Teacher Resources

Fun with Calendars

Fun with calendars has moved over to a new Calendar Resources page.

Professional Development Library

The print professional development collection is located in the Teacher Resource Center (a.k.a. the Copy Room) within the library.

Professional Journals Online

Did you know that many professional journals are available online through the Gale databases? For example:

• Teacher Librarian (full text from September 1, 1998 to present)

  • School Library Journal (full text from March 1, 2000 to present)

  • Voice of Youth Advocates (full text from August 1, 2010 to present)

  • Knowledge Quest (full text from May 1, 2007 to present)

If you are looking for specific articles from journals we do not have through the databases, we can request scans through interlibrary loan.

Curriculum Resources Online

The following websites offer online curriculum resources.

• Curriki

  • Free, open-source lesson plans and instructional materials contributed by other teachers in an environment modeled after wikis. Find a lesson or share one of your own.

• EDSITEment

  • Humanities lesson plans including art, world languages, history and social studies, and English language arts. Search by subject, theme, or grade level.

• Library of Congress

  • Primary sources, lesson materials, and professional development from our nation's library. Especially strong for language arts, social studies, and fine arts. Be sure to check out their lesson plans and primary source sets. Check out the National Jukebox, an unprecedented collection of over 10,000 rare historical audio recordings.

• National Archives and Records Administration

  • Teachers resources from the National Archives. Focus on using primary sources. Great information on genealogy research.

  • National Science Digital Library (NSDL)

  • Online science library with lesson plans and resources relating to science, technology, engineering, and math.

• ReadWriteThink

  • Standards-based lesson plans written and reviewed by teachers from the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English. Search by keyword or filter for grade level, learning objective, theme, etc.

• Smithsonian Institute

  • Lessons and tools from the Smithsonian.

• Thinkfinity

  • Searchable lesson plans in all disciplines from a variety of partner organizations (including several on this list) and online student interactives. Sponsored by Verizon.