Teachers and Homeschoolers
Resources
- Homeschooling in Wisconsin
- FISH Home Education Network: Wisconsin Requirements for Homeschoolers
- National Center for Home Education: Homeschooling in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Parents Association
- Colleges That Admit Homeschoolers
- Resources for Learning from the American Museum of Natural History
Teacher Collection
Need materials for your lesson plans? Contact Suzanne Salzwedel for details about teacher collections. By working together we can help your students succeed.
Tours
Call the Children's Librarian, Melissa Potter, 2 weeks in advance to arrange a tour. It's important to call the library to make sure your visit does not conflict with another group visit or library program. Library cards for students are issued in accordance with our Circulation Policy.
If you have any questions or would like to schedule a visit, call the Children's Department at (920) 623-5926.
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Websites of interest
Below are just a few of the websites out there. The library does not endorse or guarantee the information posted on these sites. Patrons use at their own risk.
Historical Thinking Matters [pdf, Quick Time
The Historical Thinking Matters website is an excellent resource for teachers and students who hope to learn about the importance of the historical perspective. Created by the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University and their colleagues at Stanford University, the site will help students learn "to interrogate historical sources and use them to form reasoned conclusions about the past." New users may wish to start with the "Why Historical Thinking Matters" section, which offers a short film about the Battle of Lexington in 1775. Moving on, the "Student Investigations" area contains four investigations of topics from post-Civil War history, including the Scopes Trial, the creation of Social Security, and Rosa Parks. Finally, the site is rounded out by a solid set of resources for instructors, complete with examples of teacher and student work. [KMG] - The Scout Report -- July 3, 2009
New resources from Britannica Digital Learning added!
The Britannica Online School Edition includes encyclopedias for elementary, middle, and high school students. Each has age appropriate reference articles, journals, magazines, selected websites, multimedia and curriculum content. The elementary encyclopedia contains the Britannica Learning Zone for PK-2 which contains voice instructions on use, an interactive atlas, online art activities, games and learning materials, audio and video, and vocabulary builders. The Learning Zone teaches concepts that children ages 4-7 are curious about, such as geography, numbers, time, sounds, and much more.
Educators have quick, easy access to every states curriculum standards and benchmarks. There are hundreds of curriculum-based lesson plans and printable learning activities for use in the classroom, media center, or computer lab. The encyclopedias include 124,000 articles, over 30,000 illustrations, graphics, maps and student activities, and 3,300 educational videos.
Go to "online resources" to the left to access Britannica.
Kids in the House
Use this interactive site to help children learn about the United States House of Representatives, the Office of the Clerk, and their roles in lawmaking. Also find historical material on important House events, historical figures, and works of art in the House; take a tour of the U.S. Capitol complex, the House chamber, and Statuary Hall; play games; and more. From the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. LII Item
Our Courts: 21st Century Civics
"Justice Sandra Day O'Connor welcomes teachers and students to the site for civics games, lesson plans, comprehensive resource link, civics-in-action projects, and more." Use the "Learn About Civics" section to find material about current members of the U.S. Supreme Court (and Sandra Day O'Connor), the three branches of government, tribal government, and state resources. Includes lesson plans on the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. From Georgetown University and Arizona State University. LII Item