This will be an ongoing compilation of resources we will be using through our "high school" years.
First here is a quick link to all high school related postings - CLICK HERE
Now for search purposes I will be breaking things down into standard "school" subjects but many of these can be considered cross-curricular resources -
- English Language Arts
- Shakespeare in American Communities
- Shakespeare Thematic Unit from Teacher Created Resources
- All In One Straight Forward English Series
- Glencoe Literature Units
- Reading Units
- World Education Games
- Literature Titles we have covered
- Lord of the Flies - William Golding
- Poetry Speaks Who I Am with CD: Poems of Discovery, Inspiration, Independence, and Everything Else - Elise Paschen
- The Giver - Lois Lowry
- Old Yeller - Fred Gipson
- The Wright 3 - Blue Balliett
- Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare
- Hamlet - Shakespeare
- Alls Well That Ends Well - Shakespeare
- Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare
- Taming the Shrew - Shakespeare
- MacBeth - Shakespeare
- Midsummer Night's Dream - Shakespeare
- Richard III - Shakespeare
- Coriolanus - Shakespear
- Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
- The Secret of Sarah Revere - Ann Rinaldi
- Classic Poetry: Candlewick Illustrated Classic
- 100 Best Loved Poems
- Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
- Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
- The Yearling - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton
- Wrinkle In Time - Madeleine Le'Engle
- Animal Farm - George Orwell
- Adventures of Huck Finn - Mark Twain
- The Yearling - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton
- Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
- 1984 - George Orwell
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
- Math Related Areas
- Science Related Areas
- Biology Demystified
- The Standard Deviants - Learn Biology
- Dissection Alternatives
- Biology Coloring Book
- The Biology Place - Virtual Weblabs
- Teach Kind
- Science News - Scholastic
- Yenka - Free software
- Khan Academy
- World Education Games
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Crash Course - Biology
- Physical Science
- McGraw-Hill Virtual Labs
- Social Science Related Areas
- History of US
- America the Story of the US History Channel Series
- U.S. History: Inventive Exercises to Sharpen Skills and Raise Achievement
- U.S. Government, Economics, and Citizenship : Inventive Exercises to Sharpen Skills and Raise Achievement
- Freedom a Story of US PBS free resources
- For the People (Learn American Government)
- Standard Deviants DVD Series
- C-Span Free U.S. President's Poster and other C-SPAN classroom resources
- CNN Student News
- Lies My Teacher Told Me
- Khan Academy
- Hip-Hop U.S. History: The New and Innovative Approach to Learning American History (Flocabulary Study Guides)
- Stossel in the Classroom - FREE DVD and lesson guides
- U.S. History: People and Events: 1607-1865 (American History Series)
- U.S. History: People and Events: 1865-Present (American History Series)
- World Religions Interdisciplinary Unit
- Geography Around the World
- Crash Course - World History
- Psychology Demystified
- Music and Arts
- Exploring The World of Music - Annenberg Learning
- Art 21 PBS Series
- Listening to Music - Yale Open Courseware
- Other
- Spanish Conversation Demystified with Two Audio CDs
- French Conversation Demystified with Two Audio CDs
- Japanese from Zero! 1: Proven Techniques to Learn Japanese for Students and Professionals
- Japanese from Zero! 2
- Japanese From Zero! 3
- Building Your Future created by Acuturial Foundation - real life banking, credit and investment skills ~ Free
- Hands on Banking - Teens ~ Free
- Hands on Banking - Young Adults ~ Free
- The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning
- Japanese 1 - GPB Resources
- Japanese 2 - GPB Resources
- Intellego Health Unit Study
- GED Prep Resources --- PLEASE REMEMBER these resources are for the current GED and are not necessarily applicable to the 2014 version. I will try to update this list when the time gets closer.
- GED For Free - a large amount of free resources and information available online for free
- FREE GED Practice Tests - Great to find what areas should be focused on!
- Complete GED Preparation
- GED Mathematics (Steck-Vaughn Ged Series)
- Steck-Vaughn Ged: Language Arts, Writing (Steck-Vaughn Ged Series)
- Ged Essay (Steck-Vaughn Ged Series)
- GED: Language Arts, Reading (Steck-Vaughn Ged Series)
- Ged Science (Steck-Vaughn Ged Series)
- Social Studies: Ged (Steck-Vaughn Ged Series)
- GED Language Arts, Writing w/ CD-ROM (GED & TABE Test Preparation)
- GED Language Arts, Reading (GED & TABE Test Preparation)
- Test-Taking Strategies for Students Taking Essay Tests
- Taking Reading Comprehension Tests
- GED DeMYSTiFieD
- GED Connection Programs #10 - Essay Writing
- PBS Literacy Link - GED Prep
- Additional practice essay topics HERE, HERE and HERE
If you have any suggestions for me to add PLEASE feel free to contact ME!!
Our U.S. History Resources -
Television and Video Resources -
- NOVA: America's Stone Age Explorers
- National Geographic: The Great Inca Rebellion
- Christopher Columbus Interactive DVD
- Disney History Connections: Colonial America
- National Geographic - The New World: Nightmare in Jamestown
- NOVA: Pocahontas Revealed
- Saints and Strangers
- Yours and Mine: The Lesson of 1623
- Salem Witch Trials (History Channel)
- The History of Warfare: French & Indian War
- America: The Story of Us
- The Liberty Kids
- The History Channel Presents The Revolution
- Johnny Tremain
- The Crucible
- George Washington Interactive DVD
- The Louisiana Purchase (History Channel)
- This Is America, Charlie Brown
- American Experience - Dolly Madison
- Battlefield Detectives The War of 1812
- Glory
- CSA: The Confederate States of America
- Gone with the Wind
- The Yearling
Non-Fiction Reading Resources -
- The Discovery of the Americas: From Prehistory Through the Age of Columbus (The American Story)
- Who Are You Calling A Woolly Mammoth (America's Funny But True History)
- Awesome Ancient Ancestors!: Mound Builders, Maya, and More (America's Horrible Histories)
- Cranky Colonials: Pilgrims, Puritans, Even Pirates! (America's Horrible Histories)
- Revolting Revolutionaries, 1750s-1790s (America's Funny But True History No. 5)
- Westward, Ha-Ha!, 1800-1850 (America's Funny But True History)
- You Wouldn't Want to Sail With Christopher Columbus!: Uncharted Waters You'd Rather Not Cross
- You Wouldn't Want to Travel with Captain Cook!: A Voyage You'd Rather Not Make
- You Wouldn't Want to Explore With Sir Francis Drake!: A Pirate You'd Rather Not Know
- You Wouldn't Want to Be Sick in the 16th Century!: Diseases You'd Rather Not Catch
- You Wouldn't Want to Sail on the Mayflower!: A Trip That Took Entirely Too Long
- You Wouldn't Want to Be an American Colonist!: A Settlement You'd Rather Not Start
- You Wouldn't Want to Be a Salem Witch!: Bizarre Accusations You'd Rather Not Face
- You Wouldn't Want to Be at the Boston Tea Party!: Wharf Water Tea, You'd Rather Not Drink
Historical Fiction Reading Resources -
- Mary, Bloody Mary
- Beware, Princess Elizabeth
- Doomed Queen Anne
- A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (Dear America Series)
- Witch Child
- My Name Is America: The Journal Of Jasper Jonathan Pierce, A Pilgrim Boy
- The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds: The Donner Party Expedition (My Name is America)
- The Secret of Sarah Revere
- Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie
- The Yearling
Supplemental Text, Workbook, Worksheets, Etc.
- A History of US: Assessment Book: Books 1-10
- Explorers Thematic Unit
- Cartoon History of the United States (Cartoon History of the Modern World)
- Colonial Days: Discover the Past with Fun Projects, Games, Activities, and Recipes (American Kids in History Series)
- U.S. History: Inventive Exercises to Sharpen Skills and Raise Achievement (Basic, Not Boring)
- Hip-Hop U.S. History: The New and Innovative Approach to Learning American History (Flocabulary Study Guides)
- 25 Map Crosswords: Ready-to-Go Reproducible Maps With Crossword Puzzles to Teach Key Geography Skills and Build Content-Area Vocabulary (Teaching Resources)
- The American Revolution (History Comes Alive)
- U.S. Government & Presidents: Know-the-Facts Review Game: 100 Must-Know Facts in a Q&A Game Format to Help Kids Really Remember Standards-Based Social Studies Information
- Pioneers (History Comes Alive)
