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Classroom
Resources
- Instructify Free Online Resources
This site lists free resources for teachers to stock their toolboxes with
classroom ideas and methods of instruction.
http://instructify.com/about/
- Salmon Khan’s online portal
A video library covering a large selection of K-12 topics for your students.
http://www.khanacademy.org/
- Teaching Channel
Teaching Channel is a free video showcase -- on the Internet and TV -- of
inspiring and effective teaching practices in America's schools.
https://www.teachingchannel.org/
- PBS LearningMedia™
PBS LearningMedia™ offers easy instant access to thousands of
classroom-ready, digital resources including videos perfect for the
Interactive Whiteboard.
http://ecb.pbslearningmedia.org/
- TeachersFirst
TeachersFirst is a free collection of lessons, units, and web resources.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/index.cfm
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Almost a Third Grader
Welcome to your site built exclusively for you. Your 2nd
grade teachers want you to succeed in 3rd grade and hit the ground running
on your first day of school. We have created this site to help you do just
tha.
Check out this website that was created by Megan Zachman,
Second grade teacher at Middleton Elementary School
http://www.almostathirdgrader.com/about-our-site.html
You can read the wonderful story behind this website on page
15 of the Winter Volume 1 issue of Teaching Today MN.
History, Social Studies &
Geography
- Using Old Maps as Tools to Explore Our World
By closely examining these unique historical documents, students learn to
see maps as more than just tools for locating places.
http://teachinghistory.org/teaching-materials/teaching-guides/24070
- C-SPAN Classroom
C-SPAN Classroom is a free primary source for social studies teachers. They
seek to enhance the teaching of social studies through C-SPAN’s primary
source programming and websites.
http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/
- Wide Angle
These resources will enrich the study of Global History by using
contemporary examples as jumping-off points to engage students with
historical themes that were as relevant in the past as they are today.
http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/wa/
- The Geographic Advantage
The Geographic Advantage focuses on geographic investigations for students
in support of the 11 research questions identified in the National Academy
of Sciences' 2010 report, Understanding the Changing Planet.
http://geographicadvantage.aag.org
- iCivics Resources
iCivics (formerly Our Courts) is a web-based education project designed to
teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our
democracy.
http://www.icivics.org/
Health and Wellness
Reading, Writing & ESL
Financial Literacy
- JA Titan
Set in the year 2035, JA Titan creates a world in which players are CEOs of
their own companies.
http://oldtitan.ja.org/home.php
- How the Stock Market Works
This website was created to help you understand how stock trading works with
this game.
http://www.howthemarketworks.com/
- Jump$tart
Jump$tart is a national coalition of organizations dedicated to improving
the financial literacy of pre-kindergarten through college-age youth by
providing advocacy, research, standards and educational resources.
http://www.jumpstart.org/
- Banzai
Merge classroom learning with real-world experience as students learn to
make wise spending decisions.
http://www.teachbanzai.com/
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