Kids Off the Couch
Kids Off the Couch offers a variety of activities that can be with our children to expand their knowledge of cities, countries, films, novels, festivals, and school-subjects like History, English, etc.
National Geographic Explorer (Student Magazine) - Teachers
National Geographic offers helpful links, resources, articles, guided lesson plans, templates, and PowerPoint presentations to assist teachers in the preparation of their lesson plans.
African American Oddysey: A Quest for Full Citizenship
This site offers information of events in history that help African American obtain full citizenship in the United States, including the periods of Abolition, Civil War, Reconstruction, WWII, Depression, and Civil Rights.
Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History
This is an interactive website created by school teachers in collaboration with the University of Chicago and the Oriental Institute Museum.
WGBH: Open Vault Media and Archives
Open Vault provides online access to unique and historically important content produced by public television station WGBH for individual and classroom learning.
Picturing America
Picturing America is a site created to provide information about historical events that shape the American history through the exposition of American Art (drawings, painting, etc.).
History for Kids: Teaching Social Studies
History for Kids provides helpful ideas to assist teachers in the preparation of their social studies lesson plans. The website contains a list of links to interactive activities that can stimulate research and exploration of particular topics.
National Geographic Education
This site offers a wide range of resources for teachers and students, ranging from multimedia lessons and maps to recommended children's books and National Geographic Teacher student magazines.
Text Features: Non-Fiction Printed Page vs. Website Format
This chart from ReadWriteThink.org gives students a reference for comparing non-fiction textbook or printed material to website content features.
Parts of a Book (Riddles)
These riddles from TeacherVision.com offer a good review for ELLs just learning new vocabulary words related to books.