Course Resources for Students

• Useful tips for all classes
College Application Essays Cover Letters and Résumés Discussions, Debates, and Persuasive Essays Documenting: Quoting, Citing Sources Evaluating Sources Focusing Graphic Organizers Information Gathering, Summarizing Interviews Libraries and Networks Media Literacy Note-Taking Open-Response (Essay) Questions Oral Presentations (including PowerPoint) Reference Information Research Projects Research Rubric Scriptwriting Team / Collaborative Work Technical Writing Writing Essays
• Prints & Photographs Online Catalog - need a picture for your report or project?
• Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. There is also a Simple English Wikipedia as well as versions in many other langauges

Subject Areas

Some of the guides available below are adapted and updated from information found on the library's Instructional Resources pages which were created prior to September, 2001 by Reference Staff.

Teacher Resources

• The Best Web Sites for Teachers
• Creating Assessment Rubrics
• eJournals in Education : free online education journals
• English Teacher Web Sites
• Inclusion Resources
• Integrating Library Resources with Learning Objectives
• The Learning Page ...especially for teachers (Library of Congress)
• Links for K-12 Teachers
• Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks
• Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure
• MIT OpenCourseWare: Highlights for High School
• Multimedia Project Scoring Rubric: Scoring Guidelines
• Multimedia Project Scoring Rubric: Scoring Guidelines
• On-line practice modules
• PBS Teachers - Resources for the Classroom
• The Plagiarism Resource Site
• Promising Practices Network
• A Questioning Toolkit - includes Essential Questions
• Read/Write/Think - practices and resources in reading and language arts
• Research Rubric
• Runric Machine (ThinkingGear)
• Rubrics (Authentic Assessment Toolbox)
• Rubrics and Evaluation Resources
• UbD Helpful Resources
• Web English teacher