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Chapter 1: Working With Standards and Benchmarks
Chapter 2: Philosophies of Curriculum and Instruction
Chapter 3: The Role of Assessment
Chapter 4: Direct Instruction
Chapter 5: Language, Word Study, and the Tools of Writing
Chapter 6: Strategies for Listening, Speaking, Viewing, and Visually Representing
Chapter 7: Children's and Young Adult Literature as a Tool for the Language Arts
Chapter 8: Language Arts and the Content Areas
Chapter 9: Workshops in the Language Arts Curriculum
Chapter 11: Middle Childhood Language Arts: Sandy Cabernathy's Third- and Fourth-Grade Classroom

Chapter 14: Developing Original Instructional Units Based on Standards, Benchmarks, and Grade Level Expectations

Chapter 1: Working With Standards and Benchmarks

No Child Left Behind:
www.ed.gov/nclb

No Child Left Behind Glossary:
www.ed.gov/print/nclb/index/az/glossary.html

Education Glossary of Terms:
http://www.ed.gov/print/nclb/index/az/glossary.html

Constructive teaching through the deconstruction of standards:
http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/summerworkshop/index.html

Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning:
www.mcrel.org

International Reading Association (IRA):
www.reading.org

National Reading Conference (NRC):
www.nrconline.org

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE):
www.ncte.org

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM):
www.nctm.org

National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS):
www.ncss.org

National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT):
www.nabt.org

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA):
www.nsta.org

The National Academies Press (NAP):
www.nap.edu

American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT):
www.aapt.org

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL):
www.actfl.org

National Association for Music Education (MENC):
www.menc.org

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance:
www.aahperd.org

National Association for Sports and Physical Education:
www.aahperd.org/NASPE

National Art Education Standards:
www.artteacherconnection.com
(enter and click on National Standards)

International Society for Technology in Education:
www.iste.org
(National Educational Technology Standards for Students)

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Chapter 2: Philosophies of Curriculum and Instruction

Paideia Institue:
www.paideia.org

National Heritage Academies:
http://www.heritageacademies.com

Core Knowledge Foundation:
http://coreknowledge.org/CK/

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Philosophy for Children:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/children/

Jerome Bruner and the Process of Education:
www.infed.org/thinkers/ bruner .htm

Community Montessori:
www.shiningminds.com

Institute for Advancement of Philosophy for Children:
www.montclair.edu/iapc

Carl Rogers on Education:
www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/ rogers .html

Professional Profile – Carl Rogers:
www. social psychology.org/psych.htm

A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: Abraham Maslow:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bhmasl.html

Professional Profile – Abraham Maslow:
www. social psychology.org/psych.htm

John Dewey:
www.infed.org/thinkers/et- dewey .htm

Sylvan Learning:
www.educate.com/about.html

Kumon:
www.kumon.com

An Interview with Henry Giroux:
www.dissidentvoice.org/Nov2004/Rahmani1118.htm

National Service Learning Clearinghouse:
www. servicelearning.org

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Chapter 3: The Role of Assessment

Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards Through Classroom Assessment:
http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kbla9810.htm

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Chapter 4: Direct Instruction

The Association for Direct Instruction:
www.adihome.org

Journey to Excellence: Direct Instruction Resources:
www. journey to excellence.org/practice/ instruction /theories/ direct /web.phtml

An Evaluation of the Direct Instruction Program – Baltimore City Public School System
www.bcps.k12.md.us

The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation:
www.grammarbook.com

National Educational Technology Standards for Students:
http://osx.latech.edu/students/s_stands.html

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Chapter 5: Language, Word Study, and the Tools of Writing

Jerome Bruner and the Process of Education:
www.infed.org/thinkers/ bruner .htm

Professional Profile – Jerome Bruner:
www.social psychology.org/psych.htm

Teaching a Concept:
http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/taconcept/index.htm

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Chapter 6: Strategies for Listening, Speaking, Viewing, and Visually Representing

Hilda Taba (UNESCO Publications):
http://www.ibe.unesco.org/publications/thinkers.htm

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Chapter 7: Children's and Young Adult Literature as a Tool for the Language Arts

Japanese-American National Museum:
www.janm.org

National Center for the Preservation of Democracy:
www.nc democracy.org

Smithsonian National Museum of American History:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/

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Chapter 8: Language Arts and the Content Areas

Japanese-American National Museum:
www.janm.org

National Center for the Preservation of Democracy:
www.ncdemocracy.org

American Lung Assocation:
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=44352

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Chapter 9: Workshops in the Language Arts Curriculum

Jigsaw Classroom:
www.jigsaw.org

Professional Profile – Eliot Aronson:
www.socialpsychology.org/psych.htm

Teaching With Documents: Lesson Plans:
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons

Helsinki Accord:
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/subsites/ccpdc/pubs/addm/osce.htm

Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights

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Chapter 11: Middle Childhood Language Arts: Sandy Cabernathy's Third- and Fourth-Grade Classroom

Scientific Inquiry-Based Learning for K-12 Students and Teachers – ANOVA Science:
http://www.anovascience.com/

CIBL – Center for Inquiry-Based Learning:
http://www.biology.duke.edu/cibl/

YouthLearn:
http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/approach/inquiry.asp

Inquiry-Based Learning:
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index.html

BIO – ED On-Line: Scientific Inquiry: Learning Science by Doing Science: http://www.bioedonline.org/slides/slide01.cfm?tk=10

Science Learning Network:
http://www.sln.org/

NCSI Learning Resources - Using Inquiry to Teach Social Studies:
http://www.nationalcharterschools.org/resource_listing_detail.php?id=71

Inquiry -based Learning: Demonstration:
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/demo_sub1.html

Inquiry -Based Learning Curriculum Resources:
http://www.teach-nology.com/currenttrends/inquiry/curriculum/

Heldref Publications:
http://www.heldref.org/

NSF: KDI: Inquiry Learning Forum (Multidisciplinary):
http://nsf.gov/cise/kdi/tools/lrng_forum.html

Battle Creek Area Math + Science Center:
http://www.bcmsc.k12.mi.us/

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Chapter 14: Developing Original Instructional Units Based on Standards, Benchmarks, and Grade Level Expectations

Merriam-Websters Words of the Year 2005:
http://www.m-w.com/info/05words.htm

Concept to Classroom: Interdisciplinary Curriculum in Your Classroom:
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/interdisciplinary/index.html

Virginia Department of Education: Interdisciplinary Curriculum Models:
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/newvdoe/curriculum-models.html

Interdisciplinary Curriculum Themes: UNESCO:
http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/TLSF/theme_c/uncofrm_c.htm

Designing an Interdisciplinary Curriculum in Science and Technology – UNESCO:
http://www.ibe.unesco.org/curriculum/China/Pdf/IVilan.pdf

Access Excellence: The National Health Museum:
http://www.accessexcellence.org/

CES Natiional Web: Asking the Essential Questions: Curriculum Development:
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/view/ces_res/137

Math Forum – Curriculum Development:
http://mathforum.org/mathed/curriculum.dev.html

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