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AskEric Lesson Plans
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml
The Educational Research Information Center (ERIC) hosts a wealth of lesson plans contributed by educators. These plans can be searched by content areas, such as social studies, health, and physical education. A search of the language arts section of this ERIC site yielded a listing of 11 categories (from spelling and story telling to journalism and writing composition) and featured more than 100 language arts lesson plans spanning grades K-12.

Edsitement
http://edsitement.neh.gov/
Humanities based site offering lesson plans in learning guide categories like crossing borders, literature, language and myth, thresholds of change and opening dialogues.

Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/index.shtml
Education World acts as a warehouse of information and resources to educators, featuring not only lesson plans, but also information on education in the news, summer reading lists for both students and teachers, and reviews of other educational Web sites.

Franklin Institute
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/activity/act-summ.html
Lesson plans from one of the top Science-based museums and Internet sites in the country; spanning K-12.

The Learning Network
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
At the *New York Times,* you can probably feel pretty safe about the accuracy and authority of the resources presented. The Learning Network Grades 6-12 shapes week-long lesson plans around articles that have appeared in the text version of the newspaper. These lesson plans, focusing on current events, are generally most useful in social studies or English classes.

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) provides research and development assistance to education, government, community agencies, business, and labor. NWREL's primary service area is the Northwest states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
Link to Lesson Plans

Smithsonian Lesson Plans
http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/lessons.html
It's from the Smithsonian Institute for teachers.

Spacelink Instructional Materials
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/
NASA's online materials, projects and products for teachers, including materials on Careers, Earth Science, Life Science, Mathematics, Physical Science, Space Science and Technology

Teach Free
http://teachfree.com/
Free teacher-reviewed kits for K-12 classroom teachers on such varied topics as biology, nutrition and anthropology. Sponsored by the Cattlemen's Beef board and the NCBA.

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