The following websites were selected for education methods classes as starting points for teaching language arts. Websites reflect general education gateways, publications, professional associations and research, and literature resources.
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Teaching Language Arts: Gateways -- General Language Arts/Literature Education -- Book Reviews and Awards -- Research and Criticism -- Professional Interest: Associations and Publications -- Special Interest -- For Kids -- Busse Desktop Reference Resources
Teaching Language Arts: Gateways
- Children's Literature and Language Arts Resources: Internet School Library medica Center (ISLMC)
- CyberGuides: Teacher Guides and Student Activities
- Family Involvement Storybook Corner: Harvard Family Research Project
- EDSITEment: Literature and Language Arts
- Poetry Teachers.com
- Readinglady.com: Teacher Resource Center
- Web English Teacher - k-12 resources
General Language Arts/Literature Education
- Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site -- noteworthy resources directory
- Children's Literature Web Guide (CLWG): University of Calgary
- Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University
- Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature -- compiled by Lisa R. Bartle
- de Grummond Children's Literature Collection: University of Southern Mississippi
- English On-Line
- Index to Internet Sites: Children's and Young Adults' Authors and Illustrators
- International Children's Digital Library - digitized children's books in many languages
- Luminarium -- Medieval, Renaissance and 17th Century writers
- The Purple Crayon: A Children's Book Editor Site
- SparkNotes - online study guides to high school literature
- Alexlibris
- BookHive
- BookLinks: ALA -- exclusively reviews children's books
- Booklist Magazine Online
- Caldecott and Newbery Awards -- winners list
- Caldecott Medal Home Page: ALA
- Children's Book Awards and Other Literary Prizes
- Coretta Scott King Award: ALA
- Newbery Medal Home Page: ALA
- A Bibliography of Children's Literature Criticism. By Perry Nodelman.
- Children's Literature: A Guide to the Criticism. By Linnea Hendrickson.
- Children's Literature Page: Kay E. Vandergrift, Rutgers University
- Issues in Literacy Development. By John J. Pikulski and J. David Cooper.
- Learning to Read: Resources for Language Arts and Reading Research -- By John Nemes
- Textmapping Project -- reading comprehension skills instruction
Professional Interest: Associations and Publications
- Center for Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA)
- Center for Literacy Studies
- Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication: Indiana University
- Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative Information Technology Group: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne (ECAP/ITG)
- Horn Book Magazine
- International Reading Association (IRA)
- National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
- ReadWriteThink
- Reading Online -- journal of the International Reading Association (IRA)
- Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read. From NICHD: The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- 19th Century Schoolbooks: University of Pittsburgh : Digital Research Library
- Aaron Shephard's Storytelling Page
- Between the Lions: PBS
- Booktalks -- online resources
- The Cinderella Project: University of Southern Mississippi
- Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
- Handbook for Storytellers
- Iowa: A Literary Landscape - bibliography of adult and children's fiction with Iowa settings
- Legends
- Mything Links
- The Puppetry Home Page
- Reading Rainbow: PBS
- Favorite Teenage Angst Books
- Just for Kids Who Love Books
- Little Planet Times -- for young readers and writers
- READING RANTS: Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists !
- Roald Dahl Official Website
- Story Hour: Internet Public Library
- Tales of Wonder - Folktales from around the world
- Teenreads.com
- World of Peter Rabbit -- by Beatrix Potter
- The Young Writers Club
Busse Desktop Reference Resources
- Education:Picture Books
- Education: Easy Readers
- Education: Young Adult Literature
- Virtual English Library
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