Comprehensive WWW Resources

  • Library of Congress
    The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections. Now teachers can search by Common Core State Standards or State StandardsThere is a special teacher section of this massive library created by teachers for teachers.There are ready-to-use materials provide easy ways to incorporate the Library’s unparalleled primary sources into instruction. See details below:


    Lesson Plans – Teacher-created lesson plans using Library of Congress primary sources.
    Themed Resources – One-stop access to the Library’s best exhibitions, activities, primary sources, and lesson plans on popular curricular themes.
    Primary Source Sets – Sets of selected primary sources on specific topics, available as easy-to-print PDFs. Also, background information, teaching ideas, and tools to guide student analysis.
    Presentations & Activities – Presentations and activities offer media-rich historical context or interactive opportunities for exploration to both teachers and students.
    Collection Connections – Historical context and ideas for teaching with specific Library of Congress primary source collections.The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are on many teachers’ minds this school year, and the Library of Congress is ready to help. The Library’s teacher resources are a great fit for teachers trying to meet key CCSS goals, including critical thinking, analyzing informational texts, and working with primary sources.

  • Internet Public Library
    ipl2 is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment. To date, thousands of students and volunteer library and information science professionals have been involved in answering reference questions for our Ask an ipl2 Librarian service and in designing, building, creating and maintaining the ipl2's collections. It is through the efforts of these students and volunteers that the ipl2 continues to thrive to this day.
  • Annenberg Interactives
    Annenberg Learner uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools. This mandate is carried out chiefly by the funding and broad distribution of educational video programs with coordinated Web and print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers.
  • National Science Digital Library
    Is the primary digital library site providing access to collections of resources for STEM teaching and learning, for educators and learners. Searchable by elementary, middle, high school, and professional development and containes a huge collection of STEM digital resources such as simulations, interactives, media, text, articles, and much more! Special pathways for Chemistry, Computational Science, Earth Science, engineering, Life Sciences, Math, Middle School Math & Science, Physica, Video & Other digital Media, and Information Learning.
  • GEM - Gateway to 21st Century Skills
    The Gateway has been serving teachers continuously since 1996 which makes it one of the oldest publically accessible U.S. repositories of education resources on the Web. The Gateway contains a variety of educational resource types from activities and lesson plans to online projects to assessment items.
  • BCPS STEM Website - Curated by the Office of Library Information Services and includes links to teaching and learning resources, STEM Career Connections, Research, and More.
  • FREE - Federal Resources for Education Excellence
    FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government.More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly.
  • Thinkfinity
    Verizon Thinkfinity offers comprehensive teaching and learning resources created by our content partners – the most respected organizations in each academic subject and literacy. The easy-to-navigate K-12 resources are grade-specific and are aligned with state standards.
  • Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators ...a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth
  • New York Public Library Digital Gallery ... access to over 520,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library
  • Sailor ...Maryland's Public Information Network