DeWitt Public Schools Educational Web Portal

Welcome! Below are a variety of curriculum resources for educators. Please feel free to search this portal by key word and to add your own resources if you think they will benefit other teachers. The DPS Technology Department will review and determine relevance of postings.

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Title Grade Level Content Area Web Address Description Voices of Youth All Levels Social Studies www.unicef.org/voy "The Voices of Youth is a Unicef-sponsored online forum where young people can express their view on global issues such as development Andes Expedition All Levels Social Studies www.nationalgeographic.com/andes/index.html "Five centuries ago a young woman was sacrificed to the Inca gods. Her body was preserved in an ice field high atop a mountain in Peru. On the Andes Expedition site What Did You Do in the War Grandma? All Levels Social Studies www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html An Oral History of Rhode Island Women during World War II. Written by students in the Honors English Program at South Kingstown High School. K-12 History on the Internet Guide All Levels Social Studies www.xs4all.nl/~swanson/history This is a valuable guide to using the Internet when teaching history. Hyper History Online All Levels Social Studies www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html "Follow the links to HyperHistory Ancient World Web All Levels Social Studies http://www.julen.net/aw/ Recent discoveries and links to articles and updates about the Ancient World. CIA World Factbook All Levels Social Studies www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html Simple and basic facts about all the countries of the world. Mapquest All Levels Social Studies www.mapquest.com Explore cities around the world via their maps. MarcoPolo All Levels Social Studies www.marcopolo-education.org/index.aspx Quality standards based Internet content for the classroom. Crayon’s News Links All Levels Social Studies crayon.net/using/links.html A terrific list of on-line newspapers. Maclean’s All Levels Social Studies www.macleans.ca A selection of articles from each week’s publication. Knowledge Delivery Systems Online Professional Development All Levels Cross-Curricular store.yahoo.com/kds-orders "Archived Web Cast Packages...Topics include Differentiation instruction EconEdLink All Levels Social Studies www.econedlink.org "Offered by the National Council on Economic Education National Center for Learning Disabilities All Levels Cross-Curricular www.ld.org/index.html "The Nation Center for Learning Disabilities provides national leadership in support of children and adults with learning disabilities (LD) by offering information Education World All Levels All www.education-world.com A portal site for classroom information of all sorts. Great Web Sites for Kids Middle School and Below Portal Site www.ala.org/greatsites The Americal Library Association's listing of children's web sites. Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators All Portal Site school.discovery.com/schrockguide "A web standard for educational materials Gaggle Upper Elementary and above Communications www.gaggle.net A source for free content filtered e-mail for students. Google Academic Search   Search scholar.google.com This site searches academic journals and web postings only. Great for professional references. Pearson Successnet K-5 Math and Science www.pearsonsuccessnet.com The entry link for our math and science series materials.