Language Arts, Literature, and Social Studies

NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards for Language Arts & Literature

http://www.state.nj.us/njded/cccs/s3_lal.htm

NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards for Social Studies

http://www.state.nj.us/njded/cccs/s6_ss.htm

 

Useful websites for lesson plans and curriculum ideas

Using Political Cartoons as Springboard for Writing

http://www.cagle.com/teacher/4.asp

Discovery Channel 
http://school.discovery.com/ 

Homework Tips for Parents

http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/involve/homework/homeworktips.pdf

Internet Resources for Secondary Language Arts

http://www.uvm.edu/~jmorris/la2.html#Drama

Lesson Plans 
http://www.lessonplans.com/

NJ Best Practice—Writing Across the Curriculum—“Write on Target”

http://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/education/oipp/bp3.pl?string=recid=0399&maxhits=10000

New York Times Education Learning Network 
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/ 

Scholastic Teacher—Better for K-8 
http://teacher.scholastic.com/ 

Links to Professional Associations:

National Council for Teachers of English 
http://www.ncte.org/ 

National Council for Teachers of Social Studies 
http://www.ncss.org/

International Reading Association’s Lesson Plan Site

www.readwritethink.org

Modern Language Association

www.mla.org

 

Links to Reference Works:

Cyberguides to Literature Grades 9-12

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy912.html

Dictionary.com 
http://dictionary.reference.com/

Great Books Online

http://www.bartleby.com

 

MSN Encarta 
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx

Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/

Reference Desk Facts 
http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html

Miscellaneous Sites of Interest:

Academy of American Poets 
http://www.poets.org/ 

Hamlet on the Ramparts 
http://shea.mit.edu/ramparts/ 

Webquest 
http://webquest.org/ 

Project Gutenberg (Free books online)

www.gutenberg.org

Links to Inclusion Information

Inclusion 
http://www.uni.edu/coe/inclusion

IDEA Practices 
http://www.ideapractices.org/ 
This site includes the IDEA law.