*Scroll down for professional learning/virtual PD links at bottom of this page.
GENERAL TEACHER RESOURCES
Schoology (from Power School)
ALA's Best Websites for Teaching & Learning AASL’s Best Digital Tools are recognized for fostering qualities of Innovation/Creativity, Active Participation, Collaboration, User-Friendly. Encourages Exploration, & Information/Reference
Wide Open Schools (Common Sense Media) a new way to learn from home. The pandemic has highlighted the invaluable role that teachers play in students' lives. It has also made the connection between schools & families more essential than ever.
eMediaVA (from PBS) 1,000+ free, innovative, SOL-aligned learning objects and content for your classroom
Classroom & PD materials from LOC primary sources from the Library of Congress' vast digital collections
Awesome Library -- organizes the web for you with 37,000 carefully reviewed resources.
Share My Lesson for educators who dedicate their time and professional expertise to provide the best education for students everywhere; download and share quality lessons free of charge forever.
Internet4Classrooms a free web portal of high-quality, free Internet resources to use in classroom instruction, developing project ideas, reinforcing specific subject matter areas both in the class and at home and even for online technology tutorials.
Teachnology 46,000+ lesson plans, 10,200 free printable worksheets, rubrics, teaching tips, worksheet makers, web quests, math worksheets, and thousands of other great teacher resources.
Khan Academy free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.(click on "courses")
Course Hero an online learning platform of course-specific study resources 37,000+ faculty members have joined the Course Hero educator community to share their resources
OER (Open Educational Resources) Commons (a public digital library) search & browse a growing collection of 50,000+ high-quality OER including lesson plans, activities, & open textbooks
Creative Commons 1.6 billion Creative Commons Licensed resources from literary works, to videos, photos, audio, open education, scientific research and more!
Merlot "all things teaching"; tens of thousands of discipline-specific learning materials, learning exercises, and Content Builder web pages
Open Stax digital textbooks; from which you can take pieces, summaries, chapters & put them in your lessons
Open Culture brings together free high-quality cultural & educational media including courses, movies, audio books, podcasts, ebooks, lessons, & lots more!
Teaching With Movies Lesson Plans & Learning Guides based on movies & film clips.
Movie Sheets one of the largest free databases of classroom movie worksheets
Social Justice Classroom from We Are Teachers 21 free resources to help guide your students through conversations about inclusion, diversity, and equity.
Social Justice Resources (University of Maryland) With the creation of this guide, we (U of M) hope to spark dialogue on social justice issues and to provide opportunities for collaboration
Teaching Tolerance.org free resources to supplement the curriculum, to inform practices, and to create civil & inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome. The program emphasizes social justice and anti-bias, an approach which encourages challenging prejudice and learning how to be agents of change.
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New Teacher Survival Guide/Starter Pack comprehensive guide for new teachers from The Teaching Channel
Free Download of "Time Savers for Teachers" Booklet -- includes many time saving forms such as lesson plan templates, substitutes teacher instructions, & student/teacher contracts.
Toontastic draw, animate, and narrate swashbuckling adventures, breaking news stories, science reports, and all your other wacky ideas. Create to use in a lesson or assign as a student project.
Loom The expressiveness of video with the convenience of messaging; free screen & video recording
Flipgrid create "grids" to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is like a message board where teachers can pose questions and their students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display.
Crash Course -- high quality educational videos free for more than 15 courses. Site by John Green & his team. (Yes, THE John Green!)
Smithsonian Learning Lab a major rethinking of how the digital resources from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, 9 major research centers, the National Zoo, and more, can be used together for authentic, meaningful, & personalized learning experiences.
Teachers First an online community for teachers by teachers. With thousands of lessons, units, and reviewed web resources for K-12 classroom teachers, our website is designed to enrich teaching and learning for both teachers and their students.
Annenberg Learner educational video programs with coordinated online and print materials for K-12 teachers.
Education World a complete online resource (updated daily) that teachers, administrators and school staff can visit each day to find high-quality and in-depth original content. Scroll to the bottom & you will find a plethora of well-organized resources
Shrock Guide resources, ideas, tips, and tricks by Kathy Schrock , a renowned expert in the field of educational technology
PBS Learning Media PBS and your local station have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for teachers like you.
Teacher Tools from PBS Media These tools make it easy to create engaging student assignments, personalize learning, and track student progress.
PBS Media Interactives for H.S. Find resources and activities for high school lesson plans. Inspire your students with videos, games and activities aligned to state and national standards.
Resource Finder from PBS Media free account; syncs with Google Classroom. Resources filtered by grade, subject, & resource type (video, image, media gallery, interactive lesson, website, document, etc.)
Teachers Pay Teachers lots of good free stuff, just type "free" + the subject in the search bar
TeacherTube educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners
Ted-Ed TED’s youth and education initiative; like Ted Talks but shorter videos, 5-10 minutes
YouTube Education We believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share and build community through our stories.
Let It Ripple -- uses film, technology, discussion materials, and live and virtual events to engage people in conversation and action around complicated subjects that are shaping our lives, and to update these topics through an engaging, accessible, 21st century lens.
Graphic Organizer Maker make graphic organizers by filling out a simple form
Live Binders Your 3-ring binder for the Web
Evernote an online workspace & organization tool
Wakelet the easiest way to capture, organize, & share multimedia resources with teachers, students, & learning communities.
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*Professional Development links at the bottom of this page.
ENGLISH TEACHERS
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MATH TEACHERS
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HISTORY TEACHERS
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SCIENCE TEACHERS
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P.E./HEALTH TEACHERS
Internet4Classrooms -- Health Sciences Resources including CPR & First Aid
Internet4Classrooms -- Scroll down for Driver's Ed links
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BUSINESS/FINANCE/MARKETING TEACHERS
Internet4Classrooms -- Business Education
Internet4Classrooms -- Marketing Plans, Resources & other links
Internet4Classrooms -- Economics Plans
Internet4Classrooms -- Business, Computer Literacy, Typing links
Internet4Classrooms -- General Career Technical resources
Economics Co-Op Class Blog – a full semester of ideas, resources, links and assignments for a high school Econ class
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FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCE/LIFE SKILLS TEACHERS
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AGRICULTURE/HORTICULTURE TEACHERS
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Internet4Classrooms -- Life Skills links
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Internet4Classrooms -- Agriculture Links for lesson plans
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS
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FINE ARTS TEACHERS
The Kennedy Center -- Classroom resources
Art Factory -- free art lessons
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Professional learning/Virtual professional development
Keep in mind the resources (books & DVDs) in the Professional Library in the MSHS Library Workroom.
EdWeb (Direct link to EdWeb calendar of webinars)
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