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Collection of poems, short stories, news articles, historical documents, and literature for classrooms.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