John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Created by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ARTSEDGE provides resources and exemplars for teachers to teach in, through, and about the arts. The site includes lesson plans, advocacy and professional development resources, and up-to-date information on arts programs from around the world. Lessons are aligned to the National Standards for Arts Education developed by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations.

 

Council for Economic Education
Developed by the Council for Economic Education, EconEdLink provides teachers and stud4ents with lessons and classroom learning activities based on economics topics in the news and real-time economics data. EconEdLink content is designed to help integrate economic concepts across the curriculum as outlined in the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics.

National Endowment for the Humanities
Presented by the National Endowment for the Humanities, EDSITEment features lesson plans and additional classroom resources in art and culture, literature and language arts, foreign language, and history and social studies. It also serves as a gateway to the best humanities sites on the Web, and it features a monthly theme-based teaching resource calendar.



The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Illuminations site is designed by The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics to bring NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics to life through engaging interactive student applets, comprehensive Internet-based lesson plans, and teacher resources such as "Reflections on Teaching."


Thinkfinity Literacy Network
Thinkfinity Literacy Network delivers free, top-quality online educational resources for literacy instruction and lifelong learning. It includes free self-paced courses for professional development, classroom strategies and teaching techniques and online activities to share with students.

 

International Reading Association
The National Council of Teachers of English
Developed by the International Reading Association and The National Council of Teachers of English, ReadWriteThink provides resources and best practices for educators in both reading and language arts subject areas. This site features lesson plans, literature and professional development resources aligned to the NCTE/IRA Standards for the English Language Arts.

 

American Association for the Advancement of Science
Created by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science NetLinks features lesson plans (with embedded student E-Sheets and interactive student activities), reviewed resources, and additional activities such as Weekly Science Updates. Science NetLinks resources are aligned to AAAS's own Project 2061 Benchmarks for Science Literacy.

 

Smithsonian National Museum of American History
The National Museum of American History collects, preserves and displays American heritage in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history. Documenting the American experience from Colonial times to the present, the museum looks at growth and change in the United States. The Smithsonian's History Explorer brings history to life through its artifacts, primary sources, and online tools for the classroom, afterschool programs, and home

 

National Center for Family Literacy

Developed by the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) , Wonderopolis helps families discover the wonders of learning in everyday life. The daily Wonder of the Day feature offers bite-size bits of learning for families to explore together. With its question-and-answer format, the Wonder of the Day provides a nugget of information about the title question, suggests a family-friendly activity to extend the learning, and lists vocabulary words and additional resources to take the learning even further.

 

Developed by the National Geographic Society , the NG Education beta site brings geography,social studies, and science to life for educators, learners, and their families—in and out of the classroom. The free education resources at NatGeoEd.org harness National Geographic's iconic media, research, and exploration to support high quality, standards-based instruction and student-centered learning. The site features multimedia activities,photo and video galleries, a growing reference library, and interactive mapping and collaboration tools. This next-generation site replaces Xpeditions, which is now an archive. You will, until the transition is complete, still be directed to some archived Xpeditions resources when searching ThinkfinityNY and Beyond.

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