Web Design Helper
For those individuals who would like to design a Web site, but still might not have the technical acumen required, this site is a free resource that features numerous templates, Web graphics, fonts, and a number of other useful items that can be used to create a complete Web site. The template section alone contains 129 free full-page templates, along with 21 horizontal menus, 26 vertical menus, and 23 table templates. The Web graphics and fonts section contains 144 fonts, 120 icons (with such popular images as tables, graphs, and charts), 67 types of arrows, and 128 buttons. For users with queries, an online forum is also available where users can submit and read questions. Lastly, there is an area where advanced users can submit their own contributions for inclusion on the site.
RUBISTAR
While many teachers want to use rubrics or are experimenting with writing rubrics, they can be quite time-consuming to develop. RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to develop them from scratch. RubiStar provides generic rubrics that can simply be printed and used for many typical projects and research assignments. The unique thing about RubiStar, however, is that it provides these generic rubrics in a format that can be customized. The teacher can change almost all suggested text in the rubric to make it fit their own project.
Curriculum Links
This resource page at the Kenton KY school district website is elegant in its simplicity. Follow the content-area link to a new page, and then click on the link for middle grades resources. All pre-screened by your colleagues in Kentucky!
Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection- University of Texas
The following website is a link from the U of Texas, an excellent world map site, which has a good section on U.S.maps, as well.
After September 11: Perspectives from the Social Sciences
This new site from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) contains essays by well-known social scientists on the events of and following September 11. The site aims to "provide the public and academic community with a deeper level of analysis than can be found on Op-Ed pages or talk shows." Among the more than 35 pieces currently posted are essays by Seyla Benhabib, Olivier Roy, and John Hall. Wide ranging in scope, essays are grouped into seven topic areas: Globalization, Fundamentalism(s), Terrorism and Democratic Virtues, Competing Narratives, New War?, New World Order?, and Recovery. The site is regularly updated with more material as well.
EDSITEment
Created by a partnership of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of the Great City Schools, the National Trust for the Humanities, and the MCI WorldCom Foundation, is an award-winning website designed to help teachers integrate peer-reviewed Internet resources into their literature, history, art and culture, and foreign language classes. The site gathers together 70 humanities websites chosen for their outstanding intellectual quality, superior design, and classroom impact. It also features a search engine, lesson plans, and in-class and take-home activities.
