Teaching Standards: ISBE IL Learning Standards: www.isbe.net/ils/Default1.htm ISBE English Language Arts Standards:www.isbe.net/ils/ela/standards.

htm ISBE IL Social Studies Standards: www.isbe.net/ils/social_science/standards.htm ISBE Common Core Standards & Resources: www.isbe.net/common_core/default.htm Pedagogical Aids: Simple Diagrams: www.simplediagrams.com Poll Everywhere: www.polleverywhere.com Answer Garden: www.answergarden.ch Wallwisher: www.wallwisher.com Glogster: www.edu.glogster.org Waywire: www.waywire.com Museum Box: www.museumbox.e2bn.org History Pin: www.historypin.com Historical Objects: www.americanhistory.si.edu Visual Thesaurus: www.visualthesaurus.com Wordle: www.wordle.net Weebly: www.weebly.com Prezi: www.prezi.com Classroom Networking: Edmodo: www.edmodo.com KidBlog: www.kidblog.com Voice Thread: www.voicethread.com Ning: www.ning.com Todays Meet: http://todaysmeet.com/ Social Studies Content: European History Music Parodies: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=historyteachers&oq=historyteachers&gs_l=yout ube.3..0l10.184.2299.0.2907.17.8.1.5.5.0.350.1170.3j3j1j1.8.0...0.0...1ac.1.p0gVPHBXSnk PBS American Experience: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience Pro/Con of Controversial Issues: www.procon.org Social Studies Help: www.socialstudieshelp.com Our Documents: www.ourdocuments.gov U.S. National Archives: www.archives.gov/education Teaching with Historical Places: http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp Social Studies Journals and Magazines: www.socstrp.org Library of Congress: www.loc.gov Library of Congress for Teachers: www.loc.gov/teachers Library of Congress Primary Sources: www.loc.gov/teachers/tps Why Historical Thinking Matters: www.historicalthinkingmatters.org World History for Us All: www.worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu

History Channel: www.historychannel.com A Biography of America: www.learner.org/biographyofamerica Abraham Lincoln Campaign Website: http://www.lincoln1864.com/ NBC Current Events: www.icue.com CNN Student News: www.cnn.com/studentnews/index.html Presidential Libraries: www.nara.gov/nara/president/address.html Political Cartoon Archives and Resources: http://wps.ablongman.com/long_alfano_envision_1/24/6311/1615623.cw/content/index.html Teaching with Historical Places: www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp World War I Warfare: http://members.kos.net/sdgagnon/nfg.html
Arab Spring Interactive Timeline of Middle East Protests: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/mar/22/middle-east-protest-interactive-timeline

Resources: Social Studies Journals and Magazines: www.socstrp.org CA Social Science Resources: www.score.rims.k12.ca.us Google Educator Tools: www.google.com/educators/tools.html Teachertube: www.teachertube.com Knowmia: http://www.knowmia.com/ Educreations: http://www.educreations.com/ Historical Novels: http://www.historicalnovels.info/ Best of History Websites: http://besthistorysites.net/index.php Free Online Courses: Education Portal: www.education-portal.com Khan Academy: www.khanacademy.org Open Culture: www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses Coursera: www.coursera.org MIT Open Learning: http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm Document Conferencing & Back-up: Sync.in: www.sync.in Dropbox: www.dropbox.com Live Binders: www.livebinders.com Teacher Networking: Classroom 2.0: www.classroom20.com Teachers Teaching Teachers: www.teachersteachingteachers.org TeacherTube: www.teachertube.com Thinkfinity: www.thinkfinity.org Claco (Formerly ClassConnect): http://www.claco.com/ Political Action: Illinois Education Association: www.ieasea.org

National Education Association: www.nea.org DonorsChoose: www.donorschoose.org Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies: Getty Museum Lesson Plans: www.getty.edu/museum Mr. Donns Lesson Plans: www.mrdonn.org Economics Lesson Plans: www.econedlink.org Quest Garden: www.questgarden.com Project-Based Learning: www.bie.org Role-Play Activity: www.civiced.rutgers.edu Rubric Templates: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ Relating to Students: Contemporary Mindset of Students: www.beloit.edu/mindset Icebreaker Ideas: Marshmallow Challenge: www.marshmallowchallenge.com/Welcome.html Classroom Management: Seating Chart: http://home.comcast.net/~pqboom/seats.html Goalbook: http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/18/goalbook-funding/