EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES
TN Teacher's History Site
http://classzone.com/books/americans_rec/index.cfm
Tennessee Electronic Library
UTK Link to PowerPoints and Videos
http://www.tngeographicalliance.org/us-history-and-geography.html
- www.weebly.com – website design
- www.khanacademy.org – video clips
- www.youtube.com – variety of clips, how to, definitions
- www.quizlet.com – create or find flashcards to study, review, games and quizzes
- www.socrative.com – create quizzes, exit slips, polls, can print pdf version
- Crash Course (channel on Youtube)– history, science, psychology, English
- www.history.com – great clips, articles, images for history class
- www.prezi.com – make or find a 3D presentation for your class
- www.unitedstreaming.com – numerous video clips, primary sources, images
- www.prometheanplanet.com – resources for you promethean board and some templates for games and lessons
- http://dp.la/ - Digital Public Library of America
- www.teacherspayteachers.com – a variety of resources from PowerPoints to handouts (some are free); You can also sell your work on this site.
- www.tntel.tnsos.org/curricular.htm – nonfiction material for reading selections
- www.literacydesigncollaborative.org – provides templates to create writing assignments and ask questions use with reading selections
- www.NASA.gov – curiosity videos are educational and fun, textual materials, photos, videos on decades worth of missions and upcoming projects
- www.theatlantic.com – awesome online format for the magazine The Atlantic (can have racy articles – be sure to monitor and pre-approve content)
- www.vocabulary.com – Teachers can create vocabulary lists to complement lesson plans or build up students’ word banks with premade lists such as PSAT words, NAEP test words, and “100 Top SAT words.”
- http://edu.glogster.com/?ref=com -an online learning platform which provides users with digital educational content and a tool for its creation
- http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/ - to find books for book reviews or suggested readings
- https://www.lexile.com/ - to check the level of a book to know if it is an appropriate reading level
- http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html - math games
- http://www.google.com/earth/ - see the earth as a 3 dimensional globe
- www.biography.com –– concise textual summaries, images, and/or videos over important/famous people
25. www.litpick.com - free access to fiction ebooks, quizzes
26. www.loc.org – Library of Congress
27. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ - country comparisons, detailed information about country’s: military, people, transportation, government, and more
28. www.pbs.org Pre-K—12 educational resources and activities.
29. www.pppst.com – This site has numerous PowerPoints and activities
30. www.bbc.co.uk/schools free parent and teacher resources, and many lesson plans covering the subjects of math, history, languages, art, geography, and more
Horrible Histories
31. http://www.davidrumsey.com/ Website for maps
32. Free Technology for Teachers
Teach TN History
Textbook Companion Site http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/
ACT Practice Test
Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraid=9
Discovery Education
www.unitedstreaming.com
Khan Academy
http://www.khanacademy.org
Interactive United States Map
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/us-puzzle.html
CNN Student News
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/13/studentnews/sn-transcript-wed/index.html?hpt=us_bn6
Interactive Map of the World
http://www.mapsofworld.com/
http://www.gutenberg.org/ - free ebooks
http://www.loc.gov/index.html - Library of Congress, lots of primary sources
http://www.scholastic.com/home/ - Scholastic website
Google Chrome - hundreds of free apps for every subject
www.history.com
http://tntetc.wikispaces.com/ - Tech conference links
http://www.monroe.k12.tn.us - county link
https://sites.google.com/site/sweetwaterwildcats - Sweetwater High School website
www.prometheanplanet.com - flipcharts over state standards, review games
http://www.wordle.net/ - create beautiful word masterpieces