• eThemes/eMints:
  eThemes is an extensive database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes. These resources are created for educators to use in their classrooms.
  
  
• The Adventures of Cyberbee-How To's:
  Step-by-step tutorials designed to make technology easier.
  
  
• Educational Hotlinks for Middle School People:
  Websites that have been chosen for their quality and special relevance for middle level educators.
  
  
• Educational Hotlinks for New Teachers:
  Websites that have been chosen for their quality and special relevance especially for new teachers.
  
  
• Discovery Education United Streaming 
  Discovery Education unitedstreaming is a digital video-based learning resource from Discovery Education. With unitedstreaming, educators gain on-demand access to 50,000 content-specific segments from 5,000 full-length educational videos.
  
  
• Smithsonian Education
  Resources for Educators! Lesson plans, online activities, field trip planning and more.
  
  
• International Reading Association: ReadWriteThink
  Standards-based lesson plans and reviewed Web resources for K-8 educators and students.
  
  
• Thinkfinity Teacher Resources 
  Contains more than 55,000 authoritative educational and literacy resources for teachers, students and community programs including standards-based K-12 lesson plans, student materials, interactive tools and web sites. Thinkfinity also includes best-in-class evidence-based literacy resources such as the Life Span Literacy Matrix from the Verizon Literacy Network.
  
  
• New York Times Daily Lesson Plan Archive
  Grades 6-12 This URL connects to the archive of daily lesson plans posted over the past two years at the New York Times Learning Network.
  
  
• Education Index
  Guide to the best education sites on the web
  
  
• From the "Lesson Enhancement" under Subject Area Links
  
  
• ProQuest_K-12_Lesson Plans & Teacher Toolbox
  These weblinks are offered as an aid in navigating the Internet for research purposes.
  

Sites below may contain advertisements:

• Global Schoolhouse
  Provides online opportunities for teachers to collaborate, communicate, and celebrate shared learning experiences.
  
  
• Discovery School
  Includes Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning - Also lesson plans, clip art and more.
  
  
• Scholastic (children's publishing, education and media company)
  Lesson plans, online activities, teaching strategies
  
  
• TeachersFirst
  A collection of lessons and web resources for K-12 classroom teachers, their students, and families. Materials are arranged by subject area and grade level.
  

Other links to explore:

• Musicals101.com
  Grades 7 - 12 Widely recognized as an expect on musical theater, Musicals 101.com creator John Kenrick was a producer and manager on Broadway in the 1980s and 1990s. This comprehensive site is billed as The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theater, TV, and Film... (February 2005 Connected Newsletter)
  
  
• Book Videos from Storyline Online