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The American Information Resource Center collected a set of resources/links that might be useful for teachers.  Please feel free to send the staff comments or questions at: krakowAIRC@state.gov

General

The Gateway to Educational Materials Project (GEM) (Education Dept.)
http://thegateway.org/

iEARN (International Education and Resource Network)
http://www.iearn.org/ 

Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/

Eslgold (Free English teaching and learning resources)
http://eslgold.com/

Scholastic (Publisher, education and media company) 
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/home.jsp

Activities for ESL Students
http://a4esl.org/

New York Times – Resources for teachers
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html

ReadWriteThink
http://www.readwritethink.org/

National Endowments for the Humanities
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson_index.asp

EdHelper (US Theme Unit)
http://www.edhelper.com/United_States.htm

Houghton Mifflin (U.S. publisher of  textbooks, instructional technology,
assessments, and other educational materials for teachers and students of every age)
http://www.eduplace.com/state/index.html

Mrs. Donn's Lesson Plans & Activities   U.S. States & Regions for K-12 teachers & students
http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/States.html

Discovery Education - Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/

National Education Association
http://www.nea.org/aboutnea/index.html

American History:

Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/lessons/theme.html

New York Times (Lessons plans, crosswords puzzle, issues in depth, news by subject, slideshows)
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/subjects/ushistory_index.html

National Park Service: Teaching with Historic Places 
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/ 

Teaching American History Program (The University of Wisconsin )
http://www.uwgb.edu/teachingushistory/

Discovery Channel Lessons plans
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/ushis.html

National Archives - Teaching with documents
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/

National Endowment for the Humanities
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson_index.asp

Instructor web (Teaching Resources and Tools for Teachers and Special Educators)
http://www.instructorweb.com/socialstudies.asp

Smithsonian (also on art issues)
http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/index.html

Geography

National Park Service (for Teachers)
http://www.nps.gov/learn/curriculum.htm

Discovery Education - Cities
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/cities/

Discovery Education - North America Cultures
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/travelers-northamerica/

Instructor web
http://www.instructorweb.com/socialstudies.asp

Educator’s Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies/Geography

American Government and Civics

Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Library of Congress Lessons plans
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/lessons/theme.html

The American Flag – PBS

http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/theamericanflag.html

Native Americans (ProTeacher Community)
http://www.proteacher.com/090018.shtml
 
EdHelper – American government (game, puzzles)
http://www.edhelper.com/American_Government.htm

Holidays

Martin Luther King Jr
1. National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/malu/forteachers/lesson_plans_and_teacher_guides.htm

2. Instructor Web
http://www.instructorweb.com/les/martinlutherking.asp

Independence Day - 4th of July
1. Teachers Planet
http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/independence.php

2. About.com
http://k6educators.about.com/library/bl4thofjuly.htm

3. Education World
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson069.shtml

4. Teaching with Historic Places
http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/jul00.htm

Winter holidays:
1. The Spirit of the Season - NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/issues_in_depth/20061218.html

2. Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/december.shtml

3. Christmas quiz
http://triviapark.com/quizzes/xmasquiz.html

4. Christmas Tongue Twisters
http://xmasfun.com/Fun/TongueTwisters.asp

Halloween
History.com
http://www.history.com/minisites/halloween/

Thanksgiving (the First Thanksgiving)
Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

Language

Famous speeches – (Full text, audio, and video database
of the 100 most significant American political speeches
of the 20th century and some 190 Hollywood movie speeches)
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

Randall’s ESL/EFL cyber listening lab - Everyday Conversations with Adult and Children's Voices
http://www.esl-lab.com/

Language and Journalism - NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/subjects/languagearts_index.html

UsingEnglish.com (set up in UK although it uses variety of English)
http://www.usingenglish.com/

Karin's ESL PartyLand - The cool way to learn English!
http://www.eslpartyland.com/

ESL-lounge.com - board games, large selection of lessons and lesson plans, some free
http://www.esl-lounge.com/

Teaching Tolerance in America:  Literary, Historical and Cultural Approaches

Teaching Tolerance Through Literature

1.  To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

ReadWriteThink
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=265

Library of Congress (To Kill a Mockingbird: Lesson Plans)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/98/mock/intro.html

2.  Night, Elie Wiesel
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/night/nighttg.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=884%20

Tolerance through American History

Immigration

http://www.uwgb.edu/teachingushistory/images/pdfs/2003_lessons/immigration.pdf

http://www.education-world.com/a_sites/sites053.shtml

Civil Rights Movement

http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org/index.html

Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks

http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/activity.jsp?ar=365

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/liberation_curriculum/lesson_plans/index.htm.
htm

Black History Month (February)

http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/

http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geography_and_population/

Contemporary Culture and Tolerance, Racism, Homophobia, Hate Crimes

Preventing Racism in Schools

http://schoolwithoutracism-europe.org/

More Web Resources on Tolerance

Tolerance.org
Materials for teachers from Tolerance.org –
a web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center:
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/index.jsp