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Curriculum Sources on the Web
State departments of education
http://www.ccsso.org/chief_state_school_officers/state_education_agencies/index.cfm
Oregon Public Education Network O.P.E.N.
http://www.openc.k12.or.us/index.html
Excellent site for Oregon School Reform materials; links to content standards, benchmarks, CIM requirements, PASS requirements, assessment samples, etc.
Professional Association Curriculum & Standards Sources
National Association for Music Education
http://www.menc.org/
- Position Statement on Early Childhood Education
- The K-12 National Standards, PreK Standards, and What They Mean to Music Educators
- What Students Should Know and Be Able to Do in the Arts
National Business Education Association
http://www.nbea.org
- Business Education Standards
http://www.nbea.org/curfbes.html
Discussion of standards in each area with links to online organizations and lesson plans sites
National Council of Teachers of English
http://www.ncte.org/
- Standards for the English Language Arts
Links to standards as well as pages offering discussion and background on their development. - Read Write Think
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
http://www.nctm.org/
- Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
- NCTM Illuminations
"Gateway to Standards-Based Mathematics Educaiton". Includes links to lesson plans, multimedia teaching units, selected web resources, reflective teaching materials.
National Council for the Social Studies
http://www.ncss.org/
- Curriculum Standards for Social Studies: Expectations of Excellence
Introductory sections excerpted from the full-length standards publication. (Expectations of excellence : curriculum standards for social studies available in PSU Library -- LB1584 .E97 1994
National Art Education Association
http://www.naea-reston.org/index.html
National Science Teachers Association
http://www.nsta.org/
- National Science Education Standards
Online full text edition of the standards
NCATE Constituent Organizations
http://www.ncate.org/public/MemberOrganization.asp?ch=3
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education is an umbrella organization whose constituent members include many professional educator associations including the subject-related organizations. This list may lead you to an organization's web site and to standards and curriculum developed by that organization.
Compendium of K12 Benchmarks and Standards
A nice site maintained by the Mid-continent Regional Education Lab
PSU Library has a copy of this volume shelved in the Reference collection:
(LB 3060.83 .K46 2000)
Education World's Links to Standards
A listing of content areas with links to standards articulated by the subject area
national organizations.
Lesson Plan Web Sites
The Gateway to Educational Materials
http://www.thegateway.org/
Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plans portal
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml
Curricular Resources
http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum
EdSitement
http://edsitement.neh.gov
National Endowment for the Humanities K12 curriculum site
Educational Resources and Lesson Plans
http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edres.htm
New York Times Learning Network Teacher Connection
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/index.html
Vikat PSU Online Catalog
Vikat
Books, journals, government documents, and other holdings in PSU Library
Subject headings for books about teaching and pedagogy in specific subject areas follow this pattern:
specific topic -- study and teaching (educational level); examples:
language arts -- study and teaching--primary
mathematics -- study and teaching--elementary
social sciences -- study and teaching --secondary
biology--study and teaching--higher
Evaluating material found on the web
The web is a fabulous resource for teachers and students. One caution though is that unlike edited publications, you are on your own to decide currency, accuracy, bias, and relevance. Critical evaluation of resources is always important but even more so in the web environment. These resources provide some overviews and checklists for evaluating web resources.
Evaluating Web Resources
http://www.widener.edu/Tools_Resources/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evaluate_Web_Pages/659
Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
An excellent comprehensive tutorial covering search engines, search strategies and content evaluation techniques.
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