Teaching Ideas
The Victorians Fact Cards
Want to learn some quick facts about Victorian England? Check out a series of fact cards that include information about class structure, education rights, public health, and Queen Victoria herself.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Nonfiction Passage Questions[pdf]
This site contains questions for each passage are provided. Graphic organizers are available for these copyrighted materials that may be used for educational purposes.
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Geothermal Education Office: Geothermal Energy
You will find an impressive amount of information including fact lists, definitions, and maps at this site. A great place to start a study of geothermal energy.
Tech4Learning
Pics4 Learning: Images for Education: Tombs
A large selection of photos from tombs, memorials and mausoleums. This site is a fantastic visual reference for a history or art class. Simply click on an photo to view the larger image.
Tech4Learning
Pics4 Learning: Images for Education: Religious
Are you looking for a collection of photos of religious structures? This site offers over five hundred samples of churches, shrines, temples, and much more!
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Can Contrast and Evaluate Fact, Opinion [Pdf]
This site provides a poster that will guide students as they contrast and evaluate facts and opinions. Guiding questions and student prompts are provided.
Other
Education Oasis: Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizers
This site contains several downloadable graphic organizers for comparing and contrasting reading topics.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Organize an Argument [Pdf]
This site provides a nonfiction graphic organizer that will help students organize an argument.
Swiss Educ
Swiss Educ: William Golding
This site from SwissEDUC, packed with video and audio clips, pays homage to William Golding (1911-1993 CE) and his award winning novel, "Lord of the Flies." Content includes parts of Golding's Novel lecture, press releases related to...
Swiss Educ
Swiss Educ: Shaw, George Bernard:1856 1950
The site from SwissEDUC has a portrait of the writer, as well as audio of Shaw speaking about pacifism and a video of a biography, "A 1930 Newsreel Appearance." Equally important is a the information on "Pygmalion." It provides...
Swiss Educ
Swiss Educ: Alan Sillitoe
An intriguing site for American high school students. It contains a brief biography of Sillitoe but what's fun is reading the reaction of European students to Sillitoe's "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner." Don't expect correct...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Web Math: Plot/graph an Inequality
This site provides a step-by-step process to graph an inequality. Simply type in your expression, and the website will graph the expression as well as explain how and why it did what it did.
Swiss Educ
Swiss Educ: Joyce, James 1882 1941
Useful multimedia about Joyce and his work. Site offers background, a timeline, audio introduction to "Dubliners" and the author reading aloud from "Ulysses."
Swiss Educ
Swiss Educ: Lawrence, D. H. 1885 1930
Each section of this site offers both print and audio resources, including some of his work read aloud, and profiles of the writer from radio programs.
Swiss Educ
Swiss Educ: Lessing, Doris 1919
This large site offers both background, personal interviews, examples of Lessing's work, and suggestions for teaching it.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Coral Reef Food Web
Explore the food web in a coral reef with these illustration. Identify the consumers, producers, and decomposers that are located within this ecosystem. Site includes illustration exploring the different food chains as well as questions...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Proper Punctuation
Need a quick refresher on proper punctuation? This easy to read guide covers common types of punctuation and provides examples. Included are links to practice sites.
Curated OER
France's Educational System
Explore this site to learn more about the education system in France. This indepth look at French education fosters the development of global understanding and knowledge.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Site of Montreal, 1609
A facsimile of a portion of the map by Marc Lescarbot (1609) showing the Iroquois village of Hochelaga on the St. Lawrence River, site of present-day Montreal. The map shows the nearby Mountain, rivers, Jesuit missions, and the Saincte...
University of South Florida
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Egyptian Architecture
This resource presents a browsable a-to-z library of clip art of ancient Egyptian architectural elements, such as capitals, columns, temple designs, tombs, pyramids, obelisks, sphinxes, and pylons. Library also includes clip art of...
University of South Florida
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Greek Architecture
A browsable a-to-z library of clip art of ancient Greek architectural elements, such as caryatids, columns, temples, and floor plans, and of ancient Greek architectural sites, such as the Acropolis.
Other
Cupola: Art Nouveau Architecture
Click on any image to enlarge. There are 2 different galleries at this site. Be sure to see both.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Hurricanes Impact Our Lives
Web weather site for kids highlights hurricanes. Discover how they are formed, the damage they can cause as well as read a weather story about surviving a hurricane.
Other
Haines: Laptops Templates and Resources
Looking for ways to easily integrate technology into your classroom? This site lays out a template of 10 classroom sessions that effectively models use of laptops in the classroom. Units include a HS English research paper, health class...