Free Online Resources
Art
- ArtsEdge
- The Kennedy Center ArtsEdge database is also seachable through Thinkfinity.
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- ArtCyclopedia
- The Guide to Great Art on the Internet
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- Art History Resources on the Web
- Comprehensive index to art history information on the web.
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- The Artists' Bluebook
- A recognized site about American artists.
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- Web Gallery of Art
- The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100-1850), currently containing over 17.100 reproductions.
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- WebMuseum, Paris
- Famous Artworks Exhibition
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Creative Commons
- Creative Commons
- The Guide to Great Art on the Internet
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Educational Broadcasting
- Discovery Education
- Access "School Resources" and "Educator Network" for all the resources formerly available in "Discovery School".
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- History Channel
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- PBS
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- Turner Learning
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Thinkport- Thinkport is a resource for Maryland educators, families, and communities
from Maryland Public Television and
Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education.
English
- Guide to Grammar and Writing
- Maintained by Professor of English Charles Darling for English courses at Capital Community College and for the general online public.
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- National Council of Teachers of English
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The Reading Association- The Reading Association database is searchable through Thinkfinity.
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- Thinkfinity
- XPeditions, Science Netlinks, econedlink, readwritethink, Literacy Network, ArtsEdge, Smithsonian's History Explorer, Illuminations, EdSitement
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- Illuminating
Texts (English Companion)
- Web companion to book by J. Burke. Excellent articles on reading the internet,
texts, tests, literature, information and images and media literacy.
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- Folger Library
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- AP Central
- The College Board's Online Home for AP Professionals
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Web English Teacher
- Resources, lesson plans, WedQuests, e-texts, and classroom activities
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- Writers Inc Companion Site
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- “Moby Shakespeare”
from MIT: The Works
- The Web's first edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare. This site has offered Shakespeare's plays and poetry to the Internet community since 1993.
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Teaching Shakespeare
- Terry Gray's incredible collection of Shakespeare links
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Research and Documentation
Online
- How to document in MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE styles.
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- OWL
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- Bartleby.com
- A free source of great literature on the web. The goal is to provide an internet source for all public domain (non-copyrighted) great literature texts. You'll also find older reference sources such as quotation collections and dictionaries. Some titles are available as ebooks free from Amazon. Use you IPod or Palm!
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- Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
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- SCORE
- CyberGuides (online projects on many core works of literature taught at
SHS)
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- Voices From the Gaps
- Extensive research on Women Writers of Color from the University of Minnesota.
ESOL
- On-Line English
Grammar
- The On-Line English
Grammar Home
Page links the user to a Subject Index or Table of Contents, these
are the two major categories here. Either will send you on your way. From
the Subject page (framed with a sidebar index), you can jump to the grammar
topic of your choice, from "Adjectives" to "Who, Whom, Which"
and "Yet as an adverb of time". Thoughtful explanations emerge when
the user clicks on the hyperlink. There are also "Practice Pages"
where you will find English language exercises written by a number of published
English language specialists and contributing teachers. Also available (among
many other resources) is a "Grammar Clinic" where you can submit
grammar questions that are posted and answered within a week. This is a very
thorough site which deserves a visit and a bookmark.
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English Language Teachers
- Links for ESOL teachers include a bulletin board and conference area.
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- SCORE
- California provides a collection of sites for ESOL teachers.
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- Education World
- A collection of everything educational. Type ESL in the text box
for a list of pertinent links.
Family and Consumer Science
- Native Way Cookbook: The
Cookbook of the Grandmothers
- Traditional and contemporary recipes organized by tribe.
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- Low-Fat Living
- Addresses the need to develop a healthier life style that includes exercise
as well as a low fat diet.
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- FatCalories.com
- Nutritional information about fast food items.
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- Epicurious
- A huge recipe database plus a dictionary and "Playing With Your Food"
etiquette section.
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- The WholeFamily Center
- Addresses the concerns of modern families. Features include an on-line magazine
and separate marriage, parenting and teen centers.
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- LD Online
- Information and ideas about learning disabilities
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- iVillage Pregnancy and Parenting
- Parenting issues and resources.
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- Sesame Street
- This Children's Television Workshop site has games, stories, coloring pages
and activities.
- International Children's Digital Library
- Historical and contemporary children's books from all over the world.
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Foreign Languages
EDSITEment - EDSITEment, The Best of the Humanities on the Web from the National Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the National Trust for the Humanities is searchable through Thinkfinity. This educational partnership brings online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to your classroom.
General
- Annenberg Media
- Teacher resources and teacher professional development programming across the curriculum
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- Celebrate & Investigate Diversity
- To access lesson plans, activities, reading lists to help celebrate ethnic months visit MCPS's OIPD “Celebrate and Investigate Diversity” instructional support Web site.
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- Graphic Organizers (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt )
- Access to a variety of graphic organizers. Permission to print and copy for classroom use is given.
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- Jerrie's Curriculum Hotlists
- A list of over 50 theme-related collections for the PreK to 12 educator dealing with curriculum topics and classroom technology
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- Public Broadcasting Service
- Teacher activities and resources that are designed around the content of PBS shows for arts & literature, health & fitness, math, science, & social studies
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- RubiStar
- Create rubrics for you project-based learning activities
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- Thinkfinity
- Find Quality Internet Content for Your Classroom! The Thinkfinity Search Engine provides access to all of the educational resources created by the Thinkfinity Partners plus Partner reviewed materials. (Individual resources listed in subject areas)
Libraries
- Internet Public Library
- The Internet Public Library offers teachers and students a wealth of free resources from Literacy Criticism to Math and Science lessons. There is a great Teen Space section which offers help on homework as well as answers to frequently asked embarrassing questions.
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- Library of Congress
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- Montgomery College Library
- Use the catalog and the online resources
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- Montgomery County Public Library
- Use the catalog and the online resources
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- MCPS Professional Library
- Use the catalog and the online resources
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- NYPL Digital Library
- The New York Public Library has a free, searchable database of
275,000 photographs and manuscripts from its collection.
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- Sailor
- Sailor is a statewide public network, which connects libraries, schools, and government agencies to the Internet.
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- University of Maryland
- Use the catalog before a trip to their libraries.
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Mathematics
Illuminations - NCTM's Illuminations is searchable through Thinkfinity. This educational partnership brings online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to your classroom.
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- Math Forum
- Gold mine for math teachers from Drexel University. Features include Ask
Dr. Math, web units, lesson plans, the Internet Math Library, and an electronic
newsletter.
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- Blue
Web’n Mathematics
- Collection of activities, links, lessons. Includes algebra, calculus, geometry,
statistics and probability, problem solving.
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- The Math Archives
- Teaching materials, links, software from the University of Tennessee. Features
links to math competitions and contests and professional math societies.
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- SCORE Math Lessons
- Features include assessment and examples of real world mathematics.
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- Mathematics Lessons that are Fun Fun Fun
- Interactive Mathematics lessons from Cynthia Lanius at Rice University.
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- National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
- Activities from Utah State University for all grades on Numbers, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement and Data Analysis.
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- IFigure
- iFigure provides links to online calculators and worksheets. These are interactive, educational tools that provide information to help in planning, solving and making decisions for a multitude of problems and tasks that come up daily, such as buying a home, checking on your health, investing money, figuring business profits, making statistical comparisons, or calculating pump pressure.
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- Geometry in Motion
- "Daniel Scher has created this website with a collection of geometric
diagrams using Java Sketchpad. Visitors can interact with the drawings
online to learn about geometry. The author poses questions and invites
visitors to work through the problems using the diagrams provided. In
addition to these carefully organized activities, Scher has posted a variety
of articles he has written on geometry"
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- WWW Resources for Teaching Statistics
- Talk outline and links presented at Technology in Statistics Education by Robin Lock, St. Lawrence University
News
- BBC News (British Broadcasting Company)
- News and current affairs.
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- CNN News (Cable News Network)
- U.S. cable news.
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- CNNI News (Cable News Network International)
- International news, business, sports, and entertainment headlines.
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- Drudge Report
- A conservative news aggregation site.
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- Newseum: Today's Front Pages
- Front pages of today's papers from around the world. (Newseum is a museum located in Washington, DC)
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- Politico
- Local journalism covering Congress, Washington, DC lobbyists, and the Presidency
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- The Washington Post
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- The Washington Times
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Photos and Graphics
- Ditto.com
- Choose photographs from a directory of subjects.
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- DK Clip Art
- This mini site will help support class and homework activities with downloads of DK's famous photographs that can be included in your school projects.
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- Library of Congress's Photostream on flickr
- Historic newspapers and photos.
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- Google Image Search
- At school you may need to hold down the Ctrl key to open this site, or click on images from the Google search screen.
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- Microsoft Gallery
- Microsoft provides clipart for use with its products.
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- New York Times Images
- The images that were "fit to print" from the New York Times in a searchable database.
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- NYPL Digital Library
- The New York Public Library has a free, searchable database of
275,000 photographs and manuscripts from its collection.
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Science
Science NetLinks - AAAS's Science NetLinks is searchable through Thinkfinity. This educational partnership brings online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to your classroom.
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Science NetLinks - Providing a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students.
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- NSTA
- Homepage of the National Science Teachers Association
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- The Why Files
- Explores the science behind the headlines
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- Periodic Table of Comic
Books
- A complete periodic table with links to a number of comic book covers related
to each element
Social Studies
EconEdLink - The National Council on Economic Education's EconEdLink is searchable through Thinkfinity. This educational partnership brings online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to your classroom.
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- EDSITEment
- EDSITEment, The Best of the Humanities on the Web from the National Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the National Trust for the Humanities is searchable through Thinkfinity. This educational partnership brings online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to your classroom.
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Xpeditions - Xpeditions is home to the U.S. National Geography Standards—and to thousands of ideas,
tools, and interactive adventures that bring them to life.
Xpeditions is searchable through Thinkfinity.
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- Social
Studies Bookmarks
- Prepared by MCPS
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- Internet History Sourcebooks Project
- The Internet History Sourcebooks
are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented
cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. They
cover the span of history from ancient to modern times and are well-organized.
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- American Memory
- from the Library of Congress
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- Douglass: Archives of American
Public Address
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- Historic Text Archive
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- US Historical Documents
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- Social/Studies History resources
- Resources and lessons by grade and theme prepared by California schools On-line
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- McREL: History Resources and Standards
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- National Council for the Social Studies Online
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- Social Studies Activities
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- Resources for Social Studies Teachers
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- World Atlas
- One of many map sites. This one is from The Mining Company and includes National Geographic and CIA Fact Book Maps for each country.
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- The HistoryNet
- Weekly articles, Photo of the day, Daily questions and annotated archives.
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- U.S. Civil War Center
- From LSU with indexed links to Civil War info
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- Exploring Ancient World Cultures
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- Holocaust Memorial Museum
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- Teachers' Guide to the Holocaust
- from the Florida Center for Instructional Technology
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- National Geographic Online
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- Thomas
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- CIA World Factbook
- Up-to-date facts about countries all over world can be found on this government sponsored site.
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- Historical Text Archive
- Historical Text Archive publishes high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links for a broad range of historical subjects.
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- History Net
- This resource has great links to information on the Civil War, World War II, and the Vietnam War.
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- U.S. Census Bureau Home Page
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- Fedstats
- statistics compiled by U.S. government
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- Historical Census Data
- An EASY to use statistical database.
