Ultimate Teaching Resource Guide

Jump to: Social Studies - Language Arts - Math - Science - Physical Education - Art - Music - Foreign Languages

The Internet has become a great meeting place for educators around the world to share educational materials. There is a huge collection of lesson plans and teaching guides that are available in school and college websites as well as specialized educational websites. It is possible to find materials for all subjects that are taught in school, and educators can use these materials to make their classroom lessons more interesting and effective. Here is a list of websites that provide excellent teaching materials.

Social Studies

• Social Studies Teaching Resources: A web page that contains teaching strategies and lesson plans for social studies.
• Social Studies for Educators: A selection of social studies teaching materials for k-12 educators.
• Social Studies Lesson Plans: Extensive list of lesson plans for elementary, middle, and high school social studies teachers.
• Educator’s Social Studies Resources: Great collection of educational materials contributed by social studies educators.
• Teaching Materials for Social Studies: Lessons plans for educators who are teaching k-12 social studies.
• Teachers’ Social Studies: List of social studies classroom activities and lesson plans for different grade levels.
• Social Studies Instructional Materials: Social studies lesson plans that promote understanding of history, politics, and geography.
• Social Studies Classroom Resources: Excellent materials for teaching social studies in the classroom.
• Social Studies Teachers’ Page: This resource page provides links to lots of lesson plans, teaching tools, and other educational materials for k-12 social studies teachers.

Language Arts

• Middle School Language Arts Lessons: Lesson ideas for teachers of middle school language arts.
• Storytelling in the Classroom: Storytelling activities and other language arts lesson plans for educators.
• Language Arts Lesson Plan Library: A wide selection of language arts lesson plans categorized under different topics.
• Teaching Language Arts: Lots of language arts lesson plans for k-12 teachers.
• Language Arts Lesson Ideas: List of lesson ideas for teaching language arts to k-5 students.
• Language Arts for Educators: A Smithsonian Education page with lesson plans for language arts educators.

Math

• Math Lesson Plans: Collection of lesson plans and activities for math teachers.
• Math Teaching Materials: Materials for teaching math to k-12 students.
• Fun Mathematics Lessons: Fun and educational materials for educators of elementary arithmetic.
• ^{8th Grade Math Activities}: A list of classroom activities for 8^th grade students.
• Math Concept Lessons: More than 200 concept lessons for classroom math.
• Math Lesson Page: A web page that contains math lesson ideas for grade 4 to 12.
• Math Lesson Links: Resource page with links to websites that offer math lesson plans, classroom activities, and tutorials.

Science

• National Science Teachers’ Association: Website that provides useful information, tips, lesson ideas, and news for science educators.
• Free Science Lesson Plans: Science lesson plans from Discovery Education.
• Science Education Zone: Web page that offers effective lesson ideas for science teachers.
• Science Lesson Resources: List of links to lots of science lesson plans and activities.
• Earth Science Lessons: Lesson units and activities that can help students develop better knowledge of earth science.
• John Muir Study Guide: Science lesson plans that are focused on the scientific discoveries made by naturalist John Muir.
• Science Teaching Materials: Great selection of materials for science educators.

Physical Education

• Physical Education Lessons: Ideas for teaching physical education to k-12 students.
• Teaching Physical Education: Lesson plans for physical education teachers.
• PE Lesson Ideas: Collection of lesson ideas and activities for educators of physical education.
• PE Instructional Materials: List of instructional materials that are useful to physical education teachers.
• Physical Education Resources: Links to physical education teaching materials.
• PE Activities: Lesson plans for physical education activities such as warming-up, dancing, getting fit, and others.

Art

• Art Teaching Materials: A selection of art lessons for k-12 students.
• Lesson Plans for Art Teachers: Art lesson ideas from the Getty Museum.
• How to Plan Art Lessons: Helpful tips on how to make plans for art lessons.
• K-6 Art Lessons: Art lesson plans that are specially developed for k-6 students.
• American Art Lesson Plans: Instructional materials for teaching American art in the classroom.
• Art Classroom Activities: Web page with lots of art lesson ideas and activities for educators.

Music

• Music Class: A lesson plan library and idea center for educators of music.
• Teaching Music: Collection of lesson plans and worksheets for teaching music.
• Music Education Resources: Links to music lesson plans.
• Music Lesson Plans for Teachers: Teaching materials for teachers of elementary and high school music.
• Music Lesson Links: List of websites with great music lesson ideas.

Foreign Languages

• Foreign Language Lesson Plans: Extensive selection of websites that contain lesson plans for teachers of foreign languages.
• Foreign Language Units: Outline for conducting Spanish and other foreign language classes.
• Teaching Foreign Language: Useful resources for teaching foreign languages.
• Foreign Language Educators' Site: Helpful teaching aids and lesson plans for foreign language teachers.