Sample Websites for High School Classrooms
A. History
a. Digital History: Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and
Research www.digitalhistory.uh.edu
i. Offers a variety of sources for history students and teachers.
Includes timelines, historical documents, recordings of historical
speeches, online exhibits of select topics, teaching resources and
much more. This site focuses on American history. Information
found on this website belong to the combined efforts of the
University of Houston; Chicago Historical Society; The Gilder
Lehrman Institute of American History; The Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston; American Voices; National Park Service; and Teachers
as Historians – Teaching American History (TAH)2.
b. The Library of Congress: The Learning Page…
memory.loc.gov/learn/start/index.html
i. Offers a vast amount of history resources. Provides educators with
lesson plans, includes activities labeled for appropriate grade
levels, provides an alphabetic index of various topics offering a
summary and teaching resources.
c. Smithsonian Source: Resources for Teaching American History
www.smithsoniansource.org
i. Offers videos, lesson plans, historical documents, secondary
reading, and questions concerning materials covered within for six
topics of American History. This website also offers information
about integrating primary sources into the classroom discussion.
d. HistoryTeacher.Net www.historyteacher.net/index.htm
i. Offers essays on select historical topics. Many essays include a
quiz. Covers many different histories: American, Global,
European, and “history through film.”
e. Exploring Ancient World Cultures eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm
i. Offers a vast amount of information on seven distinct historical
cultures. The services this website provides are the property of the
University of Evansville.
B. Sciences
a. Biology and Related Sciences
i. Biology (General)—May also be used for Zoology
1. Action Bioscience www.actionbioscience.orq
a. Offers articles, edited by student-aged people,
discussing the implementation of biology. Discusses
topics from evolution to extinction. Information
provided by this website is protected by copyright
held by the American Institute of Biological
Sciences (AIBS).
2. Biology Teaching and Learning Resources www.biologyresources.com
a. Offers descriptions, graphs, articles, and quizzes on
various biology topics.
ii. Anatomy and Physiology (May also be loosely applied to
Forensics)
1. Human Anatomy Online www.innerbody.com
a. Offers educational images as well as essays about
the various systems of the human body.
2. Anatomy of the Human Body www.bartleby.com
a. Provides a well-organized outline featuring articles
that explain different topics that would be covered
in an anatomy and physiology course. Many topics
also feature figures depicting its subject.
b. Physical Sciences
i. Physical Science (General Science)
1. Regional Math and Science Center www.svsu.edu/mathscicenter/uploads/science/gsteacher1.htm
a. Offers mini-lessons in subject matter covered in a
typical high school science course.
ii. Physics
1. Regional Math and Science Center www.svsu.edu/mathscicenter/uploads/science/gsteacher1.htm
a. Offers mini-lessons in subject matter covered in a
typical high school science course.
2. The Franklin Institute Resources for Science Learning
www.fi.edu/learn/hotlists/physical.php
a. Discusses general topics of a typical physics or
chemistry course.
3. Pedagogical Resources on the web for Teaching Physics:
Physics Education Resources
www.physics.umd.edu/perg/ecs/phe.html
a. Sample activities and articles discussing physics
and the laws of physics.
iii. Chemistry
1. Regional Math and Science Center www.svsu.edu/mathscicenter/uploads/science/gsteacher1.htm
a. Offers mini-lessons in subject matter covered in a
typical high school science course.
2. The Franklin Institute Resources for Science Learning
www.fi.edu/learn/hotlists/physical.php
a. Discusses general topics of a typical physics or
chemistry course.
3. Amazing Chemistry Teacher Resources
www.nclark.net/Chemistry
a. This site offers a variety of sample activities as well
as printer-friendly worksheet templates for topics
discussed in chemistry and biology courses. Some
activities require that a teacher “sign up”; however,
there is no fee involved in signing up for these
activities.
4. Chemistry Teaching Web Sites
people.moreheadstate.edu/fs/h.hedgec/sciteach.html#highsc
hoolsites
a. Offers a liaison to sites featuring information that
may be useful for chemistry courses.
c. Earth Science
i. TeacherVision www.teachervision.fen.com/earth-sciences/teacherresources/6613.html
1. Offers lesson plans and ideas for activities to be utilized in
earth science classes.
C. Social Sciences
a. Psychology
i. APS: Association for Psychological Science: Teaching Resources
psych.hanover.edu/APS/teaching.html
1. Offers links to subjects covered in an introduction to
psychology course. Links are arranged by subject matter;
for example, developmental psychology. Some links may
be outdated or no longer available; however, many sites
linked to this hub are from prestigious sources.
ii. Psychology World Wide Web Virtual Library
www.dialogical.net/psychology/index.html
1. Offers information on various subjects of psychology.
b. Sociology
i. The SocioLog: Julian Dierkes’ Comprehensive Guide to Sociology
On-Line www.sociolog.com/links/topics.html#teach
1. Provides the educator with in-depth studies on topics
discussed in introduction to sociology. This site also offers
resources for teachers; for example a Jeopardy game
incorporating sociology topics.
D. Language Arts
a. Grammar and Writing Courses
i. Language Arts Lesson Plans www.col-ed.org/cur/lang.html#lang3
1. Offers lesson plans for language arts courses. This site may
also be useful for elementary and intermediate teachers.
ii. TeacherVision www.teachervision.fen.com
1. Provides a variety of services from lesson plans to printable
worksheets on themes useful in an English classroom. A
unique feature of this website that many educators find
useful is the section on graphic organizers:
www.teachervision.fen.com/graphicorganizers/printable/6293.html?detoured=1
iii. Education World www.educationworld.com
1. Offers an array of materials to supplement lesson plans of
many disciplines from kindergarten-twelfth grade.
iv. Read. Write. Think. : Web Resource Gallery
www.readwritethink.com/resources.index.asp
1. Offers links to “a myriad of useful English language arts
resources on the Internet.”
v. 4 Teachers www.4teachers.org
1. Offers a variety of tools an English teacher may find useful
in helping his or her students be successful. An example of
a tool offered by this web page is the “Think Tank”, which
allows students to create a bank of topics and subtopics that
they may find useful or something they may have interest
in writing about in a writing course.
b. Speech
i. Web English Teacher www.webenglishteacher.com/speech.html
1. Offers handouts that explain skills that may help students in
conducting speeches.
c. Drama
i. Web English Teacher www.webenglishteacher.com/drama.html
1. Offers lesson plans on units in drama. Features activities,
quizzes, tests, and eNotes.
ii. Drama—Acting www.webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek4/drama.htm
1. Offers links to useful sites.
d. Literature
i. High School Literature: Teaching Resources for High School
Literature www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/education/HighSchool-Literature.pg_00.html
1. Offers links to useful sites.
ii. Web English Teacher www.webenglishteacher.com
1. Offers lesson plans, activities and quizzes. Literature is
broken down into forms. For example, one page is labeled
“Literature: Prose”. Use the links on the left of the site to
access related materials.
e. SOME SITES LISTED UNDER ONE SUBJECT HEADING (a,b,c,d)
MAY BE USEFUL UNDER ANOTHER SUBJECT HEADING
E. Mathematics
a. General Mathematics
i. The Math Forum @ Drexel: High School Teachers’ Place
www.mathforum.org/teachers/high/
1. Offers a variety of pages for use by math teachers, ranging
from activities and lesson plans to links to professional
development sites.
ii. Teacher Workshops
www.t2tweb.us/Workshops/Sessions.asp?Content=Math
1. Provides sample “workshops” for a unique way of teaching
mathematics. Some workshops require equipment that isn’t
available in a high school setting; however, some
workshops feature simpler topics, for example, proper use
of direct teaching (lecturing) that will not “disengage” the
students.
b. Algebra, Pre-Algebra and Advanced Algebra
i. Critical Foundations for Algebra: Recommended Practices
dww.ed.gov/topic_landing.cfm?PA_ID=8&T_ID=20&Tab=2
1. An example of a service offered b this website follows:
“Preparing students for entry into algebra by developing a
focused, coherent progression of key topics and skills,
including fractions, leading to proficiency.” By clicking on
the heading listed above, the website links you to another
set f links describing what works, how it works, and then
ideas for implementing what works.
ii. Pre-Algebra Resources 4 Teachers jc-schools.net/tutorials/prealgebra
1. Offers a variety of sources for teaching pre-algebra or
intermediate algebra students.
iii. Algebra I & II Teacher Resources
www.mccsc.edu/~khall/algtr.htm
1. Offers lesson plans, unique activities, etc.
c. Geometry
i. Internet Library: Teaching Resources for High School Geometry
www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Education/High-SchoolGeometry.pg_00.html
1. Offers links to other useful sites.
d. Trigonometry
i. Internet Library: Teaching Resources for High School
Trigonometry www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Education/HighSchool-Trigonometry.pg_00.html
1. Offers links to other useful site.
e. Calculus
i. Topics in Calculus
www.langara.bc.ca/mathstats/resource/onWeb/calculus/index.htm
1. Offers a variety of tools for use in a calculus or precalculus course.
f. SOME SITES LISTED UNDER ONE SUBJECT HEADING MAY
ALSO APPLY TO ANOTHER SUBJECT HEADING.
F. Home Economics (Family and Consumer Sciences)
a. Home Economics www.scsc.k12.ar.us/links_home-ec.htm
i. Offers links to other useful sites.
G. Technology
a. AP Computer Science Teaching Resources www.max.cs.kzoo.edu/AP/
i. Offers a variety of materials for instruction on website creation.
b. Keyboarding Skills and Typing Lessons
www.moneyinstructor.com/keyboarding.asp
i. Offers typing and keyboarding lesson plans.
c. Typing Games www.freetypinggames.net/play.asp
i. Offers a variety of games that test a student’s competence in
typing.
H. Business Education
a. Business Education Resources
www.pitt.edu/~poole/business.html#general
i. Offers links to a variety of useful sites. Links include the
following: Business Information Search engine, a site that
“contains more than 25,000 categories and subcategories and
includes more than 400,000 business-oriented websites along with
64,000 company profiles which include detailed information about
public, private and international companies, including news,
financials and biographies of executives”; the Business Start-up
Journal, a site provided by the Wall Street Journal Center for
Entrepreneurs that offers a “free, online publication focused on
starting a business or franchise, including articles about the
challenges and successes in business startups”; the Mint, a site
offering game ideas and sample quizzes that introduce students to
“personal finance and business principles”; Fantasy Stock Market,
an educational investment game that allows each student to create
a stock portfolio by trading stocks and mutual funds with 100,000
“fantasy” dollars; and many more ranging from general business
sites to company information and stock and share sites.
b. Study Sphere: Accounting www,studysphere.com/Site/Sphere_5381.hrml
i. Offers a variety of project ideas for accounting courses; for
example, the site offers a financial statement project and a project
that allows students to try an alternative method of accounting, the
spreadsheet (automated accounting).
I. Geography
a. National Geographic: Geography Action!
www.mationalgeographic.com/geography-action/americas.html
i. Offers sources discussing the cultural, industrial, etc. differences of
geographical regions. Provides lesson plans, activities, etc.
b. TeacherVision
www.teachervision.fen.com/geography/teacherresources/6642.html
i. Website description: “Foster global awareness in your class with
U.S. and world geography printables, lessons and references.
Teach students about oceans and landforms with science activities
and mapping resources. There are plenty of crossword puzzles and
quizzes to test your students' knowledge of the earth's surface. Map
and geography skills may be used in many subject areas including
language arts, math, and history. These social studies resources can
enhance any curriculum for kindergarten through twelfth grade.”
J. Government
a. Political Compass www.politicalcompass.org
i. Provides an assessment that rates an individual on a graph based
on political opinion. The compass rates individuals by how far left
or right he or she falls politically and whether he or she is
politically authoritative (positive y-axis) or libertarian (negative yaxis). The site also shows where elected officials and previous
government officials of several nations fall on the graph.
b. FREE Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=232&toplvl=173
i. Offers a variety of links discussing American Government. Links
are arranged into categories: presidents, courts, U.S. Constitution,
elections, military, congress, and other. This site provides
descriptions clearly stating what each link offers.
K. Foreign Language (Spanish)
a. Spanish Resources webteach.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/spanish.htm
i. Offers links to a variety of websites that may be useful in teaching
Spanish. This website lists resources according to their grade level;
however, if Spanish is not taught in elementary, some tooling of
the resources should prepare them for implementation in a first
year high school Spanish course.
b. Best Spanish Websites www.uni.edu/becker/Spanish3.html
i. Offers activity ideas, lesson plans, links to other useful sites, etc.
This site focuses mainly on the Mexican version of Spanish.
L. Agriculture
a. Iowa Farm Bureau: Ag in the Classroom
www.iowafarmbureau.com/programs/aitc/default.aspx
i. Offers a variety of tools for agriculture education. The Iowa Farm
Bureau will also connect you via links to the K-12 Connections,
American Farm Bureau, Foundation for Agriculture,
FarmBureauKids.com, Iowa Agriculture, Awareness Coalition,
National 4-H Web, National Ag in the Classroom, and the USDA
ARS “Sci for Kids” websites. (Some of the services of this site and
the services provided by the sites linked to it may not be suitable
for high school.)
M. Health
a. FREE Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: Health and Physical
Education free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=60
i. Offers links to other useful sites.
N. Career Readiness, Understanding of the job market, career placement, etc.
(Guidance)
a. Quintessential Careers www.quintcareers.com/teen_jobs.html
i. Offers a variety of materials, including links, articles, and tutorials.
These materials range from preparation for the job market, career
information for after high school or college, and articles about the
techniques of getting a job, including resumé writing, interview
skills, and letter writing. This site also serves as a liaison to job ads
and offers resumé posting.
1. Quintessential Careers also offers links to other sites that
aide sob-seekers in finding what job best suits him or her,
finding what jobs are available, strategies to use in the
application process, etc.
O. Iowa AEA Online www.iowaaeaonline.org Iowa Area Education Agencies
provide Iowa AEA Online, consisting of eight dynamic online resources, to all
Iowa accredited schools. Students and staff have access at school and at home
(Internet access required), 24 hours a day, seven days a week! These online
resources support the content standards for school curriculum and student learning
by bringing a wealth of information to teachers and students wherever they may
be, with just the click of a mouse. (Copied form the Iowa AEA Online webpage)
a. Iowa AEA Online offers the following resources:
i. AccuWeather Premium Weather Service
ii. AP Images
iii. Atomic Learning Library
iv. Clipart.com School Edition
v. DE Streaming
vi. EBSCO
vii. SIRS Researcher
viii. World Book Web
1. (For a description of these services access the website at
www.iowaaeaonline.org.)
b. Connecting to Woodbine’s Iowa AEA Online Resources
i. Access the website at www.iowaaeaonline.org
ii. In the student tab, click the resource you wish to use.
iii. Type, in the spaces provided the username and password that
appears below:
1. Username: woodbinehs
2. Password: aea13
iv. The services of this site are now open to your use.
c. Iowa AEA Online may be useful for any subject heading listed above
(A,B,C,D…).