Teach Sociology? Check Out These 20 Sites

American Sociological Association- resources for teachers and students

Free PowerPoint Presentations

High School Sociology Activities- from eHow
 

Internet Resources for Teachers of Sociology- from the Library of Congress; very nice listing!

Intro to Sociology Slide Presentation

Lesson Plans About Sociology- from PBS' documentary series POV

Sociology Central- includes free downloads of teacher notes

Sociology: General Resources- from Bubl Link, the catalogue of Internet Resources

Sociology Glossaries and Dictionaries

Sociology Lesson Plans- from the Educator's Reference Desk

Sociology Lesson Plans- from mrdonn.org

Sociology Lesson Plans and Activities- from the Lesson Planet

Sociology Projects for High School

Sociology Syllabus-  from teacher Nick Scharrer

Sociology Syllabus- from the Pittsburgh Public Schools (for grade 12)

Sociology Websites- from Spartacus Educational; nice long list

Sociological Research Online 

A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace

SocioWeb- independent guide to sociological resources on the Internet; essays, topics, theories, online journals and more

Teaching High School Sociology- blog written by  Chuck Schallhorn

Teaching Sociology- journal which is published quarterly for teachers

38 Sites for High School Lesson Plans

Hopefully these web sites offer every high school teacher some great lesson plans for their subject area. The links should bring you directly to the "high school"  section. I tried to label those sites which did not offer browsing by grade level.  Even though it's not even August yet, it's never too early to start gathering some  great ideas. You will also notice that I just added the "high school" tab at the top of the blog. A to Z Teacher Stuff Awesome Library Cybersmart! Student Curriculum- covers cyberbullying, Internet safety, digital citizenship Discovery Education Free ESL Lessons to Download- nice listing includes Word documents, PDFs, MP3 files Grade 9 to Grade 12 Science Lesson Plans High School Level English Language Arts Lesson Plans High School Social Studies Lesson Plans Holocaust Activities HotChalk Lesson Plans Page ITVS PBS Lesson Plans Lesson Planet- over 200,000 reviewed; can't browse by grade

Lesson Plan Central- can't browse by grade

Lesson Plan Megasearch- search (3) directories. including TeAchnology, LessonPlanz and Virginia's site for educators Lesson Plan Search-can't browse by grade level Lesson Plan Templates Lesson Plans for P.E. Lesson Plans by Veteran Teachers- browse by subject only Lesson Tutor Lesson Planz.com McRel Lesson Plans- can't browse by grade level Microsoft Education Lesson Plans Modern World History Lesson Plans NY Times Daily Lesson Plan- browse by category only Online Economics Lessons Smithsonian Education Lesson Plans Spanish Lesson Plans- from TeAchnology Teaching Economics As If People Mattered TeachNet TeacherPlanet- short list Teachers.net Lesson Plans- long list of all high school lesson plans Teachers Network- high school ESL lessons Teachervision Tech Lesson Plans Technology and Engineering Education Association of Pennsylvania- grades 10-12 lesson plans Technology Education Handouts- 28 to download These Kids Mean Busine$$- for business teachers Thirteen Ed Online Lesson Plans

Why I Order Graphic Novels for the Library

I know that there are many teacher-librarians and media specialists who do not feel that graphic novels have a place in the school library. I've heard comments such as "They're the same as comic books!" and "High school students shouldn't be reading picture books". Today's digital learners are constantly preoccupied with visual stimuli, including video games, computers, TV, movies and cell phones that it's no wonder that our book circulation statistics have shown a decline in the last few years.

Problem #1- Dealing with kids who say they hate reading
That always hurts to hear, but I'd rather they were reading a magazine or a graphic novel, because then they would at least be reading, right?

Problem #2- Special education students who have various problems
I have students who not only have ADD, they dislike reading. (see problem #1) Cool pictures in a graphic novel can possibly keep their interest, especially if the artwork is awesome. The books I have purchased include a few Twilight Zone stories, classic novels (Beowolf, Frankenstein) and Anime.

Here are a few articles about graphic novels in the school library:
How Graphic Novels Thrive in High School Libraries: A Discussion 
2011 Great Graphic Novels for Kids- from ALA
Graphic Novels, Seriously- from SLJ
Must Have Graphic Novels Secondary