Teacher Resources

• WatchKnowLearn – thousands of educational videos on a wide variety of subjects organized into a searchable Directory
• eMediaVA – contains more than 100,000 digital learning objects, video, audio, interactive and graphic elements all correlated to Virginia’s SOLs. If you do not have an account, put in a 2847@apsva.usticket for assistance.

• #GoOpenVA – Support personalized learning for all students by creating, using and sharing openly-licensed digital resources. By Virginia Educators, For Virginia Educators.
• Library of Congress Teacher Resources – lesson plans, activities and tips for using LOC’s collections in the classroom
• Teachers – ED.gov – Teaching resources, lesson plans, best practices and more from US DOE
• EDSITEment – The Best of the Humanities from NEH, including a library of lesson plans
• DocsTeach – The online tool for teaching with documents from the National Archives
• Document Bank of Virginia – Primary source documents from the Library of Virginia
• Best Digital Tools for Teaching & Learning – From the American Association of School Librarians
• Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything
• PBS Learning Media – Multimedia resources for the classroom and professional development
• ReadWriteThink – Hundreds of standards-based lesson plans written and reviewed by educators
• NEA Lesson Plans

• Digital History Reader– An online learning experience designed to enable students to develop the analytical skills employed by historians.
• National History Education Clearinghouse – Created by GMU’s Center for History and New Media and the Stanford University History Education Group, this site provides content, best practices, teaching materials, research, and professional development in the area of history education.

• Science.gov – Free access to research and development results and scientific and technical information from scientific organizations across 13 federal agencies
• NASA – Free access to learning resources from NASA including data sets, multimedia, images, videos and other hands on activities

• Smithsonian Learning Lab – Gateway to Smithsonian educational resources.
• American History Museum
• National Museum of the American Indian
• National Museum of Natural History
• National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Lesson Plans–Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 
• Collection Search Database From the Smithsonian – Search over 16 million records of museum objects, archives and library materials including more than 5.1 million online images, audio & videos and blog posts.

• AdLit.org – A national multimedia project offering information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers
• ReadWriteThink – Provides access to high quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction
• LibriVox – Download free audiobooks in the public domain
• Newsela – news articles adapted for different reading levels (access in Canvas)
• Bookshare – a free nonprofit library for students with learning differences. Find over 5 million ebooks in audio, audio + highlighted text, large font, braille, and other alternative formats that make reading easier.
• AIM-VA – provides accessible instructional materials to eligible Virginia K-12 students who have an Individualized Education Program and are unable to access traditional print.

• Copyright (University of Minnesota)

• VA Standards of Learning Resources

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• APS Library Services
• Arlington County Public Library

• APS Professional Learning– Information and forms on Professional Learning opportunities and Teacher Evaluations
• North TIER Professional Development
• ERIC– Education Resources Information Center Database