10 Free Things for Mother’s Day

From poetry to decorative gifts and a variety of arts & crafts projects big and small, find ideas for celebrating motherhood with students at all grade levels.

12 Free Things for St. Patrick’s Day

Curriculum resources include videos, arts & crafts, printables, worksheets, interactive maps, and tutorials for all grade levels, and explore Irish culture, history and traditions.

20 Free iPad Apps for Educators

A variety of teaching and learning materials to access from your iPad.

35 Poets Read Their Work

Each entry includes a short introduction to spark student interest, questions for discussion, teaching tips, and links to standards

60 Student-Centered Teaching Strategies

All the strategies promote students’ literacy and critical thinking skills within a respectful classroom climate.

A+ Writing Research Paper Guide

This site for grade 9-12 and above is comprised of merged collections from the Internet Public Library and the Librarians' Internet Index and includes a guide to researching and writing a paper, an information search guide, and links to resources.

About.com: Resources for Spanish Teachers

This site offers links to free resources for Spanish teachers.

AdLit

The AdLit site offers resources for parents and educators of kids in grades 4-12.

Anatomy of an Introductory Language Lesson

World language teacher Chris Livaccari presents a short introductory language lesson, with related materials on teaching languages. From the Asia Society.

Annenberg Learner’s Interactives

22 learning modules from Annenberg Learner provide activities that improve skills in math, science, language, history, and arts. Though a few resources are aimed at elementary students, most are intended for secondary.

Architect Studio 3D

Students in grades 5-8 design houses and share them with others. They explore architecture and learn about Frank Lloyd Wright's life and work while gaining practice in subject skills.

Arts Across the Curriculum

Our hand-picked resources for all grades help you integrate music and visual arts with social studies, math and science.

Arts Across the Curriculum, Grades 6-8

Our hand-picked resources for grades 6-8help you integrate music and visual arts with social studies, math and science.

Arts Across the Curriculum, Grades 9-12

Our hand-picked resources for grades 9-12 help you integrate music and visual arts with social studies, math and science.

Arts Across the Curriculum, Grades K-5

Our hand-picked resources for grades K-5 help you integrate music and visual arts with social studies, math and science.

ArtsEdge

ArtsEdge is the Kennedy Center’s educational media arm providing arts and cross0-curricular materials for K-12 students and educators. Free digital resources include lesson plans, audio stories, video clips, and interactive online modules.

ArtThink

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art provides theme-based activities for students in grades 4 and above at the ArtThink website. The site encourages a close study of visual art and asks students to make connections with literature and history.

Asia for Educators

Asia for Educators is an initiative of the East Asian Curriculum Project and the Project on Asia in the Core Curriculum at Columbia University.

Authorwire

Free worksheets, activities, and lesson ideas to use with nonfiction writing!

Autumn-Themed Classroom Resources

Explore the season of harvest and migration with lessons, activities, poetry, and song for all grade levels.

Autumn-Themed Classroom Resources, Grades 9-12

Explore the season of harvest and migration with lessons, activities, poetry, and song for grades 9-12.

Autumn-Themed Classroom Resources, Grades K-5

Black History Month Lessons & Resources

To help you integrate Black History Month into your classroom, we offer a selection of lesson plans that cover a variety subjects and that can be adapted for all grade levels.

Books and Book Chapters Online from Stenhouse Publishers

Browse through a book - online - to see if you like it well enough to purchase it. Stenhouse Publishers posts the complete texts of the current season's books and selected chapters of others. Check out their list by grade.

Bookshare

This online library has digital books for U.S. students with difficulties reading printed text because of blindness, visual impairment, color blindness, certain learning disabilities, certain mobility problems.