Family Education Network -
Goal: to link every school, by building a multi stage network to link every parent to their child's school and, in turn, every school to every other school across the country. Get your FREE myschoolonline.com website!

Children's Safety Zone - Product recalls, CPR, Baby-sitting, Swimming, Choking, and more.

Homeschooling - a HUGE resource, including Newsgroups, Listservs, used books, internet and homeschooling, educational TV.

Children Learn What They Live
You Are A Marvel
On Children
I Am A Teacher

ART LESSONS - Early childhood through High School - Extensive
THE ARTS - References and Resources - Extensive
Art for Kids - Extensive Resource - Artists, coloring, computer art, clip art, art recipes, animation, cultures, lesson, education and more.
The ArtRoom - Elementary Projects, learn to think like an artist, books, exhibits.
See also MUSEUMS

ART SAFARI - MUSEUM OF MODERN ART - Explore animals and art.
CLIP ART for Teachers - Links to 10 sites
DiscoverySchool Clip Art Gallery - very useful graphics.
MODERN MASTERWORKS - [ThinkQuest] A retrospective look at the art of the 20th Century.

Language Arts Website - A Learning Site for Middle School Students: Grammar, Spelling, Literature, Poetry, Quotes, Reading, Lesson Plans, collection of interesting sites.
ECLE - Enriching a Child's Literacy Environment.
The Moonlit Road - Ghost stories and strange folktales of the American South, told by the region's most celebrated storytellers.
National Research Center on English Learning & Achievement
The Academy of American Poets - Listening Booth, browse poet links, awards & prizes, conferences/festivals/retreats,  arts advocacy/governmental organizations,  indices & general resources,  journals & 'zines,  libraries & catalogs,  literary organizations online,  poetry exhibits & specialized resources,   publishers and  text databases.
Poetic Express Student Zone: This site is for classrooms, students, and growing fine poetry. Tomorrow's Poets. Students are listed by name, age, grade, and Country or Regional location.
PSB Lesson Plan #2 - Interactive Poetry - Grades 9-12
PBS Poetry Lesson Plan 1: Using a Poetry Slam to Teach the Mechanics of Poetry
Favorite Poem Project - collections demonstrateing the significance of the American relationship to the ancient art of poetry, part of our nation's rich cultural inheritance. The project now seeks to bring that inheritance to young  people by providing much-needed materials that offer a new way to teach and study poetry. The project is now working to develop teaching materials for distribution in American schools.
Alliteration Lesson Plans and Resources - Upper Elem. Grades and Grades 7-12
Are We Speaking The Same Language? Poetry Lesson Plans - Grade 5
The F. Scott Fitzgerald Centennial Homepage - All inclusive site: quotations, bibliographies, writings, pictures, voice and film clips, and so much more.
Robert Frost - The Complete Works to December 1920
Treasures@Sea (Franklin Institute) - Exploring the Ocean through literature- book, writing and interactive activities; Lesson Plans, Curriculum Standards and Booklist.  Also see our Nature Book Section and Nature Links.
Aesop Fables Online Collection -  includes a total of 655+ Fables (translated in English), indexed in table format, with morals listed.  Included are Real Audio narrations, Classic Images, Random Images, Random Fables.  Recently added are 127 Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen with 209 Grimms Fairy Tales.
Chaucer - Extensive collection of links, aides to understanding Chaucer, bibliography, Life and Times, Medieval Sites.

USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) NATIONAL MAPPING PROGRAM TEACHING PACKETS - educational resources in a variety of media explaining the mapping sciences and earth resources in html and pdf formats.

DISCOVERY SCHOOL A-TO-Z GEOGRAPHY ENCYCLOPEDIA - Free.  Browse or search the thousands of articles, maps, pictures, flags, and videos filled with up-to-date information on the countries, lakes, cities, and rivers of the world. Reviewed for educational relevance by practicing K-12 classroom teachers.
Florida Geographic Alliance is a professional organization affiliated with the National Geographic Society - extensive collection of lesson plans submitted by teachers.
The 50 States - Grade level 2 - Twelve Lesson Plans - Language Arts based activities to use in teaching about momuments and georgraphical features of United States. .pdf format. Requires Adobe Reader.
GLOBAL LEARN - Live, interactive expeditions for students around the world.
Earth Science Lessons - Grades 5-8 Lesson Plans and Worksheets - (Scott Johnson, a member of the VolcanoWorld development team - uses VolcanoWorld in his 5/6th grade classroom.)
Exploring Volcanoes - High School Level
STATELY LEARN - Basic facts about all 50 U.S. States and District of Columbia. Comparison of Size and Population, Stately Dates: The Dates Each State Entered the Union; Chart of Knowledge: Capitals, Largest Cities, Birds, and Flowers.
MAPS! MAPS! MAPS! What Do Maps Show (grades 5-8) 
GravityBox WorldView - database of statistics for all the countries of the world

DISCOVERY SCHOOL A-TO-Z HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA - Free.  Browse or search. Reviewed for educational relevance by practicing K-12 classroom teachers.
Civics Online - K-12 primary sources and interactive activities. Excellent Site.
American Civilization Lesson Plans and Units - K-6 lesson plans and units created by teachers throughout the country using the Core Knowledge Sequence.
PHILADELPHIA: Background to Philadelphia, Historic Philadelphia, Philadelphia Firsts 1681-1899
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Lesson Plan on Benjamin Franklin - Grades 6-8
U.S. Westward Expansion
The American Civil War Lesson Plans| Resources | Books | Lesson Plans | Handouts | Web Based Activities Literacy | Worksheets.
Civil War Lesson Plan - Grade Level 2. (7 Lessons) .pdf format. Adobe Reader required.
FDR and THE NEW DEAL - powerpoint presentation
THE NEW DEAL - extensive site with photos, articles, speeches, essays, and lesson plans
WPA Life Histories About the Federal Writers' Project
Immigration in American Memory - 1865 to 1920
Civil War Lesson Plans - Objectives, Recommended Books, Additional Materials,  Integrating Reading and Writing Enrichment Activities.
Civil War Gazette - 8th grade students research and write a single edition of a Civil War era newspaper focusing on a particular battle.  
Civil Rights Lesson Plan - Grade 2 Level: All Men and Women are Created Equal. Extensive plan and in .pdf format. Adobe Reader required.
THE MOUNTAIN CITY ELEMENTARY WEBSITE - American History,  World  History, World Geography - Lesson Plans, Activities and Quizzes.
NATIONAL HISTORY DAY- NHD is a year-long education program that engages students in grades 6-12 in the process of discovery and interpretation of historical topics. Students produce dramatic performances, imaginative exhibits, multimedia documentaries and research papers based on research related to an annual theme.
HISTORY Channel - ON AIR - IN Classroom
The Age of Exploration - K- 12 Resources | Books | Lesson Plans | Handouts | Web Based Activities
American History - Extensive and thorough - Excellent First Stop
American History - National Archives and Records Administration - American Originals Part I Part II
Famous Americans' PORTRAIT GALLERY and Biographies
SIGNERS of the Constitution and biographies
Time Line of The Civil War - 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | and Photographs
K-16 American History Curriculum
COLLECTION OF HISTORY LINKS [VAST] 1000-1399 Time Period | 1400-1699 Time Period | 1700-1899 Time Period | Costume | American Civil War Era | American West
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century - reference for historical trends, systems of government, events, cities population and urban growth, wars, specific events, world governments, disasters, nobel prizes and olympic games.
A "Revolting" Alphabet - The students will collect descriptive words and terms related to the American Revolution through the use of the Internet and, in the process, review concepts and terms introduced in the social studies unit.
LINKS TO THE PAST - National Park Service
National History Day - Promoting the study of history in schools.
HISTORY: American Memory - Historical Collection - Library of Congress
HISTORY: The Constitution Community - Lessons according to historical era. Example: Revolution/Expansion and Reform/Civil War/Industrial U.S.
HISTORY: Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
HYPER HISTORY - 3000 years of world history online
HISTORY - HUGE collection. The WWW-VL History Index offers about 4000 connections arranged alphabetically by subject and name.
HOLOCAUST: Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation - chronicle, firsthand accounts of Holocaust survivors and eyewitnesses, liberators and rescuers. HOLOCAUST: A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust. Timeline, Arts, People, Activities, Resources. Extensive. 
HISTORY: KOSOVO: A Bitter Struggle in a Land of Strife
1968 -THE WHOLE WORLD WAS WATCHING - An Oral History
WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR, GRANDMA - An Oral History of Rhode Island Women during World War II
American Folklife Center and Teacher Educational Resource Links
Interpreting the Declaration of Independence by Translation
AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT Timeline
WWW-VL HISTORY CENTRAL CATALOGUE - By Countries and Regions
Disasters: The Great Chicago Fire

Music Teacher's Resource Site - Extensive links and lesson plans

K12.Ed.Music Music And Performing Arts Curriculum In K-12 Education
Old Piano Tunes - view the words to sing along and also see the chords if you want to play the songs (and read about who wrote the songs).
VOW - Voices of the World. An arts education and outreach initiative.
The Bernstein Education Through the Arts Fund is a non-profit philanthropy dedicated to encouraging the love of learning by means of the arts.
Historic American Sheet Music collection presents 3,042 pieces of sheet music drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University
KIDiddles: Your online children's music source with the lyrics to 500+ kids' songs and finger plays (and growing daily). Album reviews, artist interviews, news from the world of children's music, and more! Solve puzzles for prizes, nominate a child as KIDiddles Kid of the Month. Have some fun, and keep on singing!
Music Makes You Smarter
MENC Music Educators National Conference
MTNA Music Teachers National Association

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Electronic Journal of Science Education - Information and research to science educators K-16
DASH - Developmental Approaches in Science and Health
PBS Science Line

Weather Watchers - Teacher Notes/Lesson Sequence - What's the weather like today in your part of the world? Do you think it's the same all over the world? No matter where you live, weather is an important part of your life. Find out about weather and how it makes a difference all over the world! Pack your bags, and take the trip!!