The following is an alphabetical listing of K - 12 classroom, education, professional, reference, and general links. This list is a starting point to be used when selecting web sites. The Instructional Resource Center and Ashland University Library are not responsible for or endorse any of the below links, the quality of their information, or any services represented therein.
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Acceptable Use
Art
Banned Book Week
Biographies
Children's Literature Awards
Children's & YA Book Lists
Department of Education
Education Statistics
Educational Technology
Education Technology Organizations
Educational Technology Standards
Environment
English as a Second Language
Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Health & Safety
History
Holiday Calendars
Holidays
Language Arts
Lesson Plans
Maps & Atlases
Math
Montessori
Museums Resources
Music
NASA & Space
National Archives
National Parks
Ohio
Ohio Department of Education
Plagiarism
Poetry
Portfolios
Presidential Museums
Reference (General)
Reviewing Books
Rubrics
School Violence
Science
Science Fairs
Acceptable Use Policy
Ashland University, Information Technologies Acceptable Use Policy
Acceptable Internet Use Policies - Virginia Department of Education
Acceptable Use Policy - Carlisle Local School District
Education World - Developing an Acceptable Use Policy
How to Create an AUP - About.com
Miller City New Cleveland School District - Technology policy
Education World - Developing an Acceptable Use Policy
The Internet Advocate - Develop an AUP
Oberlin City Schools: Technology AUP
Art
American Museum of Photography
Art History Resources on the web
Artists and Art, the-artists.org
ArtLex Art Dictionary
Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
The Mazza Museum, University of Findlay
Metropolitan Museum of Art
MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art
National Cartoon Museum
National Gallery of Art
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Women Artists in History
Words of Art
Banned Book Week
Banned Books and Censorship: Information and Resources
Banned Books Online - Library Univ. Pennsylvania
Banned Books Week, Background from ALA
Banning Books from the Classroom: How to Handle Cries for Censorship
The Beacon for Freedom Expression Project
Challenged and Banned Books
Google Book Search: Celebrate Your Freedom to Read
Intellectual Freedom for Young People
National Coalition Against Censorship
Office for Intellectual Freedom - ALA
Top 10 Most Frequently Challenged Authors 1990 - 2004
Biographies
Anthropology Biography Web
Astronaut Biographies: Home Page
Biography.com
Biography Center
Biographies: Biography, Famous People, Biographical Information
Congressional Biographical Directory
The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Science
Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records
From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies
Gale Free Resources - Black History Biographies
Gale Free Resources - Women's History Biographies
History Channel - Political & Historical Figures
History Maker.com
PBS History: Biographies
The Political Graveyard
The Presidents of the United States - Biographies
Women's Biographies: Distinguished Women of Past & Present
Women's International Center - Biography Index
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Children's Literature Awards
Alex Awards
Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards
Caldecott Medal
Charlotte Zolotow Award
CLA Book of the Year for Children
Great Graphic Novels for Teens
International Reading Association Children's Book Awards
Hans Christian Andersen Medal
Margaret A. Edwards Award
Michael L. Printz Award
The Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Newbery Medal
The Pura Belpre Award
Robert F. Siebert Informational Book Medal
Theodore Seuss Geisel Award
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
Children & Young Adult Book Lists
Best Books for Young Adults
Children's Choices
Notable Children's Books List
Teacher's Choices
Young Adult's Choices
Department of Education (U.S.)
U.S. Department of Education
FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
First Gov.gov
FSA: Federal Student Aid
No Child Left Behind - ED.gov
OESE: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Ohio: State of Ohio Government Info and Services
Ohio: State and Local Government on the Net
Education Statistics
Center for Education Reform
Fast Facts - National Center for Education Statistics
NCES - National Center for Education Statistics
JSE - Journal of Statistics Education
NAEP - State Profiles, Educational Assessments by State
NEA: Education Statistics
ODE: Ohio Department of Education
ODE: Data and Statistics
Social Statistics Briefing Room: Education
U.S. Census Bureau - Education
Research & Statistics - ED.gov
U.S. Department of Education - Home Page
World Bank Education Statistics Database
Educational Technology
Computers for Learning
The Digital Divide Network
Education Leadership Toolkit
Education World - Technology in the Classroom
Educators' eZine
Electric Teacher
Electronic School
FNO Educational Technology
GEC Computers in the Classroom
JTE: Journal of Technology Education
Intel Education Initiative
Information Technology and Disabilities E-Journal
Information Today
Media & Methods Magazine Online
Multimedia & Internet@Schools Magazine
The Solution Site
Teacher Universe | Learning Tools
techLEARNING.com
Technology Applications Center for Educator Development
T.H.E. Journal Online: Technology Horizons in Education
Educational Technology - Professional Organizations
AECT - Association for Educational Communications and Technology
AIT - Agency for Instructional Technology
ASTD - American Society for Training and Development
CEC: Technology and Media Division
CUE - Computer-Using Educators
Educause - Transforming Education through Information Technologies
ICTE - International Conference on Technology and Education
ISTE - International Society for Technology in Education
ITEA - International Technology Education Association
Teachers Teaching with Technology
TIE - Technology & Innovation in Education
Educational Technology Standards
ISTE / NCATE Standards for Educational Technology Programs
ISTE | NETS - National Educational Technology Standards
NETS for Administrators
NETS for Students
NETS for Teachers
ODE - Technology Standards General Information
ODE - Technology Academic Content Standards
Environment
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EIA - Energy Information Administration
EnviroLink Network
EPA Environmental Kids Club
EPA: Global Warming Site
National Center for Environmental Research
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
WEF - Water Environment Federation
English as a Second Language
Center for Applied Linguistics
Center for English as a Second Language
Internet TESL Journal
National Association for Bilingual Education
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction
OELA: Office of English Language Acquisition
ESL Resources, Handouts and Exercises for Students and Teachers
Web English Teacher - ESL
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Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Tall Tales
American Fairy Tales
The American Folklore Society
Brothers Grimm: Fairy Tales, History, Facts, and more
Cinderella Project
Cinderella - University of Pittsburgh
Fairy & Folk Tales - Kids Connect
Fairy Tales @ Web English Teacher Fairy Tales - University of Maryland
Fairy Tale and Folk Tale Cyber Dictionary
Folklinks - Folk & Fairy-Tale Sites
Folklore, Myth and Legend Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
The Frog King or Iron Heinrich
Grimm Brothers' Home Page
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Guidelines for Teaching with Folk Tales
The Hans Christian Anderson Center
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood Project
Charles Perrault's Mother Goose Tales
Myths, Folktale's and Fairy Tales
A Scholarly Snow White
Snow White
Health & Safety
American Council on Exercise
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Children's Health Month Home Page
Food & Nutrition: BAM! Body and Mind
KidsHealth
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Network for Child Care
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
Powerful Bones, Powerful Girls - The National Bone Health Campaign
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
SafeKids.com
Teachers - The Anti-Drug
USDA: MyPyramid.gov
World Health Organization
History
American Memory from the Library of Congress
The American Revolution
American's Story from America's Library
Best of History Web Sites
The Diaries of George Washington
Education World: Welcome to America: Life in the Colonies
End of the Oregon Train Interpretive Center
Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans
Friends of the Hunley
The History Channel
History and Politics Out Loud
History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web
Making of America - Cornel University Library
Making of American - Univ. of Michigan
Naval Historical Center
TeenGov.org
Today in History - American Memory
U.S. Army Ordnance Museum
US History.org
The Walk Through: Historic Buildings
Working on the Past in Local Historic Districts
Holiday Calendar
Federal Holidays Calendar from 1997 to 2010
Interfaith Calendar
KidSource Holiday Calendar
Multicultural Calendar
Holidays - Halloween
Halloween Activities and Lesson Plans -The Teachers Corner
Halloween Theme - Lesson Plans, Thematic Units - A to Z Teacher Stuff
Halloween Safety Guide - Tips for Halloween Safety
The History of Halloween - The History Channel
Halloween Safety - National Safety Council
Pumpkins & More - University of Illinois Extension
Teacher Planet: Halloween Resource Theme Page
Today in History: October 31st - American Memory LOC
Holidays - Veterans Day
The History of Veteran's Day
Today in History: November 11 - LOC
Veterans History Project
Veterans Day - InfoPlease
Veterans Day - US Department of Veterans Affairs
Holidays - Thanksgiving
America's Home Page - Plymouth, MA
American Indian Studies Center - UCLA
Butterball.com
Education World: Are you teaching the real story of the "First Thanksgiving?"
Education World: Exploring Native Americans Across the Curriculum
Education World: The First Thanksgiving
Education World Holiday Center: Thanksgiving
Education World: The Thanksgiving Story: The Pilgrims Revisited
The History of Thanksgiving - History Channel
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Plimoth Plantation
Thanksgiving in American Memory - LOC
Thanksgiving on the Net
The Truth Behind Thanksgiving Dinner - National Geographic Kids
Holidays - Christmas
Christmas Around the World
Christmas.com
Christmas Lesson Plans - Teachnology
Christmas Theme lesson plans, thematic units - A to Z Teacher Stuff
Education World: Christmas Around the World
Education World: Holidays Center - December
The History of Christmas - History Channel
The Lesson Plan Page - Christmas Lesson Plans
The Teacher's Corner - Christmas Activities, Projects, and Lesson Plans
Holidays - Hanukkah / Chanukah
Hanukkah - The History Channel
Hanukkah - Chanukah on the Net
Hanukkah Driedel Game
Hanukkah: The Festival of Lights: Education World
Hanukkah Fun: The Dreidel Game
Holidays - Kwanzaa
History of Kwanzaa - CNN 1996
Kwanzaa - The History Channel
Kwanzaa History - Holiday.net
Holidays - Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year - Kids Domain
Chinese New Year - University of Victoria, Canada
Web Exhibits - Chinese Calendar
Holidays - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Education World Holiday Center: Martin Luther King Day
Education World Lesson Planning: A Salute to Flay Day
The King Center - Remember! Celebrate! Act!
Martin Luther King Jr, Holiday - Infoplease
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on the Net - Holiday.net
Martin Luther King Jr, Day of Service
Holidays - Easter
Billy Bear's Happy Easter
Cleveland Museum of Art - Faberge in America
Easter on the Net
The History of Easter - History Channel
Just Born - Marshmallow Peeps
Marshmallow peeps!
Holidays - Earth Day
Earth Day - US Government Portal
Earth Day 2006: History of Earth Day - EnviroLink
Environmental Progress - Earth Day - US EPA
International Earth Day
Kids Domain - Earth Day History
Today in History - Earth Day, LOC
Holidays - Memorial Day
Education World Holiday Center: Memorial Day
Memorial Day - The History Channel
Memorial Day History
Memorial Day - Infoplease
Memorial Day - Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
U.S. Memorial Day History and Information
Holidays - Flag Day
Betsy Ross Home Page
Education World: Holidays Center: Flag Day
Kids Domain - Flag Day
Today in History: June 14
USFlag.org: A web site dedicated to the Flag of the United States
Holidays - Fourth of July / Independence Day
A Capitol Fourth, History of the Fourth - PBS
Education World Lesson Planning: The Fourth of July
Fourth of July - The History Channel
Fourth of July is INdependence Day: FirstGov.gov
Holidays.net - Independence Day on the Net
Today in History: July 4th
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Language Arts
Awesome Library - K - 12 Language Arts and English Lesson Plans
Educators Reference Desk - Language Arts
Education World Lesson Planning Center: Teacher Lesson Plans
Internet4Classrooms - English Language Arts
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Literature & Language Arts
Language Arts, Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Language Arts and Grammar Worksheets - edHelper.com
Language Arts lesson Plans - Sites for Teachers.com
NCTE - Language Arts
Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts
Read Write Think
Reading is Fundamental
Web English Teacher
Lesson Plans
Artsedge Lessons - The Kennedy Center
Columbis Education Center - CEC Lesson Plans
Daily Lesson Plan - The NY Times
Education World - Lesson Planning
ESL Lesson Plans and Resources
Internet4Classrooms
The Educator's Reference Desk: lesson Plan
The Learning Page - Teacher Resources
Lesson Plan Library - Discovery School
The Lesson Plan Page
Lesson Planet - The Search Engine for Teachers
LessonPlanZ.com
Library of Congress - American Memory Collection
Microsoft Education: Resources for Educators
Microsoft Lesson Plans for Students & Educators
National Geographic Education Guide
National Geographic Xpeditions - Lessons Plans
Scholastic.com - Classroom Resources
Smithsonian Education - Educational Resources
Teaching with Historic Places
The Teacher's Corner
Teachers.net - Lesson Plans
TeacherSource - PBS
Teachnology - Lesson Plans for K-12 Teachers
Maps & Atlases
Hargrett Library Rare Map Collection
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
Infoplease Atlas - Map Index
Map Machine - National Geographic
National Atlas - Home Page
USGS - Maps, Products & Publications
The Yale Map Collection: Online Maps
Maps: Historic
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
Historical map Archive - University of Alabama
Historical Travel Guides Online
National Historic Sites, Memorials, Military Parks & Battlefields
Maps: United States
Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer
Color Landform Atlas of the United States
The Electronic Map Library - Dept of Geography CSUN
Geostat Center - Collections: National Digital Map Library
Map Collections Home Page - American Memory Collection
Maps - Satellite, Street, Theme Maps - National Geographic
Panoramic Maps 1847 - 1929: American Memory
U.S. Census Bureau Maps and Cartographic Resources
U.S. Census Bureau - U.S. Gazetteer
USGS - Maps of the United States
United States Maps: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
National Parks, Historic Sites & Battlefields
The Alamo
The American Battlefield Protection Program
American Defenders of Land, Sea & Sky
Antietam National Battlefield
Arlington National Cemetery
Fort Sumter National Monument
Gettysburg National Military Park
Interpretive Development Program - National Park Services for Teachers
National Park Foundation
National Park Service
NPS Museum Collections - The American Revolutionary War
Pearl Harbor Remembered
Petersburg National Battlefield
The Ranger Zone - NPS Junior Rangers
USS Arizona National Memorial
Washington Monument
Ohio
Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce
Ashland County, Ohio
City of Ashland, Ohio
Discover Ohio: Visitors - Family Fun
Famous Ohio People - 50 states.com
Ohio Biography
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Ohio Department of Transportation (DOT) Maps
Ohio Historical Society
Ohio Historical Society - Archives
Ohio Historical Society - Ohio Historical Center
The Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio's Indians Research List
Ohio Kids
Ohio Maps - DOT
Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook
Ohio Office of the Governor
Ohio People - Ohio Public LIbrary Information Network
Ohio Presidents - Ohio Public Library Information Network
Ohio ... So Much to Discover
Ohio Secretary of State
The Ohio Senate
Ohio Statehouse and Capitol Square
Ohio's State Scenic Rivers - Ohio Department of Natural Resources
State Climatology Office for Ohio
State of Ohio Government Info and Services
Ohio Department of Education
Ohio Department of Education Home Page
Ohio Department of Education - Standards and Instruction
Ohio Department of Education - Resources and Tools for Academic Content Standards
ODE - Early Learning Content Standards
ODE - English Language Arts
ODE - Fine Arts
ODE - Foreign Languages
ODE - Library Media Centers
ODE - Mathematics
ODE - Science
ODE - Social Studies
ODE - Technology
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Plagiarism
Ashland University Writing Center - Documentation and Plagiarism Policies
Cut and Past Plagiarism - NPR podcast
Cut and Paste Plagiarism - University Libraries of Notre Dame
The New Plagiarism - From Now On, The Educational Technology Journal
The OWL at Purdue - Avoiding Plagiarism
Plagiarism.org - FAQ's
Plagiarism and Anti-Plagiarism
Plagiarism and Cheating - Teachnology
Plagiarism and the Web - Western Illinois University
Poetry
The Academy of American Poets
African American Writers: Poets and Poetry
American Memory: Library of Congress Poetry Resources
American Verse Project - University of Michigan
The Atlantic Online - Fiction & Poetry
CAPA: Contemporary American Poetry Archive
The Haiku Society of America
The Internet Poetry Archive
Modern & Contemporary American Poetry - UPenn
Poetry: Library of Congress
Poet's Corner
Verse: Poetry Anthologies and Thousands of Poems: Bartleby.com
Writing with Writers: Poetry - Scholastic.com
Portfolios - Classroom
Building Student Portfolios: Teaching tip of the week
Create Student Porto folios with Hyperlinks: Education World
Electronic Portfolios in the K-12 Classroom
Hyperstudio: Creating Electronic Portfolios
Portfolios: NCRE laboratory
Student Portfolios: Documenting Success - ACTE
Portfolios - Professional
CETaL - Teaching Portfolios
Developing a teaching portfolio
Electronic Teaching Portfolios
Preparing a professional portfolio
Professional Employment Portfolios - Ball State
Teaching Portfolio Resources - University of Chicago
The Professional Portfolio - Scholastic
Presidential Museums
Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum
Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum
Ronald Regan Presidential Library
William J. Clinton Presidential Library
Reference - General
Acronym and abbreviation dictionary
Bartletts Familiar Quotes - Bartleby.com
The Columbia World of Quotes
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
The Educator's Reference Desk
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
FindLaw: News and Reference
Guinness World Records
Internet Public Library: Reference
LibrarySpot: Encyclopedias, maps, online Libraries
Miriam-Webster Online
The Old Farmer's Almanac
Population Reference Bureau
Refdesk.com: Reference Shelves on the Internet
Urban Dictionary
Wordsmyth
Your dictionary.com
Reviewing Books - Children & YA
ALAN Review
Book Links
Booklist
The Bulletin
Children's Literature
Children's Literature Association Quarterly
The Horn Book
Kirkus Books Online
School Library Journal
Publisher's Weekly
VOYA
Rubrics
Assessment & Rubric Information - Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Awesome Library - Rubrics
Creating a rubric for a given task: WebQuests
Creating Rubrics: Education World Curriculum
Creating and Using Rubrics - UC Berkeley
The Rubric Bank - Chicago Public Schools
Rubrics @ Web English Teacher
Rubistar
Teschnology - Rubrics, Rubrics, Teacher Rubric Makers
Teachnology: Rubrics as Tools of Assessment
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School Violence
Center for the Prevention of School Violence
Learning Exchange Digest - Preventing School Violence
National Crime Prevention Council
Prevent Youth Violence - USDOJ
Preventing and Responding to School Violence - IACP
Preventing School Violence - Education World
School Violence Prevention - Safe Schools Healthy Students
Science - Anthropology
American Anthropological Association
Anthropology in the News - Texas A & M
American Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
Anthropology Biography Web
Anthropology on the Internet for K-12
Museum of Anthropology - University of Michigan
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
Science - Astronomy
Amazing Space
Ask an Astronomer for Kids
AstroWeb: Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet
Astronomy & Space Classroom Resources
Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive
Exploratorium: the museum of science, art, and human perception
How much would you weigh on another planet
Imagine the Universe - NASA
JPL Solar System Simulator - NASA
Multiwavelength Astronomy
The Space Place - NASA
StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers
Welcome to the Planets - NASA
Science - Biology
Aquatic Biology Teacher Resources - NBII
ActionBioscience.org
Biology Classroom Resources - National Science Foundation
Biology of Plants
The Biology Project - University of Arizona
BioTech's Life Science Dictionary
Bone Biology for Kids
Garden Web
Home and Garden Information Center
Inside Cancer - Multimedia Guide to Cancer Biology
Monarch Lab - Monarchs in the Classroom
PlantFacts
Resources for Teaching and Learning Biology
USGS Biological Resources - Kids Corner
Science - Botany
Botanical Society of America
Botany.com: Encyclopedia of Plants, Gardening
Botany for Kids
Botany Teacher Resources - NBII
Cal's Plant of the Week
Internet Directory for Botany
eNature: America's Wildlife Resource
World-Wide Web Virtual Library - Botany
Science - Chemistry
American Chemical Society
Chemistry: WebElements Periodic Table
Chemistry.org: Kids Site
Dow Education: The Dow Chemical Company
Educators & Students: Chemistry.org
Science Center 9 - 12: Education World
SMILE Program Chemistry Index
WonderNet: Chemistry activities for kids, parents, and teachers
Science - Geology
Earth Science Teacher's Association
Education and Teacher Resources - GSA
For Kids Only - Earth Science Enterprise
Lesson Plan Library: Earth Science
USGS: Earthquake Hazards Program
USGS: Educational Resources
USGS: U.S. Geological Survey
USGS: Volcano Hazards Program
Science - Physics, Climatology and Weather
The ABC's of Nuclear Science
Albert Einstein Online
Climate Diagnostics Center - ERSL
Climate Discovery Teachers Guide
Contemporary Physics Education Projects
Department of Education: Online K-12 Resources
Education World Curriculum: Kids "Tune in" to weather curriculum
Education World: Site Reviews
Fermilab Education Homepage
Interactive Plasma Physics Education Experience
Miami Museum of Science - Hurricane Storm Science
NOAA Home Page: Weather theme page
NOAA's National Weather Service
The Particle Adventure
Physics Central - APS Physics
The Weather Report - Weather curriculum
Science - Zoology
Animal Diversity Web: Univ. of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Bugscope
CryptoZoology.com
eNature: America's Wildlife Resource
The Endangered Species Program
FrogWeb: Amphibian Declines and Malformations
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
The Wild Ones
Science Fairs
CyberBee
Energy Quest: Science Projects
Internet Public Library: Science Fair Project Resource Guide
Mad Scientist Network
Science Fair Central: Discovery School
The Why Files: Science Behind the News
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