Language Arts Resources in the James Earl Carter Library

Table of Contents

1. Government Sites

2. Academic Sites

3. Non-Profit Organizations

4. "Dot-Com" Sites

1. Government Sites

The Department of Education contains no shortage of information and publications on Language Arts.  This particular link is to an ERIC generated listing of Language Arts web resources.  From the Department homepage a directory syle search can garner more.

The Library of Congress- Though this site does not have a Language Arts resources page per se, it can be an exceptional asset as a research and demonstration tool whether for pre-schoolers or college students.  This particular link is to a children's page; it is also possible to search the library's complete catalog.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are the creators of EdSitement, a federally funded and educator designed program that attempts to make learning as interesting and visually stimulating as possible.  This is their Language Arts page.

The Smithsonian Institution- in addition to being the nation's largest public museum complex they are a public educational facility legally on par with any public university.  The administration has developed quite a large Educator's resource page; this is the Language Arts page.

2. Academic Sites

California State University at Northridge- Useful for interdisciplinary studies, this is a site dedicated to cross curricula teaching of Social Studies and Language Arts.

Columbia University-  Short but useful index of Language Arts web sites.

James Madison University- Though a small university, this accumulation of lesson plans and other Language Arts resources is one of the best on the net.  You will find links to it from the majority of other academic Language Arts resource pages. Among other great features are the Index of web sites divided per subject and age of student.

Purdue University- This is an online workshop for teachers of writing.  It is especially geared towards older students and has an exceptional series of links.

3. Non-Profit Organizations

AskEric- probably the most famous of all free access non-profit sites, this is the Language Arts Lesson Plans section.

Columbia Education Center- An extremely spartan site but very rich in content with dozens of complete lesson plans.

Northwest Regional Educational Library- An index from the award winning "Library in the Sky Program" to more than 150 Language Arts curricula sites available free of charge on the web.

National Council of English Teachers (NCTE)- This site offers forums, discussion lists, and a special "Tips for New Teachers" section. This particular link is to their Elementary teacher section. The web-site's own search feature is located on the bottom left hand side and can be used to find lesson plans and other info.

4. "Dot-Com" Sites

EdHelper- has a particularly good source on teaching Shakespeare.

Education World- large collection of lesson plans; pays a $50 honorarium to teachers whose submittedlesson plans are uploaded.

Lesson Planet- requires registration, but a free site with lesson plans.

Lesson Planz- Articles and lesson plans; decent auxiliary source.

Sites for Teachers- Very good general link index to Language Arts lesson plans, reference sources, ideas,etc.

Teachnology- An educational technology site with archived multimedia lesson plans. Searchable by specific topic (e.g. Maya Angelou, "Anne of Green Gables")