OCIRA Teacher Resources

http://www.jewishlibraries.org

Jewish Stars: Recommended Books with Jewish Themes for Schools and Libraries.  This list contains more than 200 titles for children from primary through high school.  It is organized by topic.

www.hyperionbooksforchildren/contest.asp

There is a drawing and writing contest to win a school visit from Rosemary Wells and Susan Jeffers.  Go to this site for entry rules and a copy of new McDuff Teacher’s Guide.

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson204.shtml

Find “Coming to America: Immigration Builds a Nation” here.  This contains a list of activities and informational web resources for students.  There is a script exploring stereotypes, a tenement treasure hunt, information on making a time-line and an immigration graph.

http://www.tenement.org

The web site of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum offers a virtual tour of a tenement at 97 Orchard Street in New York City.  More than 7000 immigrants lived here between 1863 and 1935.

www.patriciapolacco.com

This writer’s web site.  Features information and additional material about her books.  It also has a short movie about the making of Betty’s Doll.  There are also downloadable materials to use in the classroom.

http://history.org

Visit Colonial Williamsburg.  The site has photographs, video clips, electronic field trips and information about colonial life.   Lesson plans are offered for all ages.

http://monticello.org/education/study_resource.html

Take a virtual house and plantation tour and read about a typical day in Thomas Jefferson’s life.

http://mountvernon.org/learn/explore_mv/index.cfm/

Take a virtual tour of the buildings of Mount Vernon from the shoemaker’s shop to the smokehouses.

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/

Information on colonial children’s lives.  Many activities listed for the classroom.

http://ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/publishing/booklinks/index.cfm

A teacher’s helpmate

Click on “Web Connections” for a complete list of web sites.

http://www.ohionewspapers-in-ed.org/

Ohio Newspaper Association – NIE Activities

The newspaper is a valuable teaching tool you can use across the curriculum.  For activities and information, check the ONA webpage.  Great activities that meet ODE Standards!

The ONA web page  also has lists of local daily and weekly newspapers.  Check to see if your local newspaper has an NIE rep. 

You can purchase sets of newspapers at a reasonable price and may even be able to obtain “sponsored” copies.   Corporate or individual donors provide funds so that teachers and their students can use the newspapers for free in the classroom.

http://www.educationdegree.com

Educationdegree.com is the biggest directory on the web of teacher education degree programs from 1,700+ colleges and universities around the US . The directory of Masters in Education programs is at http://www.educationdegree.com/programs/masters-in-education/. They also offer a $2,500 teacher education scholarship.

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