I am currently covering the development of American industry in my methods course and these are some really helpful links providing more detailed information about specific important people and events.
This link can be accessed by going to the NH Dept of Ed website. This link provides helpful, comprehensive information regarding the new Smarter Balance test that will be occurring in Spring 2015
Interactive, online tool in which students can create webs for a variety of reasons such as brainstorming, essay writing, reading comprehension, etc. I just used it to create a 'To-Do' list, can be utilized effectively for a variety of things.
This website has a small but interesting list of ways to begin questions, categorized by which level of Bloom's taxonomy you are looking to work in. This link takes you immediately to the question starters, but the entire website is worth perusing if you have a moment.
This website has many many pages of interactive activities and lessons. Students can study story elements, idioms, pronunciations, reading, spelling, play games, all sorts of things. When you have a day with a CoW, or a day in a lab, you can have the students pick a lesson from a list, or you can print out a page and use it as a sponge activity.
This site is a great tool for anybody looking for activities to help teach particular topics. It's divided up by grade, then by subject. I find this particularly useful for those who are extremely interactive.
This site is a tool to generate free graph paper of a variety of sizes and styles. Perfect for when you need graph paper, but your supply closet is empty (as it will be, come June, or May, or even April.
A cool website that helps students find books that are high-interest. It also recommends books at a similar reading level to what they entered as their jumping-off point.