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  Lesson Plans and Sites for Special Education

ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
http://ericec.org/

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

The Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC)
The Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) is a meta-site at which teachers, librarians, parents and students can review selected WWW resources.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/

Lesson Plan Sites

Alphabetical List of Interdisciplinary Lessons

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/arts.shtml

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

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

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 Web Tours
http://www.virtualblackboard.com


Resources

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

Education World
Helping you 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

For Special Education

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/7315/

Special Educator's Web Pages
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/7315/subjects/Lessonplans.html

Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI)
Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) is a collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education. This collection exists in order to make on-line Special Education resources more easily and readily available in one location. This site will continually modify, update, and add additional informative links.
http://seriweb.com/


Instructional Materials

Smithsonian Institution
Provides access to sixteen museums and galleries and the National Zoo and numerous research facilities
http://www.si.edu/

Awesome Library
Organizes 10,000 carefully reviewed K-12 education resources for teachers, students, parents, and librarians.
http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org/awesome.html

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

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

SELECTED BOOKS

Challenges : Activities for Gifted Children / Brian Barratt.
LC3993.22.B37 1993 Instructional Educ. & Behav. Sci. Lib., 5th Floor Paterno

Growing Up Gifted: Developing the Potential of Children at Home and at School / Barbara Clark.
LC3993.9.C58 1997 Instructional Educ. & Behav. Sci. Lib., 5th Floor Paterno

Tracks : Pathways for Gifted Children / Helen Black ... [et al.].
LC3998.A8T73 1992 Instructional Educ. & Behav. Sci. Lib., 5th Floor Paterno

Bringing Out the Best : A Resource Guide for Parents of Young Gifted Children / by Jacqulyn Saunders with Pamela Espeland.
LC3993.218.S38 1986 Instructional Educ. & Behav. Sci. Lib., 5th Floor Paterno

Educating the Able / Diane Montgomery.
LC3997.G7M66 1996 Instructional Educ. & Behav. Sci. Lib., 5th Floor Paterno

Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Meet the Academic Needs of the Gifted and Talented / Susan Winebrenner ; edited by Pamela Espeland.
LC3993.9.W56 1992 Instructional Educ. & Behav. Sci. Lib., 5th Floor Paterno