Hey BER Educators! This page of awesome resources was inspired by Altamese Larkins, BER Director of Public Relations, and was collaborated with one of our corporate members, Dr. Towanda Harris of Harris Innovation Consulting Group. With almost 20 years of experience in the educational field, Dr. Towanda Harris continues to provide educators with a variety useful resources for different subjects that address both Professional Growth and Lessons/Activities.
As educators, your feedback is key! Let us know your thoughts as you explore these great resources! Contact Altamese Larkins at alarkins@blackeducatorsrock.org if you'd like to see your favorite resource added to our list.
Social Studies
American History and Government
Communities
American History
Math
Science
Reading/ELA
Common Core
Health/Phys. Ed
Trauma Infused Practices
Crowd Sourcing
Technology
Teacher Discounts
Scholarships
Grants
Other
As educators, your feedback is key! Let us know your thoughts as you explore these great resources! Contact Altamese Larkins at alarkins@blackeducatorsrock.org if you'd like to see your favorite resource added to our list.
Social Studies
- National Council of Social Studies The mission of National Council for the Social Studies is to provide leadership, service, and support for all social studies educators.
- Edutopia Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for helping students develop in the social sciences.
- Laura Candler Social Studies Resources
- Civics Information for Students and Teachers: Read a copy of The Bill of Rights and find news stories of interest to civics students.
- Civics Knowledge: Checkout an abundant collection of information on civics for ESL students that includes lesson plans for teachers, research, speeches, and more.
- Helping a Child to Learn Geography: Features ways to help a child learn about geography.
- Lesson Plans with a Focus on Government: Look at a selection of lesson plans for teachers and activities for students that relate to the study of government.
- Social Studies for Kids
- Social Studies Online – scroll down for interactives
- Smartnotebook Download
American History and Government
- House of Representatives
- Senate
- White House
- Pennsylvania Veterans Museum
- Explore World History: Explore the history of Rome, Greece, Egypt, and other places in the world.
- African Culture: Discover more about Africa's history, customs, and culture.
Communities
- Goods and Services
- Community Lesson Plans —use Smartboard to interact
- On The Move
- Virtual Tour of National Parks
- National Museum of Wildlife Art
- Locate World Cities (click visit and play alone, then find the city mentioned)
- Rivers and Coasts
- Global Warming
- Culture Quest World Tour
- Types of Land
- Longitutude and Latitude – NOT interactive but kids could write answers
- Landforms Quiz – NOT interactive but kids could write answers on Smart board
American History
- America’s Library
- Growth of a Nation —animated timeline
- Famous Moments in Early American History —short movies
- Edison Motion Pictures
- Social Studies for Kids
- Social Studies Online – scroll down for interactives
- Smartnotebook Download
- American Memory – historical collections from the National Digital Library
- AskAsia - educational resource for students and teachers. From the Asia Society, complete with lesson plans and images.
- Helping Your Child Learn Geography – from creating treasure maps to helping children find pen pals, this site offers many simple, fun activities to teach youngsters the fundamentals of geography. From the U.S. Department of Education
- Historylink101 - features Internet–based lesson, new articles and more.
- K-12 Electronic Guide for African Resources on the Internet
- Library of Congress – contains primary source documents, lesson plans, and additional resources for teachers of all grade levels.
- National Council on Economic Education - contains a wealth of information for teaching economics.
- National Endowment for the Humanities – Council of the Great City Schools
- Odyssey Online - exploration of ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman cultures.
- Pennsylvania Veterans Museum
- Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources for K–12 Classrooms
- Virtual Tourist – This site could be used to plan trips around the world.
- Xpeditions – This is the site for National Geographic Society.
- National Council for The Social Studies This is a great website for teachers and students. It provides free resources relating to everything about social studies.
- World History World History is a powerful, innovative model curriculum for teaching world history in middle and high schools.
- PBS Teachers Social Studies This is a web page that has great links to social studies resources organized into grade-subject categories.
- Social Studies Theme Units This is a section provided by Edhelper and which offers great activities and projects all geared towards a better understanding of this subject area.
- EDSITEment Explore the library of humanities lesson plans by subject, theme, and grade level.Find Art and Culture lessons on anthropology, art history, folklore, mythology, religion, and more.
- Smithsonian Education Smithsonian offers great resources on Art and culture, history and travel, science. From interactive Idealabs to homework help and many more.
- Lesson Plans for Social Studies Dr, Marty Levine has gathered lesson plans and resources from the Internet which social studies teachers will find useful.
- Outreach World Outreach World is an online community of educators dedicated to showcasing the achievements of its members and strengthening vital links across the education spectrum, and between the United States and the world.
- Documentary Websites for Teachers This is a collection of free websites that provide documentaries on a variety of different topics.
- Timelines This is a set of free tools for teachers to create awesome timelines . Check them out .
Math
- BER MATH FACEBOOK PAGE GOOGLE DRIVE
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics advocates for high-quality mathematics teaching and learning for each and every student.
- Laura Candler Math Resources
Science
- National Science Teachers Association The NSTA is dedicated to improving science instruction and increasing public awareness of science education. Share your perspective with us.
- Next Generation Science Standards
- NGSS Website
- Laura Candler Science Resources
- STE(A)M is the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineering (ARTS) and mathematics. This term is typically used when addressing education policy and curriculum choices in schools, to improve competitiveness in science and technology development.
- STEMtoSTEAM.ORG
Reading/ELA
- National Council of Teachers of English The National Council of Teachers of English is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education.
Common Core
- The Common Core State Standards Initiative is an educational initiative in the United States that details what K–12 students should know at the end of each grade.
- NCELA works to support the mission of the office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), U.S. Department of Education, in meeting the needs of English Learners (ELs) in our schools.
- Regional Technical Assistance Centers: For regional technical assistance centers specific to your state, see the main Title III State Information System page.
Health/Phys. Ed
- National Education of Sports and Physical Education Association National Health Education Standards The National Health Education Standards (NHES) were developed to establish, promote and support health-enhancing behaviors for students in all grade levels—from pre-Kindergarten through grade 12.
- National PE Standards
- Society of Health and Physical Educators
- The National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) is the only national membership organization dedicated solely to meeting the needs of special education teachers and those preparing for the field of special education teaching.
- BER SPED Facebook Group
Trauma Infused Practices
Crowd Sourcing
- Crowdfunding has increasingly become a way for teachers to obtain classroom supplies or funding for projects. Education-focused crowdsourcing sites such as DonorsChoose, Adopt-A-Classroom, and PledgeCents connect teachers with willing donors and have been used by teachers to obtain 3-D printers, computers, art materials, field-trip funding, and more.
- Popular Sources
Technology
- The International technology and Engineering Educators Association The International Technology and Engineering Educators Association is an organization devoted to improving technology education and engineering through the use of technology, innovation, design, and engineering experiences at the K-12 school levels..
- Google for Education
- Apple Teacher
- Google Educator Certification
- Apple Educator Certification
- The Education Trust Fierce advocates for the high academic achievement of all students — particularly those of color or living in poverty.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.
- Education Advocacy and Legislative Affairs
- Resources
- Getting Smart- Together, our services illuminate the path forward, creating an ontology for next generation learning. We advise, advocate and accelerate change. Getting Smart will amplify your impact.
- Training and Resources
- Ed Policy
Teacher Discounts
- As educators, we spend a vast amount of money inside and outside of our classrooms. Here is a list of websites that give teacher discounts.
- http://www.myeducationdiscount.com/
- https://www.weareteachers.com/collection/teacher-discounts-contests-freebies/
- https://www.neamb.com/shopping-discounts/top-teacher-deals-discounts.htm
Scholarships
Grants
Other