Lesson Plans Databases

Links checked on 8/9/09

1. 4Teachers.org database allows you to select a subject, a theme and then a specific topic.
2. ABC Teach - Database of thematic units.
3. About.com - Large database of lesson plans, with middle and high school focus
4. Activity Search - from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt "Education Place".
5. Alabama Learning Exchange - Lessons categorized by subject and grade levels.
6. Alfy Database of lessons
7. Alfy's Library of Thematic units - Thematic lesson plans about literature activities
8. Apple Learning Interchange - You will need to register before using this free database of teaching ideas. Then you may search for lessons organized by subject area and grade level. You may also submit your ideas to the Interchange.
9. Awesome Library - various subjects included in this database of lesson plans.
10. Best Lessons from WNET, the great PBS station in New York (the first page is social studies only, but there is an index at the top of the page to other subjects).
11. Blue Web'n - an online library of over 1800 outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools).
12. Columbia Education Center - Large variety of lesson plans.
13. Commonwealth of Knowledge - Lesson plan database from Virginia. As of 8/09, this site is undergoing reconstruction, but there is a link to Lesson Plans in their left navigation.
14. Curriki - Open source educational materials with a focus is on K-12 curricula materials in the areas of literacy mathematics, science, technology, language arts, and foreign languages.
15. Discovery Education A lesson plan library for K - 12.
16. Education World's Lesson Planning Center.
17. Education World's Teacher Submitted Lesson Plans Collection.
18. Educator's Reference Desk - A lesson plan database across subjects and grades.
19. ForLessonPlans - Contains an online directory of free lesson plans for K-12 teachers.
20. The Gateway to Educational Materials database offers the key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet.
21. Illuminations Lesson Plan database from the NCTM sponsored Marco Polo site.
22. Internet Field Trips from Scholastic - provide quick suggestions for using targeted web sites to teach a specific topic.
23. Learning Page - This is a huge collection of professionally produced instructional materials for you to download and print. To get all worksheets you must be a member, but registration is free. (elementary grades)
24. Lesson Plan Search - over 2000 lessons in this database, but few on each page.
25. Lesson Planet Directory of lesson plans.
26. Lesson Plans Page - Over 2,000 free lessons.
27. LessonPlanz.com - a searchable directory of free online lesson plans
28. Library of Congress Learning Place
29. McREL Lesson Database
30. Math Archives K-12 Teaching Materials.
31. Math Forum Lesson Plans - Organized by topic or grade level K - 12.
32. Microsoft - Contains a huge lesson plan library organized by grade and subject.
33. Monthly Themes from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt "Education Place"
34. PBS Teacher Source
35. Fun Lesson Plans - Major sections includes Preschool, Holidays, Reading, Social Studies and Back to School.
36. Preschool Themes - ideas from A to F | ideas from G to L | ideas from M to R | ideas from S to Z
37. Primary Resources - Lesson plans, activity ideas and resources for primary and elementary school teachers.
38. Quia Index - Quia users have created activities in the following topics. These activities have been created by Quia's subscribers and are of varying quality.
39. Smithsonian Education - Lesson plans emphasizing inquiry-based learning using primary sources and museum collections.
40. Teachers.net - Free lesson plan database.
41. Teaching Online database of lessons
42. TeachNet.com - Large database of lessons, cross-curricular emphasis.
43. Terrorism - KidsClick! Lesson Plans and Resources About Terrorism.
44. Thematic Units from ALFY - Here you'll find ALFY's Picks, Internet Based Classroom Activities, Lesson Plans, and related book resources all organized by conceptual themes.
45. Utah Education Network - Large lesson plan database, organized by subject and grade level.
46. WNET Database - Original lesson plans are developed by Thirteen Ed Online Master Teachers. Starting with tried-and-true lessons that work in the classroom, our Web-savvy teachers have built Web-based activities that use the rich resources of Thirteen/WNET New York and the Internet.
47. Yahoo Directory of Lesson Plans