Looking for Better Lessons for Your Class? Why Not Try BetterLesson!

BetterLesson is a great (and free) social network just for teachers. Collaboration is easy and you can use any of the thousands of resources on the site. Share your own lesson plans or download any which other teachers have uploaded. Here's a brief introduction to BetterLesson:

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Library of Congress Has So Much to Offer Teachers!

A few summers ago, I took a wonderful course called Teaching Information Literacy Using Primary Sources.Using The Library of Congress' American Memory Collection, I was exposed to an incredible amount of information, including photos, maps, journals, audio tapes and videos. The name of the course has recently changed, but the content seems to be the same and is still taught by Mary Alice Anderson. Check here if you are interested. This digital collection is constantly evolving, as new items are added all the time. The Library of Congress even has its own YouTube channel.

The teachers' section is filled with classroom materials, (lesson plans, themed resources) professional development, (online modules and more) a section on additional resources, ( slide shows from past LOC events, historic American newspapers, American Memory Timeline and more!) a blog entitled Teaching With the Library of Congress and so much more.

If you haven't checked out the Library of Congress yet, you must find time to explore this amazing resource!!

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44 Things That Are All About Dewey (The Dewey Decimal System, That Is)

GAMES AND QUIZZES
Basic Dewey Decimal

Becoming Familiar With Dewey- print a certificate when you are done

Can You Do the Dewey?

Deciphering the Dewey Decimal System- short matching quiz on the ten categories

Dewey and the Alien

Dewey Call Numbers-quiz

The Dewey Challenge

Dewey Decimal Crossword Puzzle

Dewey Decimal Hangman

DDS- timed game

Dewey Decimal System- match books with their Dewey number (easy)

Dewey Decimal System- match books with their Dewey number (medium)

Dewey Decimal System- match books with their Dewey number (hard)

Dewey Decimal Interactive Quiz

Do the Dewey

Do We Really Know Dewey?

Doin' Dewey with Mr. B

Flood in the Library- game for young kids from PBS

Fun Trivia: Dewey Decimal System

Kids Click for Dewey

Let's Do Dewey

Let's Do the DDC- OCLC's interactive site

Library Skills Game

Match the Author With the Correct Call Number

Order in the Library- excellent shelving game which has many levels of play; can be used for any age level

Quiz Me

Study Stack- matching game

LESSON PLANS
Dewey Bingo- MS Publisher document

The Dewey Decimal Classification System- written by Jean Halsey

Dewey Decimal Game 2- for 4th graders

The Dewey Directory- download a copy for your library

The Dewey Rap- for 4th graders

The Dewey Rap Music- .wav file

Free Presentations in PowerPoint Format

Huey and Louie Meet Dewey- for grades 3-5, 6-8

Shopping With the Dewey Decimal System

WEB QUESTS
The Book Disaster- for 5th graders

Dewey Decimal Web Quest

DeweyWorld- grades 4-6

Help! I am Locked in the Library- fro grades 4-6

Hunt For Dewey Decimal System

Vermont School Library Dewey Web Quest

What is a Call Number?- designed by 6th graders

Who Was Dewey?

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The Great List of Sites for Teachers

As I have mentioned before, I'm working on updating all my resources and it is taking longer than I thought. Sites move and change the URL or they just disappear off the face of the earth. Since things can change in a heartbeat, I can guarantee this list was current when I posted it.  Here are 56 links to add to your bookmarks:

4Teachers- integrating technology into the curriculum


Adobe Education -free lessons, course guides, and projects

The Adventures of Cyberbee- good for K-8 teachers

Bella Online Education Resources

The Best on the Web For Teachers- 400 sites listed and rated

Bob's Place of Educational Links

Brain-Based Learning- really long list of sites from EmTech

Busy Teachers Cafe- for K-6 teachers

Classroom Connect Online

Digital Librarian -a librarian’s choice for the best on the web; maintained by Margaret Vail Anderson, a librarian in Cortland, New York

Discovery Education Free Teacher Resources- K-12

EdSitement -best of humanities on the web

Educate Me.net- teacher resource listing

Education.com  

Education World

EDUhound -everything for Education K12

Edutopia- George Lucas' Foundation is an excellent resource!

EdWeb

EmTech Teaching Resources -over 15,000 links!

Free Educational Software & Guidance Notes

Google for Educators- tools, activities, posters

Holt McDougal -teacher resources

Homeroom Teacher.com - some $$, some free

Internet4Classrooms

The Journal- online educational magazine

Kathy Schrock's Guide For Educators

K-12 Education Online- USA Today

Literacy Through Photography

Media Literacy- long list of links

My Teacher Tools

Oracle Thinkquest -5,000 unique educational websites

PBS TeacherSource

RHL School -free learning resources

Scholastic

SchoolTube- videos for the classroom

SearchPlanIt- a lesson plan search engine for the web

Secondary School Educators Sites

Sites For Teachers- over 1,000 are listed

Smithsonian Education.org- 1,000 resources including free lesson plans, field trips and interactive learning labs, organized by subject and grade

Tapped In- community of education professionals

Teacher Created Resources- resource books and free samples; elementary grades

Teachers Network- highly recommended site connects teachers nationwide to "share creative works and knowledge".

Teachervision

Teacher Pathfinder -educational Internet village

Teacher Planet

Teacher Training Videos- helps you integrate technology into the classroom

TeacherTube- videos for the classroom

The Teacher's Corner- free printables and more

Teacher's Pet- free tools fro creative teachers

TeacherView Resources- search engine for educational sites

Teachers.net- lesson plans, chatboard and much more

Teaching Today- lesson plans, tips

TeAchnology

Tech and Learning- several blogs, newsletter, magazine, videos, tech forum

Terrific Sites for Teachers

United States Department of Education

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38 Sites for High School Lesson Plans

Hopefully these web sites offer every high school teacher some great lesson plans for their subject area. The links should bring you directly to the "high school"  section. I tried to label those sites which did not offer browsing by grade level.  Even though it's not even August yet, it's never too early to start gathering some  great ideas. You will also notice that I just added the "high school" tab at the top of the blog. A to Z Teacher Stuff Awesome Library Cybersmart! Student Curriculum- covers cyberbullying, Internet safety, digital citizenship Discovery Education Free ESL Lessons to Download- nice listing includes Word documents, PDFs, MP3 files Grade 9 to Grade 12 Science Lesson Plans High School Level English Language Arts Lesson Plans High School Social Studies Lesson Plans Holocaust Activities HotChalk Lesson Plans Page ITVS PBS Lesson Plans Lesson Planet- over 200,000 reviewed; can't browse by grade

Lesson Plan Central- can't browse by grade

Lesson Plan Megasearch- search (3) directories. including TeAchnology, LessonPlanz and Virginia's site for educators Lesson Plan Search-can't browse by grade level Lesson Plan Templates Lesson Plans for P.E. Lesson Plans by Veteran Teachers- browse by subject only Lesson Tutor Lesson Planz.com McRel Lesson Plans- can't browse by grade level Microsoft Education Lesson Plans Modern World History Lesson Plans NY Times Daily Lesson Plan- browse by category only Online Economics Lessons Smithsonian Education Lesson Plans Spanish Lesson Plans- from TeAchnology Teaching Economics As If People Mattered TeachNet TeacherPlanet- short list Teachers.net Lesson Plans- long list of all high school lesson plans Teachers Network- high school ESL lessons Teachervision Tech Lesson Plans Technology and Engineering Education Association of Pennsylvania- grades 10-12 lesson plans Technology Education Handouts- 28 to download These Kids Mean Busine$$- for business teachers Thirteen Ed Online Lesson Plans

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Middle School Teachers: Here Are 28 Places to Find Lesson Plans

You will notice at the top of the blog that middle school teachers now have their own tab. The following list will be available there for easy access. When updates occur I will inform you.

8th Grade Lesson Plans

abcteach

Art Lesson Plans

A to Z Teacher Stuff

Civil War Lesson Plans- from the Civil War Trust

Discovery Education

Education World

EmTech Lesson Plan Links -extensive

Free Lesson Plan Download- from S and T Publications, LLC

Lesson Plan Templates

Lesson Plans from the American Kennel Club

Lesson Tutor

Lesson Planz.com

Math Lessons for Middle School

Microsoft Education Lesson Plans

Middle School Art Lessons

Middle School.net

Middle School Reading Lessons

Middle School Science

National Geographic 

PBS Teachers

PE Central Lesson Plans- all sports

Renaissance Lesson Plans

Scholastic Lesson Plans

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