CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

• 19th century Schoolbooks
• Américas Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (Books in English or Spanish that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States)
• Caldecott Medal Home Page
• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site (book reviews, children's books listed by topics)
• Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College
• Children's Book Council
• Children's Literature (The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database can be accessed through database lists from the NJCU Library main page)
• Coretta Scott King Award
• Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature (Covers awards in United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and United Kingdom.)
• The Horn Book (Provides selected articles of the most recent issue of The Born Book, and other useful resources for parents, authors and illustrators.)
• Hockliffe Project (Digital versions of 19th century British Children's book such as 1820 version of Beauty and The Beast, or 1806 Ed of Puss N Boots)
• Newbery Medal Home Page
• Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children from NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English)
• Printz (Michael A.) Award
• The Pura Belpré Award (Best literature for children and youth written by Latino/Latina writer and illustrator)
• SurLaLune Fairy Tales

EDUCATION (Click here. More websites on Education are available)

• Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
• Digest of Education Statistics (A US Department of Education publication provides statistical information of schools and colleges including enrollment, graduation, educational attainment, finances, federal funds, and international education.)
• Education Law Center
• National Center for Education Statistics
• New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards
• New Jersey Department of Education
• New Jersey Higher Education Statistics (provided by State of NJ Commission on Higher Education)
• Rethinking Schools (A nonprofit, independent publisher of educational materials. Advocates the reform of elementary and secondary education, with a strong emphasis on issues of equity )
• Scholastic (Articles from Scholastic News, Junior Scholastic and others. Also has lesson plans and numerous links.)
• Teachers.Net
• TeachwithMovies.org
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• U.S. Department of Education

Lesson Plans, Rubric Makers and Checklists

• A to Z Teacher Stuff-Lesson Plans
• Dave's ESL Cafe (Lesson Plans, Activities and more for ESL/EFL teachers and students)
• Lanternfish ( ESL lesson plans)
• Lesson Plans4 Teachers (Online lesson plans for K-12 )
• Project Based Learning - Checklists (Description of Project Based Learning in which students participate in projects and practice an interdisciplinary array of skills from math, language arts, fine arts, geography, science, and technology. Has links to checklists for different subjects and topics or you can create your own. Materials available IN English and Spanish)
• Rubistar - Rubric Maker (Create or use customizable rubrics. Available in English and Spanish)
• Teachable Moment
• Teachers.Net
• Zinn Education Project

Lesson Plan Templates

• Lesson Plan Maker (online form for Lesson plans)
• Lesson Plans Templates (lesson plan template that can be printed)
• Lesson Plans4Teachers

Last updated: 10/18/2023