Web Sites by Subject Education

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

19th century Schoolbooks
Américas Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (Books in English or Spanish that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States)
Caldecott Medal Home Page
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site (book reviews, children's books listed by topics)
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College
Children's Book Council
Children's Literature (The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database can be accessed through database lists from the NJCU Library main page)
Coretta Scott King Award
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature (Covers awards in United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and United Kingdom.)
The Horn Book (Provides selected articles of the most recent issue of The Born Book, and other useful resources for parents, authors and illustrators.)
Hockliffe Project (Digital versions of 19th century British Children's book such as 1820 version of Beauty and The Beast, or 1806 Ed of Puss N Boots)
Newbery Medal Home Page
Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children from NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English)
Printz (Michael A.) Award
The Pura Belpré Award (Best literature for children and youth written by Latino/Latina writer and illustrator)
SurLaLune Fairy Tales

EDUCATION (Click here. More websites on Education are available)

Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
Common Core and PARCC Resources
Digest of Education Statistics (A US Department of Education publication provides statistical information of schools and colleges including enrollment, graduation, educational attainment, finances, federal funds, and international education.)
Education Law Center
National Center for Education Statistics
New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards
New Jersey Department of Education
New Jersey Higher Education Statistics (provided by State of NJ Commission on Higher Education)
Rethinking Schools (A nonprofit, independent publisher of educational materials. Advocates the reform of elementary and secondary education, with a strong emphasis on issues of equity )
Scholastic (Articles from Scholastic News, Junior Scholastic and others. Also has lesson plans and numerous links.)
Teachers.Net
TeachwithMovies.org
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
U.S. Department of Education

Lesson Plans, Rubric Makers and Checklists

A to Z Teacher Stuff-Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans and Curriculam (Center for Global Education, Asia Society. Lesson plans on Asian culture and history)
Dave's ESL Cafe (Lesson Plans, Activities and more for ESL/EFL teachers and students)
Lanternfish ( ESL lesson plans)
Lesson Plans4 Teachers (Online lesson plans for K-12 )
Project Based Learning - Checklists (Description of Project Based Learning in which students participate in projects and practice an interdisciplinary array of skills from math, language arts, fine arts, geography, science, and technology. Has links to checklists for different subjects and topics or you can create your own. Materials available IN English and Spanish)
Rubistar - Rubric Maker (Create or use customizable rubrics. Available in English and Spanish)
Teachable Moment
Teachers.Net
Zinn Education Project

Lesson Plan Templates

Last updated: 11/18/2020