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"Education has for its object the formation of character."
Herbert Spencer

California Department of Education Common Core Standards: Curriculum and Instruction



General Curriculum & Teaching

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

 

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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.

TeacherNet's Lesson Bank

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Continuing Education

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."

Directory of Online Schools

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

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Arts

The Getty's Art Education Web Site

Incredible Art Department

National Gallery of Art Classroom

Art Resource Links - an A-Z directory

Drama/Theatre Lesson Plans

Dance Education Web

International Arts Resources from Artslynx - Art links to theatre, dance, music, and more

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English

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

AP English Literature Links

AP English Links

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ESL

Bilingual Education Resources on the Net

ESL Lesson Plans

ESL Teacher Resources on the Web

ESL Teacher's Resources - from About.com

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Foreign Languages

Teaching Foreign Languages K-12

Foreign Language Lesson Plans and Resources

WWW Resources for Teachers of Foreign Languages

AP French Links

AP Spanish Literature Links

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

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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"

Enchanted Learning

Life Skills

Lessons on Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills For Life - Teacher's guides and student activities

Teaching Life Skills Worksheets and Lesson Plans

Teaching Life Skills

Family and Consumer Resources - another great site from Kath Schrock

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Math

Consumer Math lessons

PBS Teacher Source Math lesson plans

Discovery School Lesson Plan Library - A great site with links in all subject areas.

Math Education Directory

K-12 Mathematics Lesson Plans

Math Worksheet Generator

AP Calculus AB - From the CollegBoard

AP Calculus BC - From the CollegBoard

The Calculus Page - Links for AP course

AP Statistics Links

AP Statistics Course Homepage - From the CollegBoard

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Physical Education

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

 

Science

S.C.O.R.E. (Schools of California On-line Resources for Education) - Science

PBS Teacher Source - Science lesson plans

Science Education Directory

K-12 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 Links

AP Biology Course Homepage - From CollegeBoard AP Central

AP Environmental Resource Links

AP Environmental Science Course Homepage - From CollegeBoard AP Central

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Social Studies

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 Network

AP Psychology Links - great links

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Special Education

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

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Technology

Computer and Internet Lesson Plans

Tammy's Technology Tips for Teachers - Web resources as well as teaching materials

Technology Lesson Plans

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

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Vocational Education

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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