Hekman Library: Curriculum Collection: Explore More Resources

Featured Web Resources

MeL Educators
Brought to you by the State of Michigan, access MeL classroom resources like training videos, slides, and handouts for K-12.
Smithsonian Learning Lab
The Lab is a free, interactive platform for discovering millions of authentic digital resources, creating content with online tools, and sharing in the Smithsonian's expansive community of knowledge and learning.
Edsitement!
Over 200 lesson ideas from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything
Excellent blog with extensive resources and articles on educational technology, lesson ideas, and more
Lexile Find a Book
Search this website for the Lexile reading levels of children's books.
Openly Accessible Media and Streaming Video Content for Teacher Education
Find free professional development videos for honing your teaching skills and supplementary videos for lesson plans.

For more resources on classroom management and education research, check out the Education subject guide!

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lesson plans inspired by the holdings of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
National Gallery of Art
Lesson plans inspired by the holdings of the National Gallery of Art.
National Core Arts Standards - Visual Arts
View core educational standards for visual arts.
Blick Lesson Plans
Hundreds of free lesson ideas from the art supplier Blick.

ThoughtCo's Resources for ESL Teachers
Includes teaching theory, information on teaching certificates and qualifications, plus detailed guidance on how to help students develop writing, reading, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation skills.
ESL Teachers Board
Find a variety of ESL lessons and games to use in class.
ESL Gallery
Over 3,000 ESL lesson ideas, including videos, printables, and games.
ESL KidStuff
Visit this site for ESL lesson plans, flashcards, worksheets, songs, readers, crafts, and apps.

EduRef's Language Arts Lesson Plans
Use this site to find lesson plans on anything from grammar and phonics to speech and literature.
Storyline Online
Storyline Online streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and dozens more.
Story Arts - Storytelling Lesson Plans
A collection of story-related activities, projects and games that encourage speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.
Read Write Think
Visit this site for reading and language arts lesson plans.
Edsitement!
Over 200 lesson ideas from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Khan Academy - Math & Computing
Provides free education that is accessible through short lectures in the form of YouTube videos. Math lessons range from elementary to undergraduate level. The page also offers classes in computer programming.
University of Illinois - Mathematics, Science, & Technology Education
Find lesson ideas on algebra, geometry, problem solving, and more.
NASA's Resources for Educators
Find space-themed lessons on fractions, measurement, graphs, and more.

PE Central
Search among thousands of lesson plan ideas submitted by P.E. teachers.
PHE America
Physical & Health Education America features "quick read" articles about various physical education topics.
SHAPE America
The Society of Health and Physical Educators website, including national P.E. standards.

CSI Bible Curriculum
Christian Schools International classic Bible curriculum
Bible Odyssey
This encyclopedic website allows users to look up people, places, and passages of the Bible and read scholarly interpretations.
The Bible Project
Short animated videos about the Bible.
Bible Gateway
A searchable online Bible in more than 200 versions and 70 languages.

Khan Academy - Science & Engineering
Provides free education that is accessible through short lectures in the form of YouTube videos. Science lessons range from upper elementary to undergraduate level.
NASA's Resources for Educators
Find lessons on life, earth, and physical sciences for K-12 students.
The Physics Classroom
Primarily for beginning physics students and their teachers, this website features a variety of lesson ideas and tutorials.
STEM Resource Finder
Over 200 STEM lesson ideas from the Concord Consortium.
National Science Foundation Resources for STEM Education
Contains resources and findings from NSF-funded projects.
The Science Learning Center
The site offers a collection of materials for K-12 science instructors and students. This site is maintained by Western Illinois University and authored by a team of biology professors, high school educators, and graduate students.

National Geographic Education
Visit Nat Geo for fresh lesson ideas in geography, social studies, and U.S. and world history.
Library of Congress for Teachers
The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching.
American Indian Records in the National Archives
Among the billions of historical records housed at the National Archives throughout the country, researchers can find information relating to American Indians from as early as 1774 through the mid 1990s.
Library of Michigan: Michigan Materials
Contains information about Michigan facts and links to the Michigan Collection including County Guides, Historical Research Collections, Michigan Imprints 1851-1876, Michigan Bibliographies and the Michigan Digital Collections.
Interactive Michigan Map
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Education Source (EBSCO)
Provides scholarly research and information for education students, professionals and policy makers. Covers all levels of education - from early childhood to higher education - and educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education and testing.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other non-journal education-related materials (policy papers, technical reports, etc.) and, if available, includes links to full text. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Education.