Language Arts and Social Studies Websites of Interest
Awesome Library - K-12 Social Studies Lesson Plans
Provides lesson plans and materials of interest in the following areas: Current Events, Biographies, Multicultural, Multidisciplinary, Geology, Geography, Holidays, History, Economics and Government
National Council for the Social Studies
Book lists, teaching resources, professional resources, research reports, advocacy.
Sections for Reading and Social Studies, Environment, etc. Provides connections to PBS programs for media interaction. Extensive selection of topics.
Covers topics/current events of interest to kids. Current highlight is 'Unforgiving Places - Gobi Desert' - provides nice opportunity to tie in with science.
Developed especially for Middle School teachers. Focuses on middle school curriculum. Pretty low-tech, contains links to other websites and articles.
Focuses on creating independent, lifelong readers with a middle school emphasis. Many resources for professional development, aims to create greater teacher skill base.
Free reading comprehension worksheets on given topics, can be modified to suit teacher needs.
Focuses on struggling readers, teaching reading skills through web-based courses. Gotta order the stuff - not cheap! But has special school pricing and ordering. Offers interactive courses in reading and comprehension.
Seattle Public Library - Teen Homepage
Offers booklists, a blog, homework help hours, calendar of teen interest events.
Seattle Public Library - Schools and Teachers
Offers library services to Seattle-area schools and classrooms. Has a great tool to create custom reading lists on your classroom topic!
Library of Congress School Librarian and Teacher Resources
Links to more that 10 million primary resources!
Middle School Energizers Classroom-based Physical Activities - SS
Middle School Energizers Classroom-based Physical Activities - LA
Integrating movement with concept instruction in the classroom. Mostly 'skills' movements - airplane grammar, poetry roundup, race to grammar - but interesting!