Helpful Links for ESL students

Here you will find a list of links that we have found useful. Some of these links come from other teachers and some we have come across in our quest to find the best explanation for our students.

Translation

Google Translate - www.translate.google.com (our favored translator)

Babel Fish - www.babelfish.yahoo.com

Math

Math.com - www.math.com (has animated, step by step examples)

Purplemath.com - www.purplemath.com (covers a wide variety of math concepts and includes examples)

CoolMath4Kids - www.coolmath4kids.com (offers tutorials for basic math concepts which ELL's may be lacking)

Science

Balancing Equations tutorial - http://www.wfu.edu/~ylwong/balanceeq/balanceq.html (walk through of balancing equations from Wake Forest University)

WebElements - http://www.webelements.com/ (interactive periodic table that provides 31 different categories of information on the elements)

English

Spark Notes - http://www.sparknotes.com/sparknotes/ (for comprehension while reading novels, we recommend the chapter summaries provided)

*We DO NOT recommend the usage of Spark Notes in place of reading assigned books*

From the English Department (grade level specific- found on the English Department Website)

English Department Helpful Documents - https://sites.google.com/a/kisd.org/khsenglish/helpful-documents

9th Grade -

A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust - http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/people/rescuer.htm

Exploring The Outsiders - http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrackMembersFrames.do?number=200&password=

Holocaust Encyclopedia - http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

Mount Everest History - http://www.mnteverest.net/history.html

NOVA online Mt. Everst - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/

Shakespeare Time Line - http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/timeline/timeline.htm

10th Grade -

Chivalry in the Middle Ages - http://www.kisd.org/khs/English/Web%20Quests/king_arthur.htm

Civil Rights, Little Rock - http://www.centralhigh57.org/

Civil Rights, Greensboro - http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/greensboro_1960.htm

Cyrano - http://www.kisd.org/khs/English/Web%20Quests/cyrano.htm

Heraldry Game - http://www.yourchildlearns.com/heraldrygame/index.html

11th Grade -

American Rhetoric - http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html

Analyzing WWII Posters - http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=571&title=

The Crucible - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/salem/

Edgar Allen Poe - http://www.manythings.org/voa/011029tia.htm

Vietnam - http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcvietnam.htm

Vietnam & the 1960s - http://drgranata.tripod.com/thevietnamwarandthe1960s/index.html

Vietnam Blank - http://geography.about.com/library/blank/blxvietnam.htm

Just For Fun

Cool Math Games - www.coolmath-games.com (games in various categories including - strategy, reading spelling, geography, science, etc.)