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  Lesson Plans and Sites for Curriculum and Instruction

Curriculum Standards

http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/

Lesson Plan Sites

The Educator's Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Interdisciplinary

Education World
The Educator's best friend.
http://www.educationworld.com/

LessonPlansPage.com
Home to over 1,000 Free Lesson Plans - Making Teaching Easier!
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/

Lafayette Primary Center Curriculum Links
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/curricul.htm

Academy Curricular Exchange
This is a site for elementary education for the subject of math. It contains lesson plans and activities to teach to grades K-5.
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/math/elem.html

Academy Curricular Exchange--Science (K-5)
Provides 130 mini-lesson plans for the elementary school covering a variety of science topics.
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/elem.html

Virtual Field Trips
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/vft.htm

Games
http://www.hud.gov/kids/job6.html

Teaching Children to Draw Cartoons
http://www.unclefred.com/index.html

Resources
Sites and Resources for Teachers
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/

Education World
Helping ou make a difference.
http://www.education-world.com/a_books/books005.shtml

Here are resources in various forms to help teach concepts in several disciplines:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/toolsfor.htm#mus

The Kraus Curriculum Development Library (KCDL)
Reflects objectives, programs and teaching practices for pre-K-12.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#KCDLONLINE

InfoWeb - Social Studies Curriculum Matrix
Serves as a gateway to curriculum guides on goals and objectives in social studies subject area.
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/

For Special Education
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/7315/subjects/Lessonplans.html

Special Education Resources on the Internet SERI
http://seriweb.com/

Awesome Library - K-12 Special Education Lesson Plans
Contains projects, discussions, interactions, collaborations, lessons, curriculums, and standards for grades K-12. Covers assistive technology, ADD and ADHD, physically handicapped developmental disabilities, gifted, learning disabilities.
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/special-ed.html