Internet Resources by Subject: Teacher Resources

From the Discovery Channel, this website includes free resources for teachers, parents and students.

A site provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation. The site offers "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." The provided sites have been reviewed for content, design and educational impact. Choose one of the available categories and then select either the lesson plans or websites tab. Once there users can limit the information by grade level and/or a specific subcategory.

"The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature." This free online database of scholarly education resources goes back to 1966 and includes approximately 107,000 full-text non-journal documents (1993-2004) available for free. The site also includes access to a thesaurus and free registration (registration is not required, but provides access to additional features.)

The largest national association of French teachers. Teachers work at all levels of education. The site provides access to a variety or resources and information, some of which may be restricted to members.

An organization for the advancement and improvement of the language, literature, and culture of the German-speaking countries. Teachers work at all levels of education. The site provides many resources, some of which may be restricted to members.

Founded "to promote the study of Italian language, literature, and culture in schools, colleges and universities in North America." Provides access to a variety of resources, some of which may be restricted to members.

Established to promote the study and teaching of Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian, and other related languages, literatures, and cultures at all educational levels. The site provides a variety of information, some resources may only be available to members.

This site, provided by Columbia University, is designed as a "unique multimedia resource for secondary school teachers to enhance their knowledge and ability in teaching African-American history"

"This site is designed to provide images, animations, and video for classroom and outreach learning. To supplement the visual information, each file has a description and metadata including the origins and ownership for the image."

"ASL University is an online curriculum resource for American Sign Language students, instructors, interpreters, and parents of deaf children. Feel free to use the various lessons and resources for self-study. There is no need to register or pay (unless you want documentation to fulfill high school, college, or continuing education course requirements). If you are a teacher, I give you permission to use the lessons to teach your in-person classes. Enjoy! -- Dr. Bill Vicars"

"Finding a job can be a challenge for youth. They must determine what careers are available, what their interests are, and what skills they have or need to develop. Numerous resources are available to help youth get a sense of their interest and skills as well as gain employment experience and learn about employment opportunities."

"… is an independent policy and research center with a primary mission "to do and perform all things necessary to encourage, uphold, and dignify the profession of the teacher and the cause of higher education." A private operating foundation that does not award grants, Carnegie is located in Stanford, California." The site has an elibrary of online publications.

"This website represents over 25 years of experience capturing film and computer-enhanced images of living cells and organisms for education and medical research." The site provides images and clips which can be used by students and teachers in class assignments, projects, reports etc. The site can be browsed or users can access an index or search tools. Also provides links to other websites by topic and a homework section for help with special projects. The site is presented by James A. Sullivan a retired professor.

Statistics in Schools (SIS) brings school subjects to life using real-world Census Bureau statistics to create materials for use year after year for K-12 students. Explore this site for engaging resources and activities in social studies, math, English, geography, sociology and more,

Teaching and learning resources from the American Chemical Society. Includes information from elementary school to graduate education.

The Board is made of over 4,500 schools, colleges, universities, and other educational organizations. Programs sponsored by the Board include the SAT, the PSAT/NMSQT and the AP - Advanced Placement. The site provides access to information about the Board, programs, and news. Also available are resources for students, parents and educators to help develop and implement a plan for getting into college.

"...an interactive website designed to help integrate social statistics into the classroom setting." Includes datasets, teaching modules and a glossary.

From the Discovery Channel, this website includes free resources for teachers, parents and students.

Provides access to an image bank with images available for non-commercial use to enhance Earth education. (Some images can be used commercially for a fee.) The images can be searched or browsed. Also available on the site is information about careers, an Interactive Geological Time Scale, games and other resources.

A site provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation. The site offers "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." The provided sites have been reviewed for content, design and educational impact. Choose one of the available categories and then select either the lesson plans or websites tab. Once there users can limit the information by grade level and/or a specific subcategory.

"The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature." This free online database of scholarly education resources goes back to 1966 and includes approximately 107,000 full-text non-journal documents (1993-2004) available for free. The site also includes access to a thesaurus and free registration (registration is not required, but provides access to additional features.)

This site is from the Information Institute of Syracuse and provides access to high quality resources for educators. It contains access to lesson plans and links to online resources. The site's links are arranged by topic area. There is a site map and a site search available as well. Lesson plans can be searched or browsed; there is a feature to limit the plans to certain grades or types of education. A question archive from the AskERIC site (1992-2003) is also available, but is no longer updated. In addition the site provides access to the ERIC website and to the Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) search.

This website from Information Please, provides helpful tools for kids. Includes an atlas, dictionary, almanac, and an encyclopedia. In addition the site has educational games and quizzes to help make learning fun, as well as other tools and resources to help with homework.

This site from the Federal Reserve provides educational resources about the Federal Reserve, economics, and financial education. Available information includes publications, videos, online learning, and other related websites.

Provides a variety of materials related to the use of primary source materials including lesson plans, student activities, collection guides and research aids.
Site provided by the Library of Congress

This are of the Jefferson Lab website provides access to science resources and materials for teachers and students. It includes reference materials, activities, homework helpers, games, puzzles, information on internships and more.

Created to provide teachers with access to resources to assist with the teaching of landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases. The site includes activities and resources about cases such as: Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), Brown v. Board of Education (1954), U.S. v. Nixon (1974) among others.

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Information and resources about the Museum and about Egyptian Archaeology.

Provides a variety of resources for teachers including: ready-to-use materials that bring the Library’s primary sources into the classroom; a professional development curriculum; presentations; lesson plans; etc.

This site is "a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. OCW supports MIT's mission to advance knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century. It is true to MIT's values of excellence, innovation, and leadership." The site includes access to suggested readings, lecture notes, assignments and other related study materials.

Provides information about NASA programs and resources available for educators in the K-12 grades, as well as in Higher Education.

"... is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8." Some information on the site is available to members only, other information is available for online access to anyone. Information available includes research, reports, and publications.

The "nation's largest professional employee association", the NEA, was created to advance the cause of public education. The site provides access to publications, statistics, and a wide variety of other resources for both teachers and parents. Information is available for both k-12 and higher education. Some of the sites features may be limited to members.

Provides a variety of links and resources related to teaching political science.

"The purpose of the Open Video Project is to collect and make available a repository of digitized video content for the digital video, multimedia retrieval, digital library, and other research communities." Users can search for videos or browse by a number of categories: Genre, Duration, Color, Sound, or Collections. Information is provided about the video along with a link to download it. Videos may require browser plug-ins for viewing.

Provides access to "The best free cultural & educational media on the web." It includes films & videos, ebooks & audiobooks, online courses, etc. It covers a wide variety of topics.

"PBS LearningMedia, a next-generation digital media service, empowers PreK–16 educators to re-imagine classroom learning, transform teaching, and creatively engage students. It brings together the best of public media, produced specifically for educators, from PBS, WGBH, and over 55 public media partners.

offers resources for scholars, teachers, students, and performers to explore contemporary performance of medieval narrative. Our purpose is to see how medieval stories can be brought to life in performance for modern audiences, and how performance can be used to teach medieval literature in the classroom. We hope as well to promote a better understanding of ways in which medieval narratives may have been performed for their original audiences.

An online library of free educational content for students and teachers of physics. Includes links to Open Source Physics and the Physics Source, which offer physics curricula designed to engage students at the college level.

Praxis "is a set of rigorous and carefully validated assessments that provides accurate, reliable information for use by state education agencies in making licensing decisions." The Praxis series of tests are used by many colleges and universities regarding admittance in teacher education programs as well as being used for state teacher licensure.

This site provides resources for teaching about the writings of Jack London.
Part of the Jack London Online Collection from the Jean and Charles Schulz Information Center, Sonoma State University

SCHEV "is the Commonwealth's coordinating body for higher education. SCHEV was established by the Governor and General Assembly in 1956. Then as now, our mission, which is outlined in the Code of Virginia, is "to promote the development of an educationally and economically sound, vigorous, progressive, and coordinated system of higher education" in Virginia." The website provides resources for educators at all levels as well as for parents and students. There is also a Reports/Statistics section available.

"The Student Press Law Center is an advocate for student free press rights and provides free legal help and information to students and the educators who work with them" The site provides a Resource Center with a variety of helpful sources of information and FAQs. It also provides news articles regarding students and free press in school newspapers.

"This site is created BY classroom teachers FOR classroom teachers. The goal is to give practical ideas and resources to be immediately implemented by the everyday classroom teacher. "

Founded in 2000 this non-profit group is "devoted to closing the education divide through teacher professional development and community education." The site allows users to find information on the programs and services of the organization. The site provides information on employment and volunteer opportunities. There is also a section of other related website links.

"Funded by the U.S. Department of Education (contract number ED-07-CO-0088), Teachinghistory.org is designed to help K–12 history teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S. history education in the classroom."

"The U.S. Geological Survey provides scientific information intended to help educate the public about natural resources, natural hazards, geospatial data, and issues that affect our quality of life. Discover selected online resources, including lessons, data, maps, and more, to support teaching, learning, education (K-12), and university-level inquiry and research."

This site was created as a resource for students and teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL.) Includes lesson plans, handouts, discussion forums and more. Native speakers of English may also find helpful information on the site regarding grammar and vocabulary.

This site is the place to find information related to education in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Find the Virginia Standards of Learning, Standards of Accreditation, and Standards of Quality. Learn about the projects and programs of the VDOE and keep up with the latest news in education. Provides information on GEDs, Online Advanced Placement courses, and more.

This site from the Virginia Department of Education provides information on the Standards of Learning (SOL) in Virginia. Access resources, links and results.

This site provides information and resources to help you learn about women’s history in a global context.