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2006 Master Teacher Portaportals

Biograhies

Civics and Government

Library of Congress:Webcasts
Kids in the House
Civics Online--Primary Sources
Ben
Nation States (Simulation)
Mr.Langhorst
History Podcasts
The Federal Reserve System
C-Span Classroom
Videos from the National Archives
Horace Mann--Reaching Every Child--Webliography
Fact Check (Politicians and Elections)
The History Lab
Awesome Index--Primary Sources for Related Events
Great Government Site
100 Important Documents
Congress Webquest
The Center on Congress at Indiana University
History and Function of the Presidency
Social Studies Powerpoint Templates
Contains government, economics, and history.
Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Search cases in different formats.
American Rhetoric
Online Speech Bank
Kids in the Commonwealth
Virginia from a kid's point of view
US History Standards of Learning
VDOE developed site; great resources not only for history
From Canterbury to Little Rock: Ed. Equality for African Americans
Activities, resources, and lesson plans
The History Makers
Massive collection of oral history of African Americans
Periodic Table of Graphic Organizers
100 different graphic organizers
Lesson Plan--Changing Demographics
N.Y. Times Lesson on Population Diversity and Shifts
Way Back (PBS)
Interactive website--presidential elections, presidents, equality, and inequity
The National Archives Experience- Charters of Freedom
Documents of freedom and signers
Abe's Bicentennial
Resources to teach Abe Lincoln
American Radio Works Podcasts
Podcasts of Congress plus transcripts
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Many resources
Fed 101
The Federal Reserve for Kids
Fraboom-US Presidents
Electoral College, Qualifications for President, and How a Bill Becomes a Law
Open Vault
Video clips and interview transcripts-1968-1993
Famous Trials-UMKC
Pictures and transcripts of famous trials
The Electoral College
Teacher and student resources
Election Process--Ben's Guide
Great kids' reference site
The Great Debate
The history of televised presidential debates
Kids Voting USA
Our high-quality instructional materials provide K-12 teachers with valuable civic learning tools to be used throughout the scho
Walt Handelman's Cartoons
Stills and animated
Bill Moyers Commentary
Adaptable to Ipods
Real Clear Politics
Checks political facts and articles
Energy Kids Page
Energy resources for kids and teachers
Fast Track Civics
All sorts of resources for VA civics and economics
Izzit
Educational DVD's, current event lessons, and teacher resources
Young Investor
Activities, resources, and lesson plans
Global Grocery List
Students insert grocery prices for our area in the world.
Great Economists Treasure Hunt
Play economics game!
Government Websites for Kids
Wonderful!!
Electoral College Map
270 to win! Automatically figures changes in delegate count.
Surfaquarium
Webology for 2008 Elections
The Road to the Capitol
Mock election with activities connected to the Constitution
Legistorm
Congressional watch group and disclosures
Richmond Sunlight
Tracking VA's General Assembly
American Experience-PBS
PBS presidents and presidential campaigns
Nation Master
Compare data for all nations on all topics.
United States District Court
Great kids' site for government; many links to other government and court sites; interactive games and quizzes
Ignite Learning
Videos and lesson plans, i.e. Gettysburg Address
Amazing Americans
Bios, interactive games, puzzles; great for student research
My Bread: Your Life
Student articles on personal economics; great interactive games
Tips for Life
Economic modules for teens
Cramberry
Makes and stores flashcards; may download to ipod or iphone!
Free Educational Materials
US history and civics
National Constitution Center
Lesson plans, primary source documents, etc.
History on Tap--Civics and Economics
Lisa Pennington's Activities--Great interactive notebook and hands on activities
Shaping the Constitution--Virginia Memory
Library of Virginia; primary source documents and activities
Our Courts
Activities and lesson for US courts
Law Focused Education (Texas)
Interactive games for the computer or white board

Collaboration and Diversification

Games

Instruction

Civics Lesson Plans
Design Web Page + Webquest
Digital Learning and Teaching
Eduplace-Kid
Great Lesson Plan Site
HPR*TEC--Super Site for Teachers and Technology
Interactive Templates
Internet Hotlist for Teachers
Kathy Schrock
Layered Curriculum
Literacy Rules--LA Web Site for Middle School
Multimedia Resources for the Classroom
Outta Ray
Problem Based Learning/Telaconferencing
Professional and Student Data Bases
Quia Home Page
Student and Teacher Data Base for Current Research
Teaching Made Easier
Tech. Integration Strategies that Work-Posters and Graphic Organizers
The Education Podcast Network
The Equity Index--Meet Needs of Diverse Learners
The Write Guy--Jeff Anderson
Virtual Architecture--High Level Internet; PBL
Visual Thesaurus
Web English Teacher
Web Resources To Support VA SOLs
Writing Genre Rubrics and Writing Certificates
Telecollaboration (NickNack
Key Pals( Safe Environment for ePals)
Telementors
Sites for Teachers
Teacher Lesson Plans
Reaching Every Child--LA and Civics--Webliography
Hot Links for Middle School Teachers--Webliography
Hot Links for Middle School Teachers--Webliography
DOE Summer Workshops-Presentations + Handouts
Library for All Subjects--Webliography
Sample Smart Board Lessons
Powerpoint Lesson Templates
LA
US Government Free Resources
History, social studies, language arts resources and sites
42explore
Webliography of theme based resource sites.
Periodic Table of Graphic Organizers
100 different graphic organizers
Netlingo
Free Internet dictionsry
Teachers First Home Page
Great resources for all subjects!!
Language Arts Webology
Sites and plans for literature, writing, reader's theater, and misc.
Smart Board Resources
Smart Board Activities for all subjects!
Graphic Organizers
Multi-purpose organizers
Brain Games
30 interactive games
Kathi Mitchell
Multitude of resources, websites, and lesson plans K-Middle School
Presentations Etc
Prepared backgrounds and slides for presentations
Thousands of Free Powerpoints
Interactive, templates, all subjects--GREAT!
Into the Book
Teacher and student resources for reading skills
North Carolina Dept. of Ed
Great sites for lessons
Byrdseed
Formulates lesson objectives using Bloom's taxonomy
. . . For Dummies
Videos and written directions for all topics
Podomatic
Record podcasts on computer and upload to the web.
Armored Penquin
Create all types of puzzles
Graphic Orsganizers
All subjects
Web 2.0 Tools
Tech ways to improve your lectures!

Language Arts

Author Biographies
Biographies
Classical Authors
Critical Evaluation of a Website(Student and Teacher Resource)
Language Arts Resources--Online Quizzes, etc
Old Magazine Articles
The Newseum
Language Arts Ideas
Language Arts Lesson Plans
Information Literacy PSA's
Study copywrite laws and creat a PSA
American Rhetoric
Online Speech Bank
Kidlink
A place for kids to collaborate and
DOE Writing Modules
Wonderful lessons and worksheets!
Grammar Girls
Video and podcasts; may play on computer
Wordle
Create word clouds for text
Word Ahead
Difficult vocab definitions with video; super site!
Word Sift
Site takes any passage and sifts out the most important vocab; linked to Visual Thesaurus and other linked sites.
Great Library Resources
Sites for lessons, etc. on literature
SOL Released Tests in Powerpoint Format
Writing and reading tests for all levels
Brainstormer
Spin the wheel for three words to stimulate writing stories.
Teaching Copyright
Lesson plans and work sheets for exploring plagiarism and copyright laws including the Internet; fun activity of a trial with gu
Word Magnets
Categorizes words
poquoson online SOL practice
Kids take online.
Montevideo Portaportal
LA Practice
Stopmotion Videos
Resources for making stopmotion videos
Graphic Orsganizers
All subjects
Author Webquest
Students choose a learning style that assigns them a mode for completing the quest.
Digital Copyright Slider
Use interactive arrow to help students determine if item is copyrighted.
Section 108 Spinner
Determines with interactive arrow if item can be photocopied. (Copyright)
Teaching Copyright
5 lessons concluding with a trial (Walt Disney v. Faden)
Paraphrasing Craze
Interactive site that gives students practice in paraphrasing
Conjugation.com
Conjugates any verb!
National Council of Teachers of English-NING
Great NCTE site
Sentence Surgeons
Paragraphs to correct
Power Proofreading
Houghton Mifflin

Bibliography or Works Cited Page

Interactive Games

Reference

Student Research

Research on the Internet--PowerPoint Presentation
New York Public Library Digital Archives
Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Quoting
Academic Writing (College)
Purdue
International Schools Cyber Fair
Eighth Grade Memorial Project
RWT-Research Building Blocks-"Cite Those Sources"
Paraphrasing, citing sources, and plagarizing

Telecollaboration

Literature

Animal Totems
Tlingit Indian Lore for Totems
Kidsreads--Resource for Kids on Books
Literature Study Guides
Study Guides for Popular Novels
Novel Notes
Dr. Seuss Website
Dr. Seuss Biography and Sources
NEA
ReadWriteThink Book Repor
Creating a soundtrack for a book report.
ReadWriteThink Lesson--The Science Behind Science Fiction
In this lesson plan, students will be able to explore the genre of science fiction, while learning more about the science integr
Design a Travel Brochure
ReadWriteThink lesson on summarizing summer trip in the form of a travel brochure.
Exploring Satire with Shrek
Web sites and suggestions; uses the movie Shrek
Lesson Plans-Nothing But the Truth
Great ideas for extensions and computer.
Nothing But the Truth Webquest
Selected readings to expand persuasive reading skills. Ends with a powerpoint presentation, but could be a psa.
WebEnglish Teacher-Avi
Information on Avi and select books. Great site for Nothing But the Truth!
Lit2Go
Audio classics and poems to download
The City of Ember Activities
Very comprehensive site with lesson plans and student activities
Dogeared Book Blog
Site for kids to submit and respond to book reviews.
Free Audio Books
Classics

Books Online

Interactive Books with Audio

Literary Elements

Radio Plays

Study Guides

Teen Authors

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol Webquest

Master Teacher Lesson--Heroes

Oral Histories

Oral History Lesson Plans
AARP Doing Oral History Projects
Oral History Web Sites*
Utah
Lesson Plans and Interviews with WWII survivors, authors, and Holocaust victims
Digital Storytelling
War Letters (Legacy Project)
Read Write Think Lesson Plan on Interviewing and Memoirs
Great beginning of the year project; memoirs photos, etc. especially questioning tech.

Personal

Liz's Web Page--Kaleidoscope Language Arts

Pledge of Allegiance

Podcasts

The Education Podcast Network
IPodder (Aggregator Program)
Orange County Library Podcasts/vodcasts
Speaking of History Podcast and Study Cast
Podsafe Music Network
Webcasts from Library of Congress
Book Voyages Podcast-Reviews Children
Podcasting in the Classroom
NPR
Red Skelton's Pledge of Allegiance
Yahoo Podcasts
Podcasts in a variety of categories

Poetry

Poety-Write Your Own Poem
Funny Poetry
Fuzzy, Funny Poetry
Ken Nesbitt
William Shakespeery
Giggle Poetry
Ted Scheu--The Poetry Guy
Grandpa Tucker
Linda Knaus-Poetry (Humorous)
Poetry Slam--Culminating Project
Poetry Templates
The Rhyme Zone
The Poetry Forge
Yahooligan
Poetry Archives-Poets & Poets Reading Poetry
Literary Terms Interactive Crossword Puzzle
Poetry Webquest
Poetry Teachers.com
Modern American Poetry
In the Poets Shoes-Webquest
Poetrypoetry.com-Recorded Poems by Artists
Elements of Poetry-Interactive Definitions with Practice
Poetry Games
The Academy of American Poets
Lyrics and History of Nursery Rhymes
Poetry for Kids
Poetic Forms with examples
30 Days of Poetry
Models for kids to use with specific assignments to write.
Teachers First: The Interactive Raven
Interactive analysis of the poem with poetic techniques on highlighted words.
Reading Analysis of Edgar Allen Poe
ReadWriteThink Lesson--includes worksheets, resource Internet links, and interactive Poe
PBS Newshour: Poetry
Resources, poem and poet locator, iPod programs
What Am I? Teaching Poetry through Riddles
Great activities, ideas, and templates
Kids Poetry Page-Magnetic Poetry
Truly magnetic on frig, locker, or clipboard!
Animated Poems
Poems are animated.

PowerPoint Presentation

PowerPoint Templates-Great Site of Free Templates
Grid Powerpoint Template
Pete's Power Point Station
Great Powerpoints and templates for every topic

Professional Electronic Resources

Blue Webn
C-Span in the Classroom
Kathy Schrock
MiddleWeb
ReadWriteThink
National Council of Teachers of English-NCTE
Thinkfinity
Formerly Marco Polo
International Reading Association
Technology Integration Ideas
Creative Technology Ideas
WVPT 4 Learning
Teaching with Technology
Accesible Technologies for All Students
NETS for Students
Webography of Technology Integration Sources
ESL Lesson Plans and Resources
Kathy Schrock
Best Web Sites of 2005
Free PDF Converter
Technology and Literacy
Wikipedia
Laura Candler
Education World-Templates, Charts, etc
Gateway to 21st. Century Skills--Database
Edutopia
Bernie Dodge
Track Star for Teachers
Online lessons and activities by teachers for teachers
Kid's Vid
Kid video making tutorial + theater to showcase student created video
The Story of Movies
An interdisciplinary unit introducing students to the history of movies.
Global Education Collaboration
Wiki for using global collaboration
Writing Collaborative Books
Students use a wiki or blog to write a collaborative book, story, or poem.
iLearn
Examples of collaborative projects around the world.
Project Based Learning Project Exchange
Digital projects in all subject areas.
Stopmotion Videos
Resources for making stopmotion videos

Liz Nicholson's Web Page

Reading

The Iditarod-Routes, Mushers, History
Interactive Reading
Mysteries to Solve
Gist Reading Strategy and Lesson Plan
Using Text Sets for Reading Strategies
Classroom Strategies from ADLIT
Great list of strategies and links to videos for reading instruction
Meet the Author: Christopher Paul Curtis
Video interview, interview script, book lists
Just One More Book
Podcasts on children's books

Booklists

Reader's Club-Char/Meck Library
Flamingnet Book Reviews-Pre-teens, Teens, Young Adult
Teen Ink--Book Reviews by Teens
Only the Best--YA Fiction
Site recommended by Middle Web; great booklists
Booklist Webliography
Literature Links-Books with book activities and study guides

Interactive Reading Activities

Vocabulary

Visual Thesaurus

Super Hero Tales

Technology for Students

Critical Evaluation of a Website(Student and Teacher Resource)
Kid Friendly Web Sites
Kid
Kentucky--Digital Storytelling
Digital Storytelling
Video Handbook for Students
Literacy Middle School Website-Model
PSA's by Seventh Graders
Lang Scholars of New York Presbyterian Hospital recorded 60 sec. PSA's about health issues.
Whyville
A virtual world for tweens
Kidzonline.org
Tech training for teachers and kids

U.S. History

Web Quests

Webquests

Women

Cyberhunt--Women
Women Who Dared-Scavenger Hunt
Women Who Changed History-Biographies and Timelines
National Women
Women's History Month
The American Experience a Midwife's Tale
Description: In 1785 Martha Ballard began the diary that she would
National Women's History Museum
Cyber Visit, guides, lesson plans

Writing

Book Reviews, Annotation, and Web Technology
Book Report Alternatives; Character and Author Business Cards
Book Report Alternative: Comic Strips and Cartoon Squares
Book Report Alternative: Writing Resumes for Characters in Historical Fiction
Choose Your Own Adventure--The Pirates
Choose Your Own Adventure--The Rip Tide Series
Choose Your Own Adventures Written by Kids
Choose Your Own Adventure: A Hypertext Writing Experience
The Writing Fix
Literary Elements Mapping (Readwritethink)
Flip Book (Readwritethink)
Seredipitous Superhero
Writing Model Bank
6 + 1 Writing Rubric
The Write Source
The Neverending Tale
Plagiarism
Interactive Writing Model
Students choose different types of writing model; comments in margin give suggestions to the author.
Digital Story Maps
Use google map tools to create a narrative about a familiar place.
Owl Writing Lab
Sources and suggestions for all writing types.
The Five Paragraph Essay
Topics and instructions for stufents in writing the 5-paragraph essay
Easy Bib
Free Automatic Bibliography Composer
Piclits
Use pictures to inspire poems or creative writing.
Secrets of Teaching Writing
Resources and strategies for teaching writing in middle school and beyond

Political Parties and Elections

Barack Obama
John McCain-Rep. Nat. Convention, 2004
American Speech Bank
Hillary Clinton "It Takes a Village" Speech
JFK Inaugural Address-Jan. 20, 1961
History of Political Parties
Republican National Committee
Madam President--Female Candidacy
Democratic National Committee
History of the Democratic Party
History of the Democratic Donkey
History of the GOP
History of the Elephant
Thomas Nast--Timeline
Green Party
Libertarian Party
Independent Party (Ralph Nader)
Why Not Vote--Interactive Site
Students vote on the issues for 2004 election.
Ease History
History, presidential campaign ads, and core issues reflect on the political process. Very interactive!
The Democracy Project
The White House, government, and voting--Interactive voting booth and Campaign Trail
The US Electoral College
Very comprehensive site; educational resources
Politics 1
Guide to American Political Parties; very comprehensive listing and description
Real Clear Politics
National, state, and local polls
McDougal Littel Current Events
Election coverage, videos, and podcasts
Scholastic
Political coverage for students
AAEC-Political Cartoons
Current political cartoons
Running for Office-Cartoons of Clifford Berryman
Great exhibit at the National Archives; downloadable
PolitiFacts.com
Truth-o-meter

State and Local Government

Capitol Classroom
Info about Virginia Legislators--different reading levels; describes legislature
Citizen's Guide to the VA General Assembly
Locate your legislator
Virginia's Courts
Description of each level; great diagram
Virginia Fact Book
Facts about Virginia; easy to read, downloadable
State Brain.com
Webliography for kids on Virginia; great downloadable sources for kids; includes economic information
National Association of Counties
Info on counties, history, and specific info on Augusta County
Ben's Guide (6-8) State Government
Good delineation of powers of state and federal government

Civil Rights

Legends of Tuskegee
Life of Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, and the Tuskegee airmen
Culture and Change: Black History in America
Interactive timeline; jazz music; excellent resource for students/teachers; Blue Webn recommended!
Patchwork of Black American History
Great sites from AT&T; 6 major thematic areas

Public Service Annoucements

Digital Media Specialists--Example PSA
Darfur--also resources and lesson plan
Diversity PSA
MyTube: Changing the World With Video Public Service Announcements
Lesson plans and technology instructions for filming a PSA
Kidzonline.org
Tech training for teachers and kids

Political Cartoons

Political Cartoonists Index
Lesson plans on current political cartoons.

Economics

Financial Education
EdNet's lesson plans for middle school economics
Representation of Tax Dollar
Categories where money is spent

Awards

Free Award Certificates
Awards for all areas

Writing

Digital Is:National Writing Project
Digital writing instruction, ideas to use technology in writing