Content Resources

ESD Curated Curriculum Teacher Toolbox

• This Teacher Toolbox was shared by the district via email and contains elementary and secondary resources as well as e-learning strategies

  • If you haven't used Google Sheets much, there are tabs at the bottom of the sheet; by default, it opens to Elementary resources, but you can select the appropriate tab at the bottom to navigate to other resources

EHS Library Databases

• Here is a link to the updated databases document: 2020 EHS Library Databases

• Additionally, if you are trying to steer students to the right place on our school website, this link will take them to the student page.

Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) Databases

• For the time being, CLiC Databases are available for free at this site.

Newsela

• This gives you access to Newsela content for ELA, Science, Social Studies, and Social Emotional Learning resources

OpenStax Textbooks and Resources

• OpenStax textbooks are geared toward college-level classes, but they are 100% OER (open educational resource). There are several subjects written at different levels and because they are licensed with a Creative Commons license, they can be remixed and shared without worrying about copyright violation (as long as you attribute)

  • I have been adapting their A&P book all year for my Human Anatomy and Physiology textbook. Each page of the text I have been adapting has the attribution at the bottom of the page, so it is easy to attribute.

  • OpenStax is a non-profit housed at Rice University in Texas, but they have a lot of partners who design courses and create aligned resources that normally have a subscription fee. Many of those partners are now making their resources free to support online learning.

PBS Learning Media

• There are great resources for a lot of different subject areas and age levels on PBS LearningMedia.

  • While there are lots of videos, there are also simulations and full lesson plans complete with curated resources.