Databases with Lesson Plans
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Calisphere: a world of primary sources This link opens in a new windowThere is a section titled: 'For Educators' which gives information and links about teaching and learning with primary sources, including sample lesson plans, primary source analysis sheets etc: https://calisphere.org/for-educators
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Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) This link opens in a new window
Covers children’s literature books and media from beginning readers to young adults. Includes over 1.2 million titles and supporting content such as 600K professional reviews,1.25K award sources representing 110K book awards, reading measurement programs, author links, lesson plans, and teaching guides. The Enterprise search engine offers 50 search filters and an 18 STEM terms search feature. It’s an excellent tool for selecting trade books, creating thematic reading lists, annotated bibliographies, interpreting reviews, and developing classroom collections
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Daily Life Databases (America, Pop Culture, Indian, Latino, etc) This link opens in a new windowComprehensive, cross-disciplinary resource that supports history, social studies, English, and language students, Daily Life moves from past to present, providing context for contemporary life and culture. Lesson plans are included that explore everyday life, past and present in every geographic area.
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Civil Rights Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Delivers educational content on the Civil Rights Movement and promotes an enhanced understanding of the Movement by helping users discover primary sources and other educational materials from libraries, archives, museums, public broadcasters, and others on a national scale. Access a digital video archive of historical news film, a civil rights portal to related digital collections on a national scale, and a learning objects component delivering secondary Web-based resources - such as contextual stories, encyclopedia articles, lesson plans, and activities.
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Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window
This resources indexes 260+ titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books. Coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more.
Online Lesson Plan Sources
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California Department of Education Brokers of Experience's ResourcesFind lessons and Web activities, videos and other resources for use in your classroom.
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California Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI)The Education and the Environment (EEI) Curriculum teaches to mastery select K-12 California academic content standards in Science and History-Social Science, using the environment as a context for learning. Through your commitment to increasing environmental literacy, we can help students become critical thinkers, informed decision makers, and leaders for the future.
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California Learning Resource NetworkA Guide to Standards-Aligned Electronic Learning Resources and Assessment for Teachers, Administrators, and Parents.
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Discovery EducationDiscovery Education offers a broad range of free classroom resources that complement and extend learning beyond the bell.
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EDSITEment Lesson PlansNational Endowment for the Humanities website of humanities lesson plans by subject, theme, and grade level.
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PBS Learning MediaA variety of teacher resources with PBS programming. After viewing 3 items you will be required to sign up for an account, but it is free!
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Smithsonian EducationSearch by keywords or by standards to find relevant resources tied to the Smithsonian's collections.