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Instructional Resources

Instructional Material Databases

Looking for instructional materials? Check out these databases! Each contains some instructional material including lesson plans, reading guides, author interviews, or grade-level appropriate magazines or reading selections.

TeachingBooks.net This link opens in a new window Multimedia content to complement children's and young adult books, including thousands of educational resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in both the K-12 and children's/youth program environments. Designed to be used by K-12 teachers, librarians, students, families -- anyone using children's and youth books. Includes Spanish-language resources.
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Gale in Context: Elementary Offers elementary children a safe place to find answers to their questions, practice research skills, and explore a broad range of subjects like animals, geography, science and more—all in one place.
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National Geographic Kids Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. Best for children aged 6–14.
Gale in Context: Middle School Made specifically for middle schoolers, this resource combines reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more.
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Gale in Context: High School Provides grades 9–12 with standards-aligned content to help with papers, projects, and presentations, while empowering critical thinking and information literacy skills.
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Gale OneFile: High School Edition Search magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference on a range of topics. Best for middle- and high-school students.

Gale Ebooks (*formerly* Gale Virtual Reference Library - GVRL) This link opens in a new window Contains reference materials and books for use by elementary and middle grade students, in addition adults.
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Websites

There are many free resources available on the Internet for teachers. The websites listed below are only an example and not in anyway meant to be an exhaustive list of Internet resources available at littleor no cost to educators. At the time of this writing all the web sites listed are currently active, however due tothe transitory nature of the Internet, this may not be the case at any future date.

A to Z Teacher Stuff
A website with lots of free lesson plans, printiable handouts and worksheets, a teacher's chat, and articles on Education.

Sites for Teachers
Provides a list of hundreds of educational websites listed by popularity.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Teaching and learning resources from federal agancies with animations, primary documents, photos, and videos in all major subjest areas.

Teacher Created Resources
Free lesson plans, daily activities, and teaching tips.

Freebies: The online magazine with something for nothing
Free or very low cost craft ideas and supplies.

EdTech Industry Info

AASL Best Apps for Teaching & Learning
Common Sense Education
DOE Office of Educational Technology
EdSurge
EdSurge Product Index by Subject
EdTech Digest
Educational Technology
edutopia.org
International Society for Tech in Ed (ISTE)
Remote Learning Tools & Tutorials Temporary free membership. That’s why we’ve gathered our favorite — and most useful — tools for remote teaching and learning in one place. Check out the daily short-form video mini-sessions for bite-sized professional development, tips, and tricks for teaching online. Scroll through the videos, below, or filter them by your role.