• WVDE: West Virginia Department of Education Home Page http://wvde.state.wv.us/ Scroll down to "Teachers" to find CSOs - Curriculum and Lesson Plans, featuring lessons from the MarcoPolo Foundation that provides professional development to teacher-trainers across the state to encourage use of Internet resources in the classroom. Under TEACHERS: Lesson Plans & CSOs

• McREL: Educator Resources: Connections+ (Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory. Mountain Math; Teaching Reading in Math) http://www.mcrel.org/resources/ Provides lesson plans, activities and curriculum resources linked with corresponding subject-area content standards. Hit SEARCH; type in Lesson Plans; Indicate "Teacher" & SUBMIT.

• Columbia Education Center (CEC) http://www.col-ed.org Click on "Lesson Plans and Web Activities." Most of these lesson plans were designed by teachers.

• New York Times Learning Network http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/index.html Lesson plans based on stories and events in the newspaper. Usually compiled by someone affiliated with the New York Times and a teacher or educator from the Banks Street College of Education in New York City. As you scroll down the page you come to the "Lesson Plan Archive" where you can select different subjects. Provides a link to "Interdisciplinary Connections" for ideas to connect this lesson plan or theme to other subjects. These lesson plans are for grades 6-12. Can get on their email list for new lessons.

• Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies, Washington, DC http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators Educators resources including lesson plans in Art, Science, History, and Language Arts. You can also subscribe to a FREE Smithsonian Educators' e-newsletter.

• North Carolina State University Mentor Net http://ced.ncsu.edu/2/mentornet/mnproducts.html Provides science, technology resources. Click on "Internet Produ cts."

• BUSINESS EDUCATION LESSONS: Tonya Skinner's Business Education Resources and Lesson Plans http://lessonplans.btskinner.com/ An assortment of lesson plans and resources in Business Education including lesson in accounti ng, business math and economics, key boarding, career prep, etc.

• MATH: Resources for Math Teachers http://www.bluemoon.net/~watson/mteach.htm An assortment of links to gather all kinds of resources for math lessons and math teachers.

• Lesson Plans Page http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ This is the home page of EdScope below. Provides over 2,500 lessons in math, science, music, languag e arts, computers, social studies, art, P.E. & Health, and Multi-Disciplinary.

• MUSIC LESSONS: EdScope, University of Missouri Lessons Plans Page http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Music.htm A wide assortment of music lesson plans for Pre-K-12.

• PHYSICAL EDUCATION & HEALTH LESSONS: PE Central, Blacksburg, Virginia http://www.pecentral.org/ A wealth of assorted lesson plans and resources for Pre-K - Adult Physical Education and Health teachers.

• HEALTH LESSONS: Health Teacher.com, Brentwood, Tennessee http://www.healthteacher.com/lessonguides/default.asp Specific health lessons in areas such as: alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, community a nd environmental health, injury prevention, personal and consumer health, family health and sexuality, nutrition, and mental and emotional health.

• ART LESSONS: Getty Arts Foundation http://www.getty.edu/education/ Lesson plans that explore art making and art history for Pre-K - 12 and adult ESL teachers.

• UNITS: Educational Units and Lesson Plans http://www.coollessons.org Great Resources. Click on teaching lessons, units, and resources for all grades. Then click on ready-made units and lesson plans. Links to lots of sites for lesson plans on all subjects. Includes a wealth of other information including "Language Arts," "Puzzles and Games," and "Puzzle-Maker."

• CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Web Guide http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/ A wealth of resources to find appropriate children's literature in any content area.

• RUBRICS: Discover Education, Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
  http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/ Provides an assortment of lesson plans.
  http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html Provides assessment resources including: rubrics, alternative and performance-based assessment, electronic portfolios, and graphic organizers. Many of these require membership to print or download.

• RUBRICS: Teacher Created Rubrics for Assessment http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics.shtml Rubrics for: Research Reports, Writing, Math, Art and Science, Oral Presentations, Web Page and ePo rtfolios, Video and Multimedia Projects, Primary Grades, and How To Create Your Own Rubrics. These rubrics are free.

• Education World http://www.education-world.com - provides a variety of resources and links, including national standards and teacher suggestions. http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/ - provides lesson plans in different content areas.

• Teachers.net http://teachers.net/lessons A wide assortment of lesson plans.

• Internet School Library Media Center http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/
  This site has many links to other web sites, lesson plans, activities, journals, organizations, government agencies, and more information dealing with each subject heading. The site also contains a list of books online. It has links to "Reference Sources" like The Occupational Outlook Handbook, encyclopedias, atlases, almanacs, and more. Just click on the subject you need. This one is closing down at some point.

• National Professional Organizations
  offer or direct you to lesson plans in your content and to National Standards in your content.

  Art	National Art Education Association - NAEA www.naea-reston.org/
  All	National Education Association - NEA represents teachers and education support professionals who work at every level of education. Site offers information and tools to help educators, including lesson plans and online professional. www.nea.org/
  All	American Federation of Teachers - The AFT has more than one million members nationwide, and has grown into a trade union representing workers in education, health care, and public service www.aft.org/
  Biology	National Association of Biology Teachers - NABT - Works to promote biology education and educators through publications, workshops and awards. www.nabt.org
  Business Educ	Business Education - NBEA www.nbea.org/
  English	International Reading Association & National Council of Teachers of English - IRA www.reading.org/
  Early Childhood	Early Childhood Education Association; National Association for the Education of Young Children - Promoting excellence in early childhood education www.naeyc.org/ece
  Foreign Lang.	National Standards in Foreign Language Education www.actfl.org/
  Health	American Alliance for Health, Phys. Ed., Recreation, and Dance - AAHPERD www.aahperd.org
  Math	National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - NCTM serves math teachers, math educators, and administrators by providing math resources and professional development opportunities. Working for more and better math for all students. www.nctm.org/
  Middle	National Middle School Association - NMSA www.nmsa.org/
  Music	Music Teachers National Association - MTNA www.mtna.org/
  Music	Music Educators National Conference www.menc.org/
  Physical Educ.	National Gym Association www.nationalgym.com/
  Physical Education	American Alliance for Health, Phys. Ed., Recreation, and Dance - AAHPERD - promotes and supports creative and healthy lifestyles through high quality programs in health, physical education, recreation www.aahperd.org/
  Science	National Science Teachers Association - NSTA www.nsta.org/
  Soc Studies Civics	Center for Civic Education National Standards for civics and government www.civiced.org/stds.html or www.civiced.org/curriculum.php
  Soc Studies Economics	America National Council on Economic Education - K-12 Economics and Personal Finance Lesson Plans from NCEE - http://store.ncee.net/ The National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) is a nationwide network that leads in promoting economics. www.ncee.net/
  Soc Studies	National Center for History in the Schools - publishes new standards-based reproducible www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/
  Soc Studies	National Council for the Social Studies www.ncss.org
  Technology	International Society for Technology in Education - ISTE is the largest teacher-based, nonprofit organization in the field of educational technology. Its mission is to help K-12 classroom teachers and administrators share effective methods www.iste.org

Page 20 in the text, Freiberg, H. & Driscoll, A., 2005. Universal Teaching Strategies, 4th Ed., Boston: Allyn & Bacon, provides web addresses of National Educational Organizations that post National Standards in their respective content areas.