Teacher Resources
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VIDEO
American Experience - films and shorts available from PBS.
Class Hook - clips from movies and TV shows that are related to various educational topics.
Ken Burns in the Classroom - clips from Ken Burns films, activities, and lesson ideas.
YouTube for Teachers Education Account
American Experience - films and shorts available from PBS.
Class Hook - clips from movies and TV shows that are related to various educational topics.
Ken Burns in the Classroom - clips from Ken Burns films, activities, and lesson ideas.
YouTube for Teachers Education Account
ADDITIONAL LIBRARY RESOURCES
Brighton District Library - your local library has lots of great resources
Michigan eLibrary - online resources for teachers and students, including subscription databases
MeL for Educators - Michigan e-Library's teacher resources page
BOOK RESOURCES
Book Wizard - search for Lexile levels, Guided Reading levels
E. B. White Read Aloud Awards --This award is granted by the American Booksellers Association, and recognizes books for young readers and middle readers.
Read Aloud America --Read aloud lists for all grades.
CURRICULAR RESOURCES/ACTIVITIES
Common Sense Media: Digital Citizenship - Student Curriculum for 21st century online literacy skills
Discovery Education - free teacher resources available
Google Lit Trips - trips show the setting of a story and contain images, videos and links to websites
NewseumED - online sources (primary, video, and more) along with lessons from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
Read Write Think - NCTE and International Reading Association
Rubistar - Rubric Creator for 6+1Writing and all other subject area projects
Smithsonian Tween Tribune - News articles searchable by grade level and with varying Lexile levels from the Smithsonian.
S.O.S. for Information Literacy - A dynamic web-based multimedia resource that includes lesson plans, handouts, presentations, videos and other resources to enhance the teaching of information literacy
Wordle - create word clouds
Tech Info
Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything - how to integrate various technologies into your lessons (and how to use those technologies)
MiStar Assistance - Lynette's MiStar Help
