Education: Curriculum and Lesson Plans

Literacy

Online Lesson Plans

NoveList K-8 Plus  or NoveList Plus -State of Maine subscription databases (see Curricular Connections)
Read Write Think - from the National Council of Teachers of English & the International Reading Association
Lesson Plans -  from the National Council of Teachers of English

Books with Lesson Plans

• Search URSUS under Keyword with Literacy (lesson plans OR activity)
• Search URSUS under Keyword with Reading (lesson plans OR activity)
• Search URSUS under Keyword with Writing (lesson plans OR activity)
• Search URSUS under Keyword with Children's literature (lesson plans OR activity)
• Browse the stacks around LB1576 for Literacy lesson plans
• Browse the stacks around LB1572-LB1580 and LB1632 for Reading lesson plans
• Browse the stacks around LB1631-LB1632 for Writing lesson plans
• Browse the stacks around LB1572-LB1580 and LB1632 for Reading lesson plans
• Browse the stacks around LB1575 for Children's literature lesson plans

Associations for Professional Development

National Council of Teachers of English
International Reading Association

Online Lesson Plans

Classroom Resources -  National Science Foundation
Lessons & Resources - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
MSTE Online Resource Catalog  - The Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education at the University of Illinois (Urbana)
Ocean Explorer - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Teachers Domain - WGBH Educational Foundation.

Books with Lesson Plans

• Search URSUS under Keyword with Mathematics (lesson plans OR activity)
• Search URSUS under Keyword with Science (lesson plans OR activity)
• Browse the stacks around QA11-QA20 for Mathematics lesson plans
• Browse the stacks around LB1585, and QA181 for Science lesson plans    

Associations for Professional Development

Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
National Science Teacher's Association

Online Lesson Plans

Edsitement- National Endowment for the Humanities
The Getty - Education-  Getty Museum
The Learning Page - Library of Congress
National Center for History in the Schools - National Center for History in the Schools, UCLA

Books with Lesson Plans

• Search URSUS under Keyword with Music "instruction and study"
• Search URSUS under Subject with Art--study and teaching
• Search URSUS under Subject with History--study and teaching
• Browse the stacks around  LB1591 for Creative Thinking (the arts) lesson plans
• Browse the stacks around MT1 and MT948 for Music lesson plans
• Browse the stacks around N350 and for Art lesson plans
• Browse the stacks around PN1701 and for Drama lesson plans
• Browse the stacks around  LB1584 for Social Science lesson plans   
• Browse the stacks around  LB1581 for History lesson plans  

Associations and Professional Development

Maine Art Education Association
Maine Music Educators Association
Foreign Language Association of Maine
National Council for the Social Studies

Teacher Resources-Links from the UMaine's Canadian American Center

Passamaquoddy Kit-Downloadable Kit from the The National Park Service and the Abbe Museum
Wabanaki Lessions and Resources from the Wabanaki Studies site at UMaine

Gateway to 21st Century Skills (GEM) - National Education Association site is searchable by grade and topic
Kids.gov - This browsable sites provides lesson plans for educators and links to government sites designed for children.
Blue Web'N -Searchable  by grade and topic
PSB TeacherSource  Searchable  by age and topic.
Scholastsic - Searchable by grade and topic
Smithsonian Education  -Searchable by grade, topic and state standards

Annenberg Media - Free streaming videos that support K-12 in arts, foreign language, literature and language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies & history.