Research Help: King Curriculum Lab: Websites

Lesson Planning Websites

Edutopia
Articles and lesson planning ideas from classroom teachers and education experts.
PBS Learning Media
Contains videos, articles, and lesson plans. Create classes and assign projects to students. Google Classroom compatible.
ReadWriteThink
Website from the National Council of Teachers of English containing lesson plans, printouts, professional development, and more.
Teachers Pay Teachers
Resources created by teachers for teachers including handouts, lesson plans, organizational materials, and more. Some resources are available for free.
We Are Teachers
Education news, lesson ideas, free resources, and more.

E-books K-8 Collection This link opens in a new window
E-books specifically geared toward grades K-8 covering topics such as agriculture, American history, anthropology, education, geography, history of the Americas, language, leisure, literature, recreation, science, and technology.
NoveList This link opens in a new window
NoveList is a comprehensive source of information about books that includes expert recommendations, reviews, articles, lists and more. It is a comprehensive readers' advisory solution for fiction lovers.

Scholastic Book Wizard
Teaching resources provided by Scholastic including book lists and collections.

Teaching Books This link opens in a new window
Includes thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment, with every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities. It is a portal to thousands of multimedia resources that can enhance and enliven your reading experiences.

Kentucky Virtual Library
KYVL contains databases, websites, and more meant to assist education professionals after graduation and is free for Kentucky residents. It contains databases for book searching and selection including TumbleBook, TeenBook Cloud, NoveList, and WorldCat. It also contains research-centered databases such as EBSCOhost databases, Britannica, Ancestry Library Edition, Kentucky Digital Library and more.

Note: The databases in KYVL using this link are only available if you are an Asbury student and you access this website on campus. If you are not on campus and work at a public school in Kentucky, ask your Media Specialist for instructions on how to access these resources.

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Official website of AACTE, an organization that advocates and provides resources for teacher educators and student teachers.
Kentucky Department of Education
Official Kentucky Department of Education website containing information about teacher certification, educational programs, standards, and more.
Kentucky Educational Television
Channel and website distributing television programming, education tools, and more.
Kentucky Education Association
Labor organization representing educators across Kentucky.
U.S. Department of Education
National U.S. organization for education.

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has a list of Best Digital Tools for Teaching and Learning they release each year. A full list of their favorite resources for each year is located on the American Library Association website.