Lesson Plans

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  • abc Teach Network - a tightly woven group of web sites for teachers, parents and students
  • A-Z Teacher Stuff - online lesson plans and lesson plan resources, thematic units, themes, classroom activities, teacher tips, web projects, discussion, educational ideas
  • Collaborative Lesson Archive - "a forum for the creation, distribution, and archival of education curricula for all grade levels and subject areas"
  • Discovery Schools.com - find hundreds of original lesson plans...all written by teachers for teachers.  You can also sign up (free of charge) to create your own lesson plans using the online lesson planner available at the site.
  • EdHelper - 11016 Lesson Plans, 1223 WebQuests, 5000 Free Worksheet Generators, 1600 Word and Critical Thinking Problems, Exams and Puzzles for Standardized Tests 
  • Education Atlas - "your map to the world of education"
  • FindLaw - law search engine - great information that integrates current events with the law
  • ESL Lounge - "Free ESL lesson materials and ESL lesson plans. Printable worksheets for ESL classroom teaching. English grammar, pronunciation, board games, esl books, flashcards, board games, song lyrics and more."
  • Gateway.org - sponsored by the US Dept. of Education this site allows you to search for "high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet."
  • Learning Page.com - "... a huge collection of professionally produced instructional material for you to download and print. Lesson plans, books, worksheets and much more can be found on the site."
  • Lesson Plan Central - links to clipart, lesson plans, worksheets, etc.
  • Lesson Planner - "Create and store your customized lesson plans for easy access. Link your lesson plans to puzzles, quizzes and worksheets you create on DiscoverySchool.com." Registration is required, but free.
  • LessonPlans Page - claims to be "one of the best PreK-12 teacher resources on the Internet"
  • Lessonplanz.com - searchable directory of free online lesson plans and lesson plan resources for all grades and subjects
  • Thinkfinity - "The Thinkfinity program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts. "
  • New York Times Learning Network - current events and features on all subjects for grades 3-12. News summaries, quizzes, extensive lesson plan library
  • PE Central - great resource links and lesson plans of particular interest to Physical Education
  • Resources for Elementary Special Area Teachers - site that features links of interest to elementary art, library, music and physical education teachers
  • Scholastic - lesson plans, reproducibles, thematic units
  • SchoolExpress - 4000+ free worksheets to print or download as well as links to funtime activities, math online, and spellmaker -- Elementary focus
  • Secondary Social Studies Resources - site that features links of interest to secondary social studies teachers
  • Sitesforteachers - resources for teachers. Site includes 100's of links and descriptions to sites that will help teachers
  • SuccessLink - 1000's of free lesson plans written by Missouri teachers 
  • TeachersFirst - use the site matrix to access terrific web sites that have been reviewed for content (be aware that sites do open in the TeachersFirst frame -- the "real" web address is available at the top of the page)
  • The Teacher's Desk - a resource designed for teachers of grades five and six that contains a collection of lesson plan ideas and classroom activities.
  • Teaching with the Web - includes foreign language activities
  • Teachnet.com - lessons appropriate for many curriculum areas
  • Theme Pages - excellent high quality themed units for elementary-level students