Resources For Everyone

Welcome to the Resources page of morethangrammar.com! This extensive list of resources is beneficial to all those involved in education; it is for all students, parents and teachers. Over time I have complied this list of websites and find them useful for project ideas and will utilze them to enhance the learning process of my future students! This page will be even growing as I find new resources throughout my education and teaching career. I hope you find this Resources page as useful as I do!

To view the websites in each category, just click the appropriate button and you will be directed to that section of the Resources page. You will find the name, address and a brief descrition for each of the listed sites. Click the link provided if you wish to view a particular site.

Awesome Library
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
33,000 resources are availble through this website. I find the links for English education to be particularly useful for my subject
area.

Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
http://dictionary.reference.com
I find this site to be very useful when reading and writing because it is a fast way to look up the definition of an unfamiliar word or
find more creative words to use in a paper.

Web English Teacher
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
This site contains helpful information about teaching various aspects of English. There are ideas for teaching about dramas, poetry
and speech making. What I find particularly good is that this site is geared specificallly for English teachers.

The National Council of Teachers of English
http://www.ncte.org/
This site provides many wonderful resources for teachers who are members. It is particularly good because there are many
resources available related to teaching students to become better writers.

Top English Teaching
http://www.topenglishteaching.com/
Unlike the previously listed sites, this one is completely dedicated to teaching English as a second language (ESL).

National Writing Project
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/922
This site includes a downloadable PDF version of the booklet titled "30 Ideas for Teaching Writing."

ERIC
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_Search
Value_0=ED423544&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno&accno=ED423544
This is a link to a downloadable PDF version of the book "Reflective Activities: Helping Students Connect with Texts. Classroom
Practices in Teaching English, Volume 30". An English teacher could find this free resource invaluable for getting ideas about
teaching writing.

Folger Shakespeare Library
http://www.folger.edu/index_sa.cfm?specaudid=2
This site is dedicated exclusively to the teaching of Shakespeare. There are lesson plans for teaching Shakspeare as well as study
guides for students.

The Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.00.00/
The Internet Public Library is just what it sounds like; it is like visiting your local town library with your fingertips. There are
many links to site about literature as well as other topics such as social sciences and health.

Essay Info- Essay Writing Center
http://essayinfo.com
This site has pages and pages of information about writing all different types of essays. It would be very useful for students visit
this site if they need help understanding differents types and styles of writing.

American Collection
http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/am_lit_resources.htm
This is an amazing site that ideas for lesson plans, links to site dedicated to certain authors and American Literature timelines.

British Literature
http://www.wade.org/BritishLit.htm
On this page, there are numerous links to other sites about British literature. The topics include time periods in British literature,
general information about British Literature and e-texts that are available.

Western European Studies Section
http://wess.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
This website provides information on western european cultures, languages and literature. There are links to learn more about
different countries' and region's literature.

Poetry Teachers
http://www.poetryteachers.com/
This website gives teaches ideas of how to inspire students to write their own poetry and enjoy reading poetry by others. The site
seems to be geared more for elementary or middle school students, but some of the concepts and ideas could be used in the high
school setting.

CoolText
http://www.cooltext.com/
Make free buttons and logos online!

Discovery Education
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/
Great education graphics for teachers and students organized by theme.

Flaming Text
http://flamingtext.com/
Make animated text for free!

Free Graphics
http://www.freegraphics.com/
All things free ranging from web page backgrounds to free fonts.

GIFWorks
http://www.gifworks.com/
Edit your graphics online and even use special effects!

Graphics 4 Free
http://graphics-4free.com/buttons.html
This website provides a variety of free graphics including buttons that can be modified in Photoshop, like the ones used at the top of this webpage.

MediaBuilder.com
http://www.mediabuilder.com/index.html
Many great graphic resources and tools.

MediaBuilder 3D Text Maker
http://www.3dtextmaker.com/
Make a 3-D animated banner! Free!

Free Fever
http://www.freefever.com/graphics/
More free buttons, graphics and backgrounds that are listed by category.

The Teacher's Guide
http://www.theteachersguide.com/Freebies.html
Great graphics for teachers as well as links to other sites that provide free education clip art.

Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Download a free voice and music editor!

Movie Sound Bites
http://www.rosswalker.co.uk/movie_sounds/
Sound clips and bites from over 260 movies

On Classical
http://www.kunstderfuge.com/
Large collection of classical MIDI files

Sound Rangers
http://www.soundrangers.com/
Great sound effects and ryalty free music downloads.

Absolute Sound Effects Archive
http://www.grsites.com/sounds/
Claims to be the largest collection of FREE sound effects on the internet.

Clipblast
http://clipblast.com/#welcome
Download the Clipblast widget to save and share video clips from this website. This site includes clips from recent news events and TV shows.

TeacherTube
http://www.teachertube.com/video.php?category=mv
The YouTube of the education world! You also have the ability to download the clips!

National Geographic
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/
Watch amazing videos online!

Online Video Gallery
http://www.onlinevideogallery.com/
Search through all kinds of clips from the news to recent movies that relate to your classroom.

Brain POP
http://www.brainpop.com/
Animated movies that relate to multiple subject areas. They are downloadable to RealPlayer.

Wing Clips
http://www.wingclips.com/?gclid=CMKl3M3Ro5cCFQECGgodIjb-Iw
Free to schools! Everything from inspirational clips to scenes from popular movies.

Altavista
http://www.altavista.com/video/default
One of the greatest multimedia search engines out there. Search for free video clips as well as MP3s and images.

AlltheWeb
http://www.multimedia.alltheweb.com/
Search for various multimedia including videos that can be downloaded if you have a free Yahoo email address.

Lycos
http://www.lycos.com/
Search for video clips and images!

Singing Fish
http://video.aol.com/
Get audio and video clips from AOL through Singing Fish!

Play Audio Video
http://www.playaudiovideo.com/index.htm
Enter a keyword and get results for audio, video and images all in one click!

Discipline Help
http://www.disciplinehelp.com/
This site contains countless pages of advice on how to handle all kinds of classroom discipline issues

Center For Substance Abuse Prevention
http://prevention.samhsa.gov/capacity/prevedutools.aspx
Drugs and alcohol are certainly a problem in school, and this site contains ideas about how to implement prevention education. There are also links to similar sites.

PA Dept of Edu
http://www.pde.state.pa.us/

National Coalition for Parental Involvement in Eduation
http://www.ncpie.org/
Use this site for resources and information regarding the necessay connection between home and school. Learn how to build parent-school relationships that work.

KinderStart Search Engine
http://www.kinderstart.com/educationdaycarechildcare/parentinvolvement.html
Parents of pre-schoolers or young elementary school children will find this most useful. There are links to various site that give ideas for getting involved in your child's education.

Learning First Alliance
http://www.learningfirst.org/issues/involvement/
This web page provides links to various organizations that provide information about bridging the gap between home and school.

Child Development Institute
http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/learning/studytips.shtml
This page has a list of great tips for helping students develop good homework and study habits. There is also a link to the Homework Help Center. The Homework Help Center then has links to various resources such as online encyclopedias, atlases, libraries and more.

Family Education
http://school.familyeducation.com/homework/activity/34550.html
This page contains all kinds of homework help information. The site is divided into categories such as the homework relief center and the homework toolbox.

Awesome Library
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
33,000 resources are availble through this website. I find the links for English education to be particularly useful for my subject area.

The Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.00.00/
The Internet Public Library is just what it sounds like; it is like visiting your local town library with your fingertips. There are many links to site about literature as well as other topics such as social sciences and health.

Essay Info- Essay Writing Center
http://essayinfo.com
This site has pages and pages of information about writing all different types of essays. It would be very useful for students visit this site if they need help understanding differents types and styles of writing.

British Literature
http://www.wade.org/BritishLit.htm
On this page, there are numerous links to other sites about British literature. The topics include time periods in British literature, general information about British Literature and e-texts that are available.

Poetry Teachers
http://www.poetryteachers.com/
This website gives teaches ideas of how to inspire students to write their own poetry and enjoy reading poetry by others. The site seems to be geared more for elementary or middle school students, but some of the concepts and ideas could be used in the high school setting.


Teacher Tools http://www.teachertools.org/index.html This website contains lesson plan ideas, online games and teacher forums. There are also links to buy or download useful software. DiscoverySchool http://school.discoveryeducation.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html This page is a branch off of the Discovery Channel's website. There are tool for creating worksheets, creating and saving lesson plans as well as a quiz maker. Education World http://education-world.com/ I find the numerous templates that this site contains to be very helpful. There are templates for everthing from calanders and classroom organizers, to award certificates. Discipline Help http://www.disciplinehelp.com/ This site contains countless pages of advice on how to handle all kinds of classroom discipline issues Center For Substance Abuse Prevention http://prevention.samhsa.gov/capacity/prevedutools.aspx Drugs and alcohol are certainly a problem in school, and this site contains ideas about how to implement prevention education. There are also links to similar sites. The Teacher's Corner http://www.theteacherscorner.net/teacher-resources/ This site has cool ideas for themes in the classroom ranging from seasonal to cause awareness. There is a link for finding teaching jobs. PBS Teachers http://www.pbs.org/teachers/ PBS's teachers website has links to current events related items as well as containing information on all subject areas. There are also lesson planning resources that you can search for by grade level and topic. Homeroom Teacher http://www.homeroomteacher.com/ This website is particularly useful because you can order classroom supplies. There is also a teacher's forum in which teachers can share ideas with oneanother. School Spring http://www.schoolspring.com/ This site is free to join and gives members the ability to view teaching positions from around the country. Education Place http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/ This website is an through the Houghton Mifflin publishing company and is geared toward middle school English classes. Top Teaching Resources http://www.topteachingresources.com/ This site provides online, supplimental teaching resources. There is also a link about getting grants and funding for education. PA Dept of Edu http://www.pde.state.pa.us/ Use this link to find out anything you ever wanted to know about teaching and education in the state of PA! Teachers will find it useful for looking up certification information, state standards, etc. PSEA http://www.psea.org/ This is a link to the Pennsylvania State Education Association's homepage. Use this to find out about the lastest education news, job openings and more! Parents may also find this site useful for finding out more about Pennsylvania's education system. ASCD http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/index.jsp/ This is the homepage for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Access articles from Educational Leadership, one of the top education magazines. Members can also browse and order resources.