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If you need resources for other school subjects, please take a look at the Homework Help links we created for your students.
General
Discovery Education
Find free resources for teachers such as lesson plans, worksheets, and clip art.
Operation Respect
Find an anti-bullying, anti-violence curriculum that can be used in your elementary school, middle school, or after-school program.
SCARCE
This local organization helps recycle old textbooks and school supplies. Click the link to see what donations they take, or to find out how to get free materials for children in need, or to arrange an educational presentation.
School Library Exchange
Do you need donations for your school library? Register here to get the books you need.
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.
TESOL is a professional organization for those teaching English to students who have a different first language. Their website has information about the association's activities and about teacher education.
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History
The Civil War: In the Classroom
PBS provides lesson plans and ideas for classroom activities that go with its TV series on the American Civil War. Some of the resources, like the lists of recommended books and websites, can be used even if your students have not watched the program.
Jazz in America
The Monk Institute offers a National Jazz Curriculum for 5th, 8th, and 11th graders. Find a teacher's manual, handouts, and information on the history of jazz music.
Teach Dear America
Is your class reading books from the Dear America series? Scholastic and the Library of Congress offer teachers lesson plans, historical documents and archival photos and other teaching resources to bring the history in each book to life.
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Language Arts
Aaron Shepard's Home Page
Check out the RT page for reader's theater scripts and all kind of tips on how to do (and spell) reader's theater.
thebestkidsbooksite.com
This is a very helpful site if you're planning a storytime; it will suggest books about different topics as well as related fingerplays, songs, and crafts. The site also suggests books for older children on a variety of topics, including lots that will tie in to the school curriculum.
Coretta Scott King Book Award Curriculum Resource Center
If you want to use award-winning books in your classroom, check out this site! You can search for winners of the CSK award that fit the age of your students and the curriculum area (art, social studies, language arts, math, and more) you are teaching. The record for each book includes a sound recording of the author reading an excerpt or the illustrator discussing his or her process, plus a list of online resources such as lesson plans.
Scholastic for Teachers
This website features lesson plans and printables for teachers based on the publisher's children's books and Scholastic News magazine. Be sure to try out the Teacher Book Wizard to find children's books based on reading levels, subject matter, preferences, and more.
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators: Illinois Chapter
Would you like to find out more about local authors, read their blogs, or even invite them to visit your school? SCBWI is a great resource for all of the above!
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Lesson Plans
Carambakids
Find activities for your students featuring the bilingual songs of José-Luis Orozco.
Education World
Teachers and school administrators can find help for lesson planning, professional development, and more.
Edutopia
Find inspiration for how to use technology in the classroom, support project-based learning, and more.
ERIC
This collection offers lesson plans and scholarly articles about education.
gamebasedlearning
Interested in using video games in your classroom? Look at some of the ideas and research gathered by Julie Johnson, a Special Education Resource Teacher in Canada.
The New York Times Learning Network
The Learning Network is a free service that provides news summaries, quizzes, and even daily lesson plans for students and teachers in grades 3 through 12.
Scholastic for Teachers
This website features lesson plans and printables for teachers based on the publisher's children's books and Scholastic News magazine. Be sure to try out the Teacher Book Wizard to find children's books based on reading levels, subject matter, preferences, and more.
Thinkfinity
Teachers can find lesson plans and classroom resources, connect with an online community, and learn from professional development webinars.
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Science
EPA Teacher Resources
This site has lesson plans and activities to help you teach your students about the environment.
Journey North
Is your class studying animal migration? Find out how your students can add their observations to "citizen science" projects.
Morton Arboretum Teacher Resources
Teachers can find help for planning field trips and classroom resources for topics like plant science and celebrating Arbor Day.
Science Project Ideas for Kids
Janice VanCleave's website offers a guide for teachers on how to organize a science fair as well as directions for doing experiments.
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Worksheets and Handouts
Discovery Education Classroom Resources
Start at the "Teachers" tab, where you can use the Puzzlemaker to design a customized word search, or find clip art and "worksheets to go" under "Additional Resources."
Curriculum Resource Center
Find printable handouts for students in middle school through junior college in the Curriculum Resource Center.
Scholastic for Teachers
This website features lesson plans and printables for teachers based on the publisher's children's books and Scholastic News magazine. Be sure to try out the Teacher Book Wizard to find children's books based on reading levels, subject matter, preferences, and more.
World Almanac for Kids Online
Formerly "Curriculum Resource Center, Junior Edition," this database has printable maps, flags, science diagrams, timelines, and more that can be used as classroom handouts.
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