Kraus Curriculum Development Library -  Online Access (UMass account needed)

The library also owns print indexes for 1978-1988, and 1996-  For guide and microfiche see Microforms Room Ref 5814 C9 K7 

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LESSON PLAN INTERNET SITES

• Iraq War 2003 Resources -compiled by librarians at UMass Amherst
• Resources for Coping with the Events of September 11th http://www.lib.msu.edu/corby/ebss/september.htm

• AskERIC Lesson Plans - Provides lesson plans for various K-12 curriculum areas; has a search function using keywords. Choose lesson plans
• Awesome Library Lesson Plans
• Busy Teacher's Subject Page 
• Center for Civic Education Curricular materals,
• Civics Education Lesson Plans
• The Civic Mind Including Lesson plans, current cases and K-12 resources.
• Civics and Social Studies Lesson Plans
• Civics Lesson Plans 7-12 by Knowledge Network Classroom Internet Library
• Civics Teachnology Lesson Plans If you get by the ads on the page some interesting lesson plans and activities.
• Collaborative Lesson Archive K-12 lesson plans primarily on science topics with links to curriculum content in other fields. 
• Congress Link Classroom resources for Civics, including lesson plans and webquests
• Curricular Resources and Networking Projects from the U.S. Dept of Education
• Early Childhood News (from Earlychildhood.com) includes feature articles, crafts, searchable Reading Center of Articles, Activities and Curriculum
• EdHelper.com Lesson Plans (Currently over 11.443 Lesson Plans - Teacher's Lesson Plans - WebQuests - Primary Teacher Resources - Math Lesson Plans - Writing Lesson Plans - Reading Lesson Plans - Science Lesson Plans - Technology Lesson Plans - Social   Studies Lesson Plans) 
• ESL Lessons (searchable website for teaching methods, lessons, authors, books, etc.)
• The Gateway to Educational Materials (Browse or search Internet lesson plans,curriculum units and other education resources.)
• Homework Helper  There doesn't appear to be a search engine for this site, but there is a front page full of 

ready-reference useful to kids (information on the 50 state capitals, US presidents, current events, science projects, etc.) Below that there's a directory of useful homework sites broken out by subject and grade (the site is oriented for K-12.) Useful for kids doing homework, very useful for librarians hassled by kids doing homework. 
• K-12 Sources/Curriculum/Lesson Plans An extensive listing of sites dealing with K-12 curriculum resources; many provide teaching activity ideas. 
• Kids Connect - Favorite web sites for K-12
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators Noted as one of the best Education sites available 
• The Learning Page (by the Library of Congress--organized by themes, topics, disciplines or eras -- including grade levels)
• Lesson Index -Using multicultural literature
• Lesson Plans and Curriculum Resources from Multicultural Pavilion
• Lesson Plans and Teaching Activities
• Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies for Social Studies Provides links to hundreds of lesson plans and teaching activities for all ages and social studies topics; many links to gopher sites
• Lesson Plans for K-12 Teachers 
• Multicultural Lesson Plans
• Online Field Guides (Audubon)
  
• Reading, English and Communication (from the ERIC Clearinghouse). Broken into areas such as Handwriting, Literature, Reading, Spelling, Storytelling, Vocabulary and Writing Composition.
• TeacherNet  -- search menu available   An Excellent Resource
• Teacher's Edition Online
• Teacher's Talk Forum Provides detailed lessons collected from teachers from various areas of U.S.; these lessons are primarily on the secondary level in the curriculum areas of art, computers, foreign language, health and safety, home economics, language 

arts, music, physical education, reading, science, social studies, and special education. 
• Teachers Helping Teachers 
• Web Sites and Resources for Teachers Provides access to numerous lesson plan sites, classroom projects, interactive activities, plus many resource sites to support the curriculum. 
• Web Quest Page