Web Sites for Educators
(Be aware that sites come and go as quickly as the clouds pass by. If you discover
a site that has changed or is no longer operating, please notify me by email. If you need specific help with
any web-related material, email me and I will try to locate some sites that will help.)
Sites of SJSU Professors
Dr. Janice E. Patten's Site: http://theliterarylink.com
This site is designed for students and educators interested in studying literature in the following categories:
Children's Literature, Young Adult Literature, Romanticism, Nineteenth Century Literature, Short Stories, Poetry,
Gothic literature, English Education, TeachingTechniques, Lesson Plans, Composition, and Literary Theory. There
is also a message board, and a large collection of links to other sites. If you know of site that is helpful or
have one yourself, contact the webmaster (jpatten@pacbell.net) to have it added.
Dr. David Mesher's Site: http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/jwss/mesher/
This site has links to the Jewish Studies Program at SJSU, as well as annotations for novels studied in English
123, World Literature. These include Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things and Michelle Cliff's No Telephone
to Heaven. There is also a link to Mission Critical, an interactive site dedicated to critical thinking.
Dr. Angela Noelle Williams's Site: http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/awilliams/
This site has individual links to classes this professor has taught: English 169, 195, 1B, and 201. Each link has
further links for additional resources of study for the course. It has recently added much valuable information
about Asian/American literature.
The Library at SJSU offers a wealth of sources for students. SJSU electronic links.
The English Department: Useful Sources for Writers and Researchers
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/center.htm#Links
This site provides many helpful links
for students and teachers.
Literary Locales - also from The English Department web site:
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/places2.htm
A link with more than 300 picture
links to the places that figure in the lives and writings of famous authors, arranged alphabetically and chronologically,
includes Shakespeare's Stratford-On-Avon, John Milton's cottage and Chaucer's Canterbury.
Standards, Assessment and Professional Development
Recommended Literature for grades K through 12
ELD standards and Assessment
http://eric.indiana.edu/www/indexdb.html
This site offers a multitude of lesson plans on many different instructional levels as well as different subject matters
The New York Times Daily Lesson Plan Site---http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/index.html--
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/This is another site with links to lesson plans. Categories
include reading, writing, public speaking, and drama, among others.
http://fyi.cnn.com/2001/fyi/lesson.plans/12/10/nobel.prize/ CNN has a number of well-done lesson plans on a variety of topics
http://www.edhelper.com/downloads25.htm--innovative ways of teaching students grammar and diction on-line
grammarquest---http://www.teach-nology.com/downloads/language_arts/4/
http://www.schoolexpress.com/--Free worksheets for download, with more being added all
the time.
http://www.rhlschool.com/--more free worksheets, specifically for the study of English
http://www.edhelper.com/language/language.html--a detailed listing for free worksheets
Lesson Plans--http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LA.htm--pick the appropriate grade level
http://www.rhlschool.com/englishv3.htm--
LESSON bank--http://teachers.net/lessons/
-http://www.teachers.net/cgi-bin/lessons/sort.cgi?searchterm=Reading
http://www.teachers.net/cgi-bin/lessons/sort.cgi?searchterm=Senior
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
Try to guess what this one is about
;) This is a very helpful tool for the classroom.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
Believe it or not, this site has
great information for doing lesson plans. Use the search page.
http://ericir.syr.edu/
AskERIC just about anything regarding education, including lesson plans. A very informative site.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/
Top Websites Lesson Plans in the Schools (click on lesson plans). This site brings together some of the best of
the humanities on the web.
Encyclopedia Britannica Home Page
http://www.eb.com/limited_search.html
You don't have to run out and buy an entire set
of Encyclopedia Britannica. It's available online with links to web sites related to whatever it is you search
for on their main page.
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/educationforum/lessonplans.html
This site has links to lesson plans
that integrate "technology," i.e. the web, educational software, and more. The lesson plans are broken
down by category, such as music or language arts.
http://atozteacherstuff.com/lessons/ This site borders on commercial, but still contains useful
information on lesson plans, links to thematic units, teaching, educational resources for teachers, message boards,
informative articles on teaching, and a link to an online bookstore.
http://www.teachervision.com/
Another great site with links to finding lesson plans in specific areas, such as physical education, literature,
and music. There are several other great links on this site, such as links on special education, teacher-created
web sites, and a special downloads link for free, educational software. You can also sign up for a newsletter on
this page. There is also a store on this site.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/matrix-f.htm
This site has links with information
on lesson plans (broken down by subject matter and grade level), teaching strategies, professional development,
a search engine, and a bookstore. It is a fantastic resource covering a broad range of important topics in the
educational field.
Sites on Grammar
Guide To Grammar and Writing
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
This site is a compendium of English
grammar, usage, and writing information at the sentence, paragraph, and essay levels. Each section contains easily
understood information about concepts related to the topic. Most sections contain answered quizzes.
The English Institute
http://62.6.162.42/intro.html
This page is indexed like a grammar
book. There are links to individual grammatical concepts with explanations and examples, with additional links
for testing one's grammar.
On-line Writing Program at Purdue University
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
From basic information to advanced,
this site offers clear help in all aspects of the mechanics of writing.
Guide to Grammar and Style, by Jack Lynch
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/
This site contains links to articles on grammar usage and style. Also has a search engine.
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
http://www.grammarbook.com/home/hd.html
A searchable, very helpful guide to fundamentals. A must for everyone who wants to be sure about grammar and punctuation.
Book Reports: Over 100 innovative ways to have Students give book reports. bookrepts.html
http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/csjh/mytholog.htm--a super place to begin
http://www.iwebquest.com/greece/teachers3.htm--this site will offer teachers specific help on teaching this unit
http://www.geocities.com/shades9nl/demons/encyclopediamythica.htm
Encompassing mythology, folklore,
and legend, the Encyclopedia Mythica - a collaborative reference resource with over 150 contributors - contains
more than 4400 definitions of mythical and legendary figures and almost 200 images. Users may search the entire
work by keyword or browse by topic areas. The browseable index is available in both a frames and non-frames version.
The unique Miscellanea section compliments the numerous entries on gods, creatures, and heroes with pronunciation
guides, maps, geneology tables, brief histories and ancient peoples, lists of deities and ancient feast days, and
the linguistic origins for the names of days, months, and celestial bodies.
http://www.mythweb.com/teachers/tips/tips.html--teaching myths
http://www.adolescentlit.com/article1014.html--articles and other links about teaching myths
Shakespeare--be careful here that sites don't popularize Shakespeare....His
texts are not all equal.
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare
This site contains a host of resources for Shakespeare studies. The core of the site is the collection of annotated
scholarly resources, arranged by topic. These include Works, Life and Times, Theatre, Criticism, and Educational
resources. In addtion, the site offers a list of top-rated sites as well as a collection of non-scholarly Shakespeare
links. A number of resources are located at the site, such as a Shakespeare Timeline/biography (requires frames),
a geneological chart, bibliography, and a timeline summary chart that places the events of Shakespeare's life into
historical context.
http://chemicool.com/Shakespeare/--Shakespeare's works on line.
Sites on Learning Theories
http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/
George Washington University's page with links to individual learning theories with brief explanations.
Adventures in Learning
http://www.ss.uno.edu/ss/theory/ClassAss.html
Information on Classroom Assessment
Techniques.
Funderstanding
http://www.funderstanding.com/theories.html
This site has brief explanations of some of the more common learning theories.
From Net Lessons: Web-Based Projects
for Your Classroom. The following
list of web sites was taken from the book Net Lessons: Web-Based Projects for Your Classroom, written by Laura
Parker Roerden.
Education on the Internet
http://www.nceet.snre.umich.edu/classroomresources-directories.html
This site has lesson plans and information geared toward environmental education.
Collaborative Lesson Archive K-12
http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/
This site has links to lesson plans
that are broken down by grade level. When you click on a link for a particular grade, you are then redirected to
a page with lesson plans on art, music, reading, writing, and several other areas, which are developed for that
particular grade level.
Teachers Helping Teachers
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/
This site has links to lesson plans
and other educational resources. It is updated weekly throughout the school year.
Books Online
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ This site has a full listing of books available online.
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/homepage/
An excellent resource, includes photos from the Civil War, samples of African music, links to sites featuring Latin
and Greek literature classics, and much more.
Education World
http://www.education-world.com/
Features the top 10,000 education
sites to where you can search by keyword, topic, or check out award winning sites.
Newspapers Online
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
Newpapers from around the world, including local newspapers--an excellent source for internet activities.
More General Sources
Arts and Letters Daily --a wonderful place to find
all the latest information about the Arts and Letters http://www.cybereditions.com/aldaily/
Mark Harden's Artchive
http://artchive.com/ftp_site.htm
Full listing of art for screen savers to museum quality clips from major and minor artists and art history.
Art Treasures
http://sgwww.epfl.ch/BERGER/index.html
Art from the far and near east.
Artserv
http://rubens.anu.edu.au
Award-winning site from the Australian National University, includes more than 16,000 images, as well as art tutorials
for students. Best for the secondary level.
Time Life Photo Sight
http://pathfinder.com/photo/sighthome.html
From Time-Life's famous archives.
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English
Elements of Literature
http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm
For definitions of literary terms.
The Voice of the Shuttle: from UC Santa Barbara
http://vos.ucsb.edu/index-netscape.asp
This is a very comprehensive site
for studying literature of all kinds, mostly from a scholarly perspective.
Online Writing Lab
www2.rscc.cc.tn.us/~jordan_JJ/OWL/owl.html
Features information on correct usage,
avoiding sexist language, and links to other resources for writing help.
Carnegie-Mellon's English Server--http://english-www.hss.cmu.edu
For literature links.
Merriam-Webster Word of the Day http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl
American Literature Survey Site--http://www.georgetown.edu/tamlit/e-texts/e-texts.html
A really thorough site for studying
American Lit, provides discussion of great works online.
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~daniel/amlit/amlit.html
a really nice overview of many sites devoted to American Literature
ArthurNet
http://academics.vmi.edu/english/arthur.html
A guide to Arthurian sites on the
web.
An interactive approach to the Arthurian legends-- http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Edu/RSE/RSEblue/arthur/artidu.html
Timeless Myths--http://www.cultures.com/greek_resources/greek_encyclopedia/greek_encyclopedia_home.html--a home page to many of the myths of the world
Media Literacy
Video Placement Worldwide
http://www.vpw.com/
Provides videos and other classroom
materials free of charge.
Modern Educator Resource Center
http://www.frii.com/~pmb/edlinks/tchr_resrc/resrc.html
Offers Media services, resources
for K-12 and a list including where to find free and loaned videos.
Starting Points for Educators http://mtsd.k12.wi.us/MTSD/Staff_Development/curriculum/TSPgreattchnetB.html
Includes ideas for internet lessons
using on-line materials.
The Discovery Channel School
http://school.discovery.com/
Media literacy tips, resources, and much more.
Webrings
Webrings are very useful. If a web site signs up to be a part of a web ring, that site is part of a larger "ring"
of sites with information on a similar area of interest. The site will have a banner on its page indicating what
type of webring it is associated with, and clicking on this banner will connect the user to other sites of the
same type. Here are some webrings centered around educational information to get you started:
The A+ Thematic Units Webring
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=themeteam;list
A webring that connects sites with
lesson plans.
Ring of Academia
http://nav.webring.org/hub?ring=academia;list
This ring connects educational sites that cover a whole range of topics: distance learning, online training for
tutors, research, teaching, and more.
Educational Technology Webring
http://nav.webring.org/hub?ring=edtech;list
This ring contains educational technology
resource links for higher education professionals. Only professional sites related to academia will be linked (after
a review of educational content).
Student Teacher Education Webring
http://nav.webring.org/hub?ring=teachedu;list
The Student Teacher Education Webring aims to provide a network of sites that will assist student teachers all
around the world with useful information that is pertinent to teacher training studies. Basically, if a site has
educational content it is classed as having something to offer Student Teachers and Teachers.
Teachers.net Webring
http://nav.webring.org/hub?ring=teachersnet;list
More lesson plans and other teaching
ideas.
The ScholarStuff Webring
http://nav.webring.org/hub?ring=shr;list
Ring for educational related websites.
This includes commercial, organizational, & personal homepages (schools, teachers, students, etc).
The Worksheet Webring
http://nav.webring.org/hub?ring=rozalski;list
This ring is for anyone having a site with free printable worksheets. For the grades Preschool-12. It can also
be for anyone having printable pages, like flash cards and coloring pages. The worksheets can be of any subject.
Examples: English, Math, Reading, Phonics.
Miscellaneous
Downloadable Screen-savers from the art world--http://www.1art.com/screensaver-down.htm
Fascinating screen savers for artistic and literary tastes.
The Quotation Page--A very up-to-date quotations page, searchable, and varied---http://theliterarylink.com/quotes.html
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations--http://www.bartleby.com/99/
A source for learning html documentation http://www.cwru.edu/help/introHTML/toc.html
Animated Gifs, counters, backgrounds, lots of stuff for creating web pages and all free--http://www.fg-a.com/gifs.html