Literature is the gateway to the stars, and the study of literature entails the study of many related subjects. This page is dedicated to giving teachers the information they need to use technology in the classroom, and to providing students with safe and informative sites to research and read.
Links to helpful Web sites are below. All provide help in one or more of the areas students or teachers might need.
Holidays, an Overview (PowerPoint Presentation)
Information about using technology - The first three sites provide general information to teachers about models for integrating technology into the classroom.
Another Model stressing inquiry, problem-based, and collaborative learning is NTeQ.
A site with technical information teachers
might need for setting up Internet connections, using Web servers, and
finding and using appropriate resources is Web66.
Reference tools can be found at Education
World, and at Education
Index. These sites are helpful for students and teachers in their
research.
Internet tools
are at Netscape
Tutorial on Composer, Getting
started with Composer, and Using
Netscape Page Composer. Teachers will find these sites invaluable
in developing their own Web page.
A helpful site for print material is ERIC
at Syracuse University. Must research can be accomplished at this
enormous paper-based Web-site.
Software evaluations - Teachers who are considering software purchases will find helpful information on Teachers Discovering Computers, Technology and Learning Software Reviews, and Gateway to Educational Materials. A step-by-step tutorial on PowerPoint can be found at Useful Links for PowerPoint Presentations, and Microsoft PowerPoint. Help on determining the quality of Internet research can be found at Evaluating Internet Resources.
The next ten sites provide teachers with information on lesson plans, and are more directly applicable to classroom teaching.
Internet projects:
A very good site for development of student projects using technology is WebQuest.
A site stressing interpersonal exchange, information collection, and analysis is Judi Harris Virtual Architecture site.
Another site for development of students projects, probably as extensive as WebQuest, can be found by clicking on TrackStar.
The Filamentality site could be used by a teacher to create and post a Web-based learning activity.
Existing trips or teacher designed trips can be found to anywhere and anytime at Virtual Field Trips.
A cultural and gender sensitive educational materials company can be found at Juniper Learning.
Many holiday projects, such as "Earth Day April 22nd" can be found at Joan Marie Brown's Learning Website for Middle School Students.
Lesson plans and units:
An exhaustive list of lesson plans can be found at Lesson Plans.
An extensive list of literature and plans for the teaching of the units offered is at Learning in Motion.
The Daily Lesson Plan offers hundreds of lesson plans on almost any topic.
Lesson plans for holidays from many countries
can be found at Holiday
Lesson Plans and Resources.
The following set of links offer sites that students would find very helpful in their research.
Content resources:
Holidays World Wide lists information about holidays in every known country in the world.
Holidays has lesson plans, themes, and information about holidays world-wide.
Religious Holidays lists holidays of different religions world-wide.
Another listing containing information on hundreds of holidays is also simply listed as Holidays.
Holidays and Observances is a Yahoo created site containing information on Judaism and Jewish holidays.
Information on Hanukkah can be found at Hanukkah - Festival of Lights.
Billy Bear's Hanukkah is a fun site with information about Hanukkah.
Learning and Fun Shabbat and Rosh Hodesh contains links to many activities about the holidays of Shabbat and Rosh Hodesh.
All United States holidays are listed on the Holiday Zone page.
Another site created by Yahoo contains everything anyone would ever want to know about Kwanzaa.
More information on Kwanzaa can be found at Education World's Kwanzaa.
French Canadian Culture is an extensive Web-site devoted to French Canadian holiday traditions, folklore, and food.
Dia de los Muertos is a holiday celebrated annually in Mexico.
Italian Culture is a Web-site containing information about Italian festivals and holidays.
Information on Islamic holidays can be found at Islam, USA, and at Ramadan.
Helpful sites about the Christmas holiday around the world can be found at: