Union Mine High School Library

"Education has for its object the formation of character."
Herbert Spencer
California Department of Education Common Core Standards: Curriculum and Instruction
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California Department of Education Content Standards -" Standards adopted by the California State Board of Education for English-language arts, mathematics, history-social science, science, and visual and performing arts."
Curriculum Frameworks & Instructional Materials - Curriculum guidelines for K-12 subjects, and State Board adopted K-8 instructional materials.
Calisphere - This is a wonderful resource from The University of California that offers primary sources, A-Z search, themed lessons, and a great deal more. You can also access collections from many of the universities.
Teacher Page: a resource for teachers from the New York City Department of Ecucation
7 Essential Strategies for Powerful Teaching and Learning - From Bellingham School District
Teaching With Technology - excellent site from TeAchology
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - "...a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning."
The Gateway to Educational Materials - Search by subject, grade level, key words
RubiStar - RubiStar is a free resource to help teachers make quality rubrics.
Rubrics for Educators - From The University of Wisconsin "Rubrics for cooperative learning, writing research reports, Power Point/oral presentations, multimedia, video, web projects, and lesson plans were created by classroom teachers."
Bloom's Taxonomy - The 3 learning domains: Cognitive, Affective, Psychomotor
TeacherNet's Chatboard - A good way to connect with other educators
General Lesson Plans & Classroom Activities
Blue Web'n - "Blue Web'n is an online library of 1952 outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hot lists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects)."
Educator's Reference Desk - "2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses."
ThinkQuest Library - The ThinkQuest Library features 5,500+ websites created by students around the world on a wide range of topics.
Technology and Computer Lab Tutorials - from the College of Education at The University of Wyoming "...tutorials to assist you in using various items of equipment. Included are tutorials on using the Sony Mavica digital camera, scanners, video editors, Power Point, and Adobe Photoshop."
California Virtual Campus - "This site is designed to help you further your educational objectives by linking you to online courses and other services offered by the Golden State's colleges and universities."
Drexel University-- Accredited online program offering master's, bachelor's, and certificate program
The Heritage Institute Online for Continuing Education
University of Phoenix Online -The University of Phoenix Online offers continuing education for teachers online.
Online-Education.net - "Connecting you with hundreds of online courses and online degree programs.
California State PTA - continuing education information
University of San Diego Online Teaching Classes
The Getty's Art Education Web Site
National Gallery of Art Classroom
Art Resource Links - an A-Z directory
International Arts Resources from Artslynx - Art links to theatre, dance, music, and more
Web English Teacher - Presents excellent K-12 English/Language Arts teaching resources: lesson plans, WebQuests, videos, biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom activities
Teach Your Students to Write Poetry
National Council of Teachers of English - NCTE's mission is "...to advance teaching, research, and student achievement in English language arts at all scholastic levels."
Sites for Teachers of Literature - Lesson plans, classroom projects, and many excellent links
Outta Ray's Head - Lesson plans, handouts, and ideas
Web English Teacher - Highly recommended, this site has resources for a number of English language topics
K-12 Language Arts Lesson Plans
AP English Language & Literature - From CollegeBoard AP Central
Bilingual Education Resources on the Net
ESL Teacher Resources on the Web
ESL Teacher's Resources - from About.com
Teaching Foreign Languages K-12
Foreign Language Lesson Plans and Resources
WWW Resources for Teachers of Foreign Languages
Selected AP Spanish Language Links
Foreign language Resources - Language classroom instruction resources
Espanol.com - offers a comprehensive list of Spanish language schools in Latin America and Spain
Home Economics/Child Development
Home Economics Careers and Technology - from The California Department of Education
Home Economics Teachers Association of California
Home Economics Resources - cooking, sewing, life skills, manners, crafts, nutrition
Home Economics Lesson Plans - from TeAchnology
Home Economics For Kids - "With home economics skills, kids can feel confident about their abilities to manage a home of their own after moving out of their parents’ house." This is a great resource that was submitted by students who really learned a lot here.
Child Care, Family and Consumer Science - click on Vocational Information Center and scroll down to this section
DLTK's Sites: Growing Together - "features a variety of fun, printable children's crafts, coloring pages and more including projects for holidays, educational themes and some of our children's favorite cartoon characters"
Lessons on Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills For Life - Teacher's guides and student activities
Teaching Life Skills Worksheets and Lesson Plans
Family and Consumer Resources - another great site from Kath Schrock
PBS Teacher Source Math lesson plans
Discovery School Lesson Plan Library - A great site with links in all subject areas.
AP Calculus AB - From the CollegBoard
AP Calculus BC - From the CollegBoard
The Calculus Page - Links for AP course
AP Statistics Course Homepage - From the CollegBoard
K-12 Physical Education Lesson Plans
PE Central -"... the latest information about developmentally appropriate physical education programs for children and youth."
Teaching Health and Life Skills
PBS Teacher Source - Science lesson plans
PBS.org: high school lesson plans on global health
Science Teachers Resource Center - This web site is for science teachers to share ideas, try to provide labs, demonstrations, and any other information which teachers can access
AP Biology Course Homepage - From CollegeBoard AP Central
AP Environmental Resource Links
AP Environmental Science Course Homepage - From CollegeBoard AP Central
Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources - from Dr. Marty Levine at U.C. Northridge. Very good site
S.C.O.R.E (Schools of California Online Resources for Education) - Social Studies
Immigration resources - Lessons and projects from The Library of Congress
Economics Education Web - Standards, resources, and lessons
PBS Teacher Source - Social Studies lesson plans
K-12 Social Studies Links and Resources
Social Studies Lesson Plans (K-12)
AP U.S. History - A guide to lots of teachers' web pages for the teaching and taking of the exam.
AP U.S. History Links - a great site
AP U.S. History - From ColleBoard
AP World History Teaching Units - From Northeastern University
AP Psychology Links - great links
LDOnline - An excellent Web site on learning disabilites with resources for both teachers and parents.
Awesom Library Special Education Resources
Internet Resources Directory - Very complete
Vocational Education for Students With Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Directory
Money Instructor.com - lessons on counting, spending, earning and more. Includes worksheets
Computer and Internet Lesson Plans
Tammy's Technology Tips for Teachers - Web resources as well as teaching materials
PowerPoint Presentations - This fun-filled tutorial includes information on: basic PowerPoint utilities, adding images, video, and sound, packing a presentation in compressed format, potential classroom applications (special Teacher's Guide).
Teaching With Technology Tutorials - from Teachnology
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Vocational Education - resources and links.
Construction and Trade Lesson Plans - a huge list
K-12 Vocational Education Lesson Plans
Vocational Information Center - "Resources on this page include links to general information about vocational education, career and technical education, and workforce preparation."
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