work. This is a great site to use if you need a brief intro on the artist and their style of work.

www.naea-reston.org

National Art Education Association- This site offers a community of artists and educators although you must join to access all the benefits. With a membership you can communicate and share ideas with other artists, set up your own classroom gallery, search jobs, and apply for grants. This site would be beneficial to any Art educator who would like to be up to date on the latest news and trends in Art education. Also if you join NAEA, they automatically enroll you in the Pennsylvania Art Education Association for free. A nice two for one deal!

www.pittsburghartscouncil.org

Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council- This Web site informs about upcoming events related to the arts in the Pittsburgh area. I believe this site is important to check out if you are an Art educator. Besides offering a list of upcoming events they also offer professional development workshops and an opportunity to apply for grants. The site also cover government issues related to the arts programs. The Web site can be browsed for free, but there is a fee if you would like to become a member.

Bailey and Onwuegbuzie (2001) reviewed the literature and completed a study to determine which study habits would promote successful and unsuccessful foreign language students. They have concluded that foreign language instructors should train students in study skills within the context of foreign language study, combined with motivation techniques. Among lower-achieving students, poor study skills include taking bad notes consisting of irrelevant information, failure to seek help when having difficulties, lack of focus during study time, and not utilizing a dictionary to look up unknown words.

2. Bloom, K., & Shuell, T. (1981, March 1). Effects of Massed and Distributed Practice on the Learning and Retention of Second-Language Vocabulary. Journal of Educational Research, 74(4), 245-48. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. EJ246382) Retrieved August 6, 2009, from ERIC database.

In a study done by Bloom and Shuell (1981), it was found that students who learned vocabulary in shorter units (10 minutes each over the course of three days) and students who learned vocabulary in one large mass unite (all words given in a 30-minute session in one day) had nearly identical performance on tests given immediate following the lessons, but students who learned vocabulary in the shorter units had significantly better vocabulary retention after four days. They suggest that distributed language learning (shorter units) promotes using long-term memory, rather than recalling from short-term memory.

3. Grace, C. (2000, June 1). Gender Differences: Vocabulary Retention and Access to Translations for Beginning Language Learners in CALL. Modern Language Journal, 84(2), 214-24. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. EJ618092) Retrieved August 6, 2009, from ERIC database.

Grace (2000) looked at possible gender differences in vocabulary retention, and whether or not students benefited from being given L1 translations. In her study of a computer assisted language course, she found that there were no significant differences between male and female vocabulary retention. She states that all students would benefit from a clear and thorough explanation of the second language, but that students should be given a choice of their preferred methods of learning (within a CALL environment).

4. Nagy, W., & Center for the Study of Reading, U. (1995, November 1). On the Role of Context in First- and Second-Language Vocabulary Learning. Technical Report No. 627. . (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED391152) Retrieved August 6, 2009, from ERIC database.

There are several schools of thought about how second language vocabulary should be taught. Among them, there are two particularly important ideas. One idea is that vocabulary should be taught within context (e.g. by reading), another is that it should be taught completely “decontextualized” (e.g. a vocabulary list). Nagy (1995) reviewed the literature and found that there are limitations of both theories, and that they work better, and vocabulary is learned best, when vocabulary that is learned in a decontextualized manner is also presented within context.

The Wild Classroom
http://www.thewildclassroom.com/
The Wild Classroom is a website that I found through Untamed Science. The Wild Classroom features a collection of podcasts and videos for science classrooms. One aspect of The Wild Classroom that impressed me was the Biomes of the World Map. The Biomes of the World map allows students to explore the map and watch an informational video about each biome. This site could definitely be used to aid visual and auditory learners in understanding tougher concepts.

Careers in Chemistry (Career Descriptions)
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_SUPERARTICLE&node_id=1188&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=0cf416f5-7794-44d9-96af-3fb8769fcec8
This is one of the websites I may use for my webquest. At the beginning of the year, teachers could create a webquest activity that enabled students to learn more about what jobs they could obtain in that subject area (i.e. chemistry). They could explore the job duties and requirements, average salary, etc. This type of activity would get the students thinking beyond the classroom.

General Chemistry Lesson Plans
http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistrylessonplans/General_Chemistry_Lesson_Plans.htm
This website offers several lessons which teach chemistry by letting students experience science and form conclusions. I especially liked the fact that several fun labs were included (e.g. making ice cream to learn about freezing points, getting iron out of breakfast cereal, etc.). I will use some of these ideas at the beginning of class to hook student interest as well.

Introduction to Chemistry
http://www.unit5.org/chemistry/Introduction.htm
The website is helpful to any new teacher. It includes lesson plans and lecture outlines, PowerPoint presentations, worksheets, demonstrations, labs and topics review. With the plethora of information offered on this one site, a teacher can build an interesting lesson quickly. I plan on using some of the ideas from this site for my own lessons.

Poetry 180: A Poem A Day For American High Schools

http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

Collins, Billy: Author, Retrieved July 30,2009, from the World Wide Web: http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/
“Poetry can and should be an important part of our daily lives. Poems can inspire and make us think about what it means to be a member of the human race. By just spending a few minutes reading a poem each day, new worlds can be revealed.”

This is a site that contains information about the Poetry 180: A Poem A Day for American High Schools project that was designed and set up by former Poet Laureate, Billy Collins. The site is designed for use by high school students who are to read one poem every day of the school year. The idea behind the project is to encourage students to read poetry in the hopes that they will begin to enjoy, read and write poetry as well as to think more deeply about the meaning of the poems and life in general. The site gives detailed instructions on how to use the poems in schools, including how to read them. The site also includes a section on copyrights.
This would be an excellent start to an English class every day. It is available through the Library of Congress site.

Steven Barclay Agency: Lectures and Readings
http://www.barclayagency.com/collins.html

Lectures and readings, Retrieved July 30,2009: http://www.barclayagency.com/collins.html
This is the site of the Steven Barclay Agency. It contains a reading by Billy Collins. This is an excellent site for students to hear a poet read his own work. It could be used in conjunction with the Poetry 180 site to encourage students to listen to and read poetry. The site should be vetted from time to time to ensure that the content is age appropriate for the age group.

About the Poet Laureate, Kay Ryan

Library of Congress, About the Poet Laureate, Kay Ryan, Retrieved July 30,2009, from the World Wide Web: http://www.loc.gov/poetry/laureate_current.html

This Library of Congress site takes you to a page where you can view the current poet Laureate as well as containing links to previous poet Laureates. This is a valuable resource for any educator who is teaching a poetry section. There are dozens of links on the site that will direct you to the vast resources available within the library of congress website.
This site should be thoroughly reviewed to ensure that it is content appropriate. Some of the material would be more suitable to older students.

Teacher Guide: Primary Source Set: Found Poetry

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/poetry/pdf/overview.pdf

Library of Congress , Teacher Guide: Primary Source Set: Found Poetry, Retrieved August 6, 2009, from the World Wide Web: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/poetry/pdf/overview.pdf

This is a site that takes you to a Primary source file on Found Poetry. It is available for download in pdf format. It contains excellent material. It gives ideas and suggestions for a number of student activities related to found poetry, including how to create their own. There are quite a few resources listed that will enable the educator to develop other lessons.

Poet at Work: Walt Whitman Notebooks 1850s-1860s

Whitman, Walt, Library of Congress, Walt Whitman Poet at Work: Walt Whitman Notebooks 1850s-1860s, Notebook LC#94, Walt Whitman Hospital notebook 101, Retrieved July 31, 2009, http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=whitman&fileName=wwhit094.data&recNum=1 and
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=whitman&fileName=wwhit101.data&recNum=4

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=whitman&fileName=wwhit094.data&recNum=1
Walt Whitman Notebook LC#94
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=whitman&fileName=wwhit101.data&recNum=4
Walt Whitman Hospital notebook 101

I have grouped these two resources together because they are both visuals of notebooks by Walt Whitman. They are good resources that allow students to get a better idea of who Walt Whitman was by studying not only his work but his notations and writing style. These notebooks contain information about the poetry and life of Whitman and constitute a valuable historic document. They contain appointments, travel logs and notations about the people he met while traveling or in the hospital. There are other notebooks available but these contained the most useable material.

Maps are always a great way to illustrate military strategy. This will take the abstract thoughts of the Allied plans and put into focus exactly what areas were thought to be critical points of the war zone. Normandy was the site of intense struggle but also great importance. America’s success on its beaches were necessary for victory over the Axis powers. Striking points are indicated, with descriptions of each beach.

Hollem, Howard, photographer. Times Square and Vicinity of D-day. Photograph. Washington, DC. From Library of Congress, America from the Great Depression to World War II, 1935-1945. fsa 8d36271 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d36271 (accessed August 6, 2009).

Photographs are very powerful for displaying emotions that sometimes cannot be easily put into words.
This is especially true for emotional events such as D-day. As the photo demonstrates people were gathering in store windows to watch what was occurring. An international event such as this one does not come along very often, so it definitely captured the public’s attention.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. The President’s D-Day Prayer. Pamphlet. From Library of Congress, Printed Ephemera Collection. rbpe 24204200 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbpe.24204200 (accessed August 6, 2009).

This article would be of great use for a lesson on D-Day. This event is one of the most important events in American history. By having a direct reference of the president’s thoughts, I would give students an opportunity to understand the importance of this date, what kinds of emotions were felt by our country’s leader, and how he tried to give our nation confidence at such a critical stage in history.

Twelfth Army Group. Twelfth Army Group situation map. Map. England. From Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division. g5701s ict21038 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g5701s.ict21038 (accessed August 6, 2009).

This map is good for comparison to others. A close examination of military positioning can provide insight to strategy, including why certain areas/terrain may be more important than others. Normandy was a pivotal point in the Western front. Strong positioning was needed to succeed. With this map students can see where forces where positioned.

nited States Navy. Utah Beach, Normandy, France. Map. Camp Bradford, VA. From Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division. g5833n ct002437a http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g5833n.ct002437a (accessed August 6, 2009).

As stated before, I love the way maps help visual learners understand exactly what is being talked about. To have a military map present, gives a clear vision of what challenges soldiers faced. Utah Beach was one of the points where Allied forced landed during their invasions, so it played a role in their defeat over the Germans.

Eyes on the Prize. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/ (accessed 8-5-09)

Eyes on the Prize was a series that PBS put on about the Civil Rights movement. Their website has a ton of primary sources in the form of audio, video, documents, and interviews. They also have resources for teachers.

For political Science/Current Issues

This American Life. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/ (accessed 8-5-09)

This American Life is my favorite program on NPR. They have free pod cast of all their broadcasts. Their show is hard to explain, but it covers a whole host of topics including current events and social issues. Plus, they just have a lot of interesting stories on any topic you could think of that is always present it in a fun and entertaining way.

Newser. http://www.newser.com/ (accessed 8-5-09)

Newser gives you a front page of news stories from a bunch of different sites. You can scroll over the picture and it will give you a brief summary of the article. If you click on it, it takes you to the website and story. I think it would be a great way to start class in a current issues course.

Geography:

CIA World Fact book. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ (accessed 8-5-09)

I think everyone knows about this one. You can click on any country in the world and it will give you a ton of information on the country (government, GDP, capital, etc…)

Peace Corp. Http://peacecorp.gov (accessed 8-5-09)

The peace corp has a whole section of lesson plans for teachers that deal with different countries. Most of this lessons are multicultural and emphasis accepting other societies and cultures.

2009). APS Physics. Retrieved August 6, 2009, from Teacher & Educator Support Web site: http://www.aps.org/programs/education/teachers/index.cfm
The American Physical Society Website is a useful resource for teachers to have. It hosts a lot of links to informative sites with endless information and demonstrations of physical principles. It also lists all of the current events going on in physics. This includes conferences, speakers, and new findings. It would be useful to know this as it could be incorporated into a lesson or even a field trip.

Useful links to applets, games and other useful physics websites. Retrieved August 6, 2009, from Information for Physics Teachers Web site: http://www.phy.bris.ac.uk/groups/particle/PUS/Teachers.html
This website is a good resource for secondary physics teachers. It contains links to many different applets showing experiments and demonstrations of relevant physics principles. It is a good way to save time and resources when the elaborate experiments or demonstrations cannot be performed in class.

Yue, Andrew Physics Demonstrations Online. Retrieved August 6, 2009, from Physics Demonstration Resources Online Web site: http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~phy-demo/resources/resources.html
This website hosts links to many different university websites. The purpose that it serves is that all of the university sites have video demonstrations of experiments. With many different university level experts’ knowledge and experiments compiled into one place, this sight is very useful for giving examples in class.

This Mercator projection of the earthquakes and faults of the San Francisco Bay area would be useful as an introduction for a lesson or unit on earthquakes. Since this map has been compiled from Landsat satellite images, students are able to see where the fault lines actually occur instead of predictions. It would also work to use this map to compare it to a photo or video of the San Francisco Earthquake to see how the fault lines affected the destruction.

Queen, James E., Stettner, Will R. and Mathieux, Paul. “This Dynamic Planet: World Map of Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Impact Craters, and Plate Tectonics.” 1994. “Geography and Map Division.” Washington D.C. Library of Congress. 6 August 2009. <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3201c.ct001359>.

This would best be used for a class in addition to a lesson covering earthquakes and it would be great for using to compare against a map of fault lines in San Francisco, to determine whether there may be other faults that could also affect the area. By creating an activity like this, the classroom could become a little more interesting for students and it would also be a great way to incorporate primary sources.

Espinosa,Alvaro F., Rinehart, Wilbur, and Tharp, Marie. “Seismicity of the Earth, 1960-1980.” Washington: Office of Naval Research, 1981. Geography and Map Division. Washington D.C..
Library of Congress. 6 August 2009.

This map superimposes the then newest information upon an older map thus producing a more realistic topographic map for research. It would be a nice addition to a unit on earthquakes because you can see the topography of the regions which are affected by earthquakes and volcanoes. Since the students would be able to see how the Earth’s crust is arranged, they could see the regions that experience tectonic activity and understand the impact.

American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. “San Francisco Disaster.” 1906. “Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Sound Recording Divison.” Washington D.C.. Library of Congress. 6
August 2009. <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp003.m3b01123>.

The short movie shows the disaster that incurred during the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. It would be a great thing to show when introducing the earthquakes lesson because it shows, firsthand, the devastation that occurred. This would show the students the impact of living along fault lines.

American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. “Scenes from San Francisco.” 1906. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Sound Recording Divison.” Washington D.C.. Library of Congress. 6 August 2009. <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp003.m3b17713.>

As if created to give a better idea to people about what was happening in San Francisco after the earthquake, the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company created “Scenes from San Francisco.” This would be a great piece to show students so as to incorporate history and science and show how San Francisco functioned during the turmoil of the earthquake. Since students would be able to see this they would be able to better understand the impact that living on a fault has.

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