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| Resource | Type | Age level | Reading level(s) | Great for | Good to know… |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TweenTribune | News | Middle School, High school | 3rd to 12th grade | Daily news stories are selected by professional journalists working closely with teens, tweens and teachers. | |
| Newsela | News | Middle School, High school | 3rd to 12th grade | engaging students in relevant, recent topics | Can create classes and track student progress |
| CK-12 | Textbook | Middle School, High school | Grades 6-12 | Open source textbooks for most subjects and grade levels. | |
| OER Commons | Textbook | Middle School, High school | Grades 6-12 | Repository of open sources text and curriculum. A good source for finding free textbooks | |
| OpenStax | Textbook | High school, College | Grades 10-12 | Free, open source college level textbooks | |
| Boundless | Textbook | High school, College | Grades 10-12 | Free, open source college level textbooks | |
| Big History Project | Textbook, Non-fiction | Middle School, High school | Grades 6-12 | online textbook that covers the history of the universe and life | |
| Ozy | News,Non-Fiction | Middle School, High school | Grades 6-12 | News and magazine site aimed at teens | |
| Lit-Hum | Literature | Middle School, High school | Grades 6-12 | collection of stories and poems | |
| Project Gutenberg | Literature, Non-Fiction | Middle School, High school | Grades 6-12 | large collection of free classic texts. Works best if text is pasted into a published Google Doc | |
| Literature.org | Literature | Middle School, High school | Grades 6-12 | Find the full and unabridged texts of classic works of English literature | |
| UMN Open Textbook Library | Literature, Non-Fiction | High school, College | Grades 11+ | Find college level open source textbooks. The library is organized by the Univeristy of Minnesota. | |
| CommonLit | Literature | Middle School, High School | Grades 6-12 | collection of poems, short stories, news articles, historical documents, and literature for classrooms. PDF Articles: copy and paste text into a Google Doc and publish for use with DocentEDU. | |
| Google News | News | Middle School, High School | Usually 5th-12th grade | searching for multiple sources | You can search for specific topics and even by source and geogprahical point and time |
| NPR News | News | Middle School, High School | 5th-10th | relevant, recent topics | Majority of stories include audio |
| NY Times Learning Network | News | High School | 8th-12th | bringing relevant news to your classroom | Has pre-made lesson plans using news articles; includes some video and audio for differentiation |
| NPR Goats and Soda Blog | News | Middle School, High School | 5th-10th | News stories about living life in a life-changing world. Inspiring students through the news | Usually has audio for differentiation |
| NPR Code Switch Blog | News | Middle School, High School | 5th-10th | Engage students in difficult topics in an accessible manner | Usually has audio for differentiation |
| TED | News, Non-Fiction | Middle School, High School | Usually 5th-10th grade | Great ideas to change the world. Inspiring students and making them think | Includes time-stamped transcripts of every talk including video |
| The Big Think | Non-Fiction | Middle School, High School | 5th-10th | Articles from experts about world-changing ideas and policies. Inspiring students and making them think | every article chosen for significance, relevance, and application |
| This I Believe | Literature | Middle School, High School | 5th-8th | Personal Essays about life. Using memoir to engage students | Has audio of every story for differentiation |
| NPR History Dept. Blog | Non-Fiction | Middle School, High School | 8th-12th | New research to inform history | Brings new insights into historical concepts |
| Daily History | Non-Fiction | High School | High School | Teaching history using primary sources | Includes primary source images as well as documents; publishes one new concept every day |
| American Rhetoric Top 100 Speeches | Non-Fiction | High School | 9th-12th | Inspiring students while teaching history and rhetoric | Has audio/video as well as text for most speeches |