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PBS Online NewsHour - Iraq in Transition
The Web site of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
Sections include: Governing Iraq ; Insurgency ; Reconstruction ; Remnants of Saddam's Regime ; Key Players ; Key Maps ; For Students & Teachers ; Video Honor Roll of Americans Killed in Iraq.

PBS P.O.V. - My Country, My Country
A documentary by Laura Poitras.
Companion website to the October 2006 broadcast.
"...is an unforgettable journey into the heart of war-ravaged Iraq in the months leading up to the January 2005 elections. Symbolized by fingers marked with purple ink, the 2005 elections posed challenges to all sides of the debate about the war."
Sections include: Film Update ; Special Features ; Behind the Lens ; Talking Back ; Resources ; For Educators.

PBS FRONTLINE - The Lost Year in Iraq (Watch Episode Online)
Companion website to the October 2006 broadcast.
"They came to rebuild and bring democracy, but soon were hardened by the postwar realities. When it came time to leave, they left behind lawlessness, insurgency and economic collapse."
Section include: Extended Interviews ; Timeline: Fighting on Two Fronts ; Analysis ; Documents ; Readings & Links ; Teacher's Guide.

West Point - Combating Terrorism Center
"...the Center has been actively involved in supporting the Global War on Terror through education, research, and policy analysis."

  • Teaching Terror
    "This website is dedicated to supporting the study of terrorism and counterterrorism. It is hoped that the information resources provided here will be of use to academics, students, policymakers, and others engaged in understanding and combating global terrorism.
    • Terrorism and Counterterrorism: An Annotated Bibliography
      "This Annotated Bibliography has been produced by faculty and researchers of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, and is meant to serve as an information resource for students, researchers, policymakers, teachers, the media and the general public." Volume 1 - March 2004 ; Volume 2 - September 11, 2006.

Aolescent Directory On-line (ADOL)
 "...an electronic guide to information on adolescent issues. It is a service of the Center for Adolescent Studies at Indiana University. Educators, counselors, parents, researchers, health practitioners, and teens can use ADOL to find Web resources..."

The Albert Shanker Institute

  • Democracy: Teach It (September 2003)
    "...is a new statement calling for improvement in the teaching of democracy. Endorsed by a wide range of prominent Americansófrom former President Bill Clinton to President Reagan's UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, NEA President Reg Weaver to actor Christopher Reeveóthe document calls for an expanded course of study in history, civics, and the humanities, providing all students with a full, warts-and-all understanding of our own and other nations."

American Masters - Ralph Ellison : An American Journey
Section include: Feature Essay ; Career Timeline ; Filmmaker Interview ; Additional Footage

Art Institute of Chicago Museum

  • Science, Art & Technology
    "...began as a year-long course offered by The Art Institute of Chicago to Chicago Public School science teachers interested in exploring the relationship between science and art within a museum setting... Teachers used the information provided to create written guides for museum visits with their students and lesson plans for in-class instruction. The program's overarching goal was to show science teachers that an art museum may be used as a visual library to augment and to enrich established high-school science curricula in chemistry, earth science, or physics."
    Sections include: Intro to Science and Art ; Art and Astronomy ; The Chemistry and Physics of Light and Color ; Perception, Light, and Color ; Conservation: Light in the Making and Viewing of Art ; Careers in Science, Art, and Technology ; Lesson Plans ; Self-Guides ; Glossary.

Brown v. Board of Education - see our separate Brown v. Board of Education page.

Building Bridges Between Middle Schools and High Schools
"In preparation for a conversation among middle school and high school teachers and principals, we posted this question on the Middle-L middle grades listserv:  'When high school people criticize middle schools for failing to adequately prepare students to succeed academically in 9th grade, how do you react? Is this legitimate criticism? What should principals and teachers from both sides be doing to better insure a successful transition?'"

Center for Adolescent Studies Home Page
Indiana University

Criticalreading.com
"...shows you how to recognize what a text says, what a text does, and what a text means by analyzing choices of content, language, and structure. It shows you what to look for, and how to think about what you find."
By Kan Kurland

EDSITEment
"The purpose of EDSITEment is to offer a gateway for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies."

Education Index
"...an annotated guide to the best education related sites on the Web. They're sorted by subject and lifestage..."

The English Room
"contains a series of lessons that are designed to take students to various locations on the Internet.  I have tried to align the content and activities with National Standards and Benchmarks for the teaching of English/Language Arts in grades 6-12...Every section contains pages for teachers to provide some guidance on teaching the lessons and methods or engaging your students."
By Marsha Rogers

Evolution and the Nature of Science Institutes (ENSI)
"The main objective of ENSI is to improve the teaching of evolution in High School Biology courses by encouraging teachers to teach evolutionary thinking in the context of a more complete understanding of modern scientific thinking (see Nickels et al article on this site)."
Lesson plans include: Nature of Science Lessons ; Evolution Lessons ; Origin of Life Lessons.

Guide to Writing a Basic Essay
Topics include: Topic ; Outline ; Thesis ; Body ; Introduction ; Conclusion ; Finish ; Sample ; Links.
By Kathy Livingston

High School Ace
"...is a noncommercial gateway to excellent free online academic resources for high school students. It features interactive learning activities, an ongoing poetry contest, a reference collection, college information, and subject guides for English, mathematics, social studies, science, global languages, arts, and technology. Over 450 high schools from 48 states have linked to the High School Hub from their web sites."

Historians Against the War
Statement: "We historians call for a halt to the march towards war against Iraq. We are deeply concerned about the needless destruction of human life, the undermining of constitutional government in the U.S., the egregious curtailment of civil liberties and human rights at home and abroad, and the obstruction of world peace for the indefinite future."

Homework Online
"Homework Online offers teachers, students and parents a quick and easy (and free!) way to communicate about homework as well as offering Literature Study Guides (viewing the study guides does not require an account)."

Justice Learning
"...is an innovative, issue-based approach for engaging high school students in informed political discourse. The web site uses audio from the Justice Talking radio show and articles from The New York Times to teach students about reasoned debate and the often-conflicting values inherent in our democracy. The web site includes articles, editorials and oral debate from the nation's finest journalists and advocates."
- A Collaboration of NPR's Justice Talking and The New York Times Learning Network.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
"...a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated daily to include the best sites for teaching and learning."
By Kathy Schrock, Technology Coordinator, Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District
Part of DiscoverSchool.com

Library of Congress - Poetry & Literature Center

  • Poetry 180
    A Poem a Day for American High Schools

MidLink Magazine
The Digital Magazine for Kids - By Kids from 8 to 18.

Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC)

National Academy Press (free online versions)

National Institutes of Health - Office of Science Education (OSE)
"...coordinates science education activities at the NIH and develops and sponsors science education projects in house. These programs serve elementary, secondary, and college students and teachers and the public."

  • NIH Curriculum Supplement Series
    "...are interactive teaching units that combine cutting-edge science research discoveries from the National Institutes of Health, one of the world's foremost medical research centers, with state-of-the-art instructional materials."
    • Cell Biology and Cancer (Grades 9-12)
      "The first objective is to introduce students to major concepts related to the development and impact of cancer...second objective is to convey to students the relationship between basic biomedical research and the improvement of personal and public health."

NSTA Webwatchers' Science Guides
"Lists of pre-selected web sites to hep YOU teach key subjects."
Sections include: K-4 Science Guides ; 5-8 Science Guides ; 9-12 Science Guides.
- National Science Teachers Association

Online Poetry Classroom
"...combines poetry, pedagogy, and technology with the belief that poetry is an essential part of America's heritage and a vital tool in helping students comprehend and articulate human experience...Designed to enhance poetry education on a national level, OPC employs technology to encourage the development of new poetry curricula and teaching strategies by high school English and Language Arts teachers."
- A Program of The Academy of American Poets

PBS American Masters - Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind (April 2003)
Web companion to the TV broadcast.
Sections include: Feature Essay ; Career Timeline ; Additional Footage ; Filmmaker Interview.

  • Lesson Plan: Under Joni Mitchell's Influence (Grades 9-12)
    "...examine the concept of influence, and explore how Joni Mitchell and her work have influenced others. Students will have a chance to study, interpret, and enjoy her lyrics by using the Choral Reading method."

PBS - American Masters - Muddy Waters (April 2003)
Sections include: Feature Essay ; Career Timeline ; Additional Footage ; Filmmaker Interview ; For Teachers.

PBS FRONTLINE - The Lost Year in Iraq (Watch Episode Online)
Companion website to the October 2006 broadcast.
"They came to rebuild and bring democracy, but soon were hardened by the postwar realities. When it came time to leave, they left behind lawlessness, insurgency and economic collapse."
Section include: Extended Interviews ; Timeline: Fighting on Two Fronts ; Analysis ; Documents ; Readings & Links ; Teacher's Guide.

PBS - Frontline - Truth, War and Consequences (October 2003)
"As the Bush administration faces continuing questions about its failure to secure peace in Iraq, FRONTLINE takes an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at what some government officials say is the underlying cause of America's current problems in Iraq: the prewar political infighting among the Pentagon, State Department, and White House that hampered U.S. efforts to plan for an orderly postwar transition."
Sections include: Interview ; Why Did We Go to War ; What Went Wrong ; What's at Stake? ; Watch Online ; Discussion ; Links & Readings ; Teacher's Guide.

PBS - Frontline - Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? (November 2003)
"An Investigative Biography of the Man at the Center of the Political Crime of the 20th Century."
Sections include: Oswald: Myth Mystery, and Meaning ; Twenty-Four Years ; Interviews ; Conspiracy: Cases For and Against ; Glimpses of A Life ; Links & Readings ; Teacher's Guide.
Watch the full program online.

  • Teacher's Guide
    "For classes in Social Studies, Language Arts and World History; Grade level 9-12...These teaching activities are designed to help students understand the political world that shaped Lee Harvey Oswald and to explore the influences on his life that contributed to his decision to assassinate President John F. Kennedy."

PBS - NOVA - World in the Balance (April 2004)
"NOVA investigates the impact of forces that are radically changing populations in both rich and poor nations."
Sections include: Inquiry, Interviews & More ; Human Numbers Through Time ; Voices of Concern ; Material World ; Population Campaigns ; Links & Books ; Teacher's Guide ; Educator Role Plays ; Earth in Peril.

PBS Online NewsHour - Iraq in Transition
The Web site of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
Sections include: Governing Iraq ; Insurgency ; Reconstruction ; Remnants of Saddam's Regime ; Key Players ; Key Maps ; For Students & Teachers ; Video Honor Roll of Americans Killed in Iraq.

PBS P.O.V. - My Country, My Country
A documentary by Laura Poitras.
Companion website to the October 2006 broadcast.
"...is an unforgettable journey into the heart of war-ravaged Iraq in the months leading up to the January 2005 elections. Symbolized by fingers marked with purple ink, the 2005 elections posed challenges to all sides of the debate about the war."
Sections include: Film Update ; Special Features ; Behind the Lens ; Talking Back ; Resources ; For Educators.

PBS - P.O.V. - Two Towns of Jasper (January 2003)
Website companion to the film by Whitney Dow and Marco Williams.
In 1998 in Jaspers, Texas, James Byrd, Jr., A black man, was chained to a pick-up truck and dragged to his death by three white men. Two film crews, one black and one white, set out to document the aftermath of the murder.""
Section include: Race in America ; America in Black and White ; Talking Back ;  Resources ; Jasper Update ; Special Features ; Behind the Lens ; Classroom ; About the Film.

  • Classroom
    Sections include: Examining Prejudice Lesson Plan ; Examining White Privilege Lesson Plan ; Discussion Guide ; Delve Deeper.

PBS - Online NewsHour - The Iraq War
Sections include: The Military Campaign ; The International Impact ; The Home Front ; The Humanitarian Situation ; Key Maps ; Key Players ; Media Watch ; For Students & Teachers ; Special Report: The Road to War ; PBS Coverage of Iraq.

PBS TeacherSource
Includes nearly 1,500 lessons and activities.

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
"...offers online handouts covering writing, research, grammar, and MLA and APA style."

  • The Writing Lab Newsletter
    "...is a forum for exchanging ideas and information about writing centers in high schools, colleges, and universities."

SchoolHistory.co.uk
"This site is a collection of resources for secondary school history students and teachers."
Includes: Links ; Quizzes ; Downloadable Worksheets
By Andrew Field, History Teacher, Cambridgeshire, England

Teacher's Guide for the Professional Cartoonist's Index - (dead link) "Our site is a unique resource with the largest collection of newspaper editorial cartoons on the web --updating current cartoons from 54 newspaper editorial cartoonists are presented with the permission and participation of the creators who include the top names in the field...We have developed lesson plans for using the editorial cartoons as a teaching tool in Social Sciences, Art, Journalism and English at all levels

Teachers of the secondary school (Enseignants du secondaire) (French)
By Alain LÈger, Originally published at PUF in 1983 (exhausted) and now available for free download.

TeacherServe - (dead link)
"...is an interactive curriculum enrichment service offering high school English and history teachers practical help in planning courses and presenting rigorous subject matter to students. It is designed to deepen course content by providing convenient access to scholarship tailored to classroom use. TeacherServe will consist of a series of instructional guides on important topics in the humanities on the secondary level. Each guide will provide commentary along with instructional tools."
From the National Humanities Center

Teaching Ethics
"...is a website dedicated to promoting a free exchange of ideas among secondary school educators. It was set up and is maintained by Anthony Tiatorio. I am the Social Studies Department Head in the Mansfield Massachusetts public schools."

Teaching Tolerance
 From the Southern Poverty Law Center

[Terrorism] West Point - Combating Terrorism Center
"...the Center has been actively involved in supporting the Global War on Terror through education, research, and policy analysis."

  • Teaching Terror
    "This website is dedicated to supporting the study of terrorism and counterterrorism. It is hoped that the information resources provided here will be of use to academics, students, policymakers, and others engaged in understanding and combating global terrorism.
    • Terrorism and Counterterrorism: An Annotated Bibliography
      "This Annotated Bibliography has been produced by faculty and researchers of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, and is meant to serve as an information resource for students, researchers, policymakers, teachers, the media and the general public." Volume 1 - March 2004 ; Volume 2 - September 11, 2006.

Virtual Developing Country - Zambia - (dead link)
"This site introduces you to many of the issues and ideas that are of interest in the field of development economics. You can take a series of virtual field trips throughout Zambia visiting a number of places and people. At each stop on the way you will be able to gain access to key data and economic theory, a glossary, pictures and have the opportunity to complete worksheets."
From Biz/ed

U.S. White House

World History & Geography
A Guide for High School Teachers
"Materials available on this web site range from a teaching rationale to a textbook - or, more accurately, a concise textbook alternative."
From studentsfriend.com



 


 

 

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