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TweenTribune News Middle School, High school 3rd to 12th grade Daily news stories are selected by professional journalists working closely with teens, tweens and teachers.
Newsela News Middle School, High school 3rd to 12th grade engaging students in relevant, recent topics Can create classes and track student progress
CK-12 Textbook Middle School, High school Grades 6-12 Open source textbooks for most subjects and grade levels.
OER Commons Textbook Middle School, High school Grades 6-12 Repository of open sources text and curriculum. A good source for finding free textbooks
OpenStax Textbook High school, College Grades 10-12 Free, open source college level textbooks
Boundless Textbook High school, College Grades 10-12 Free, open source college level textbooks
Big History Project Textbook, Non-fiction Middle School, High school Grades 6-12 online textbook that covers the history of the universe and life
Ozy News,Non-Fiction Middle School, High school Grades 6-12 News and magazine site aimed at teens
Lit-Hum Literature Middle School, High school Grades 6-12 collection of stories and poems
Project Gutenberg Literature, Non-Fiction Middle School, High school Grades 6-12 large collection of free classic texts. Works best if text is pasted into a published Google Doc
Literature.org Literature Middle School, High school Grades 6-12 Find the full and unabridged texts of classic works of English literature
UMN Open Textbook Library Literature, Non-Fiction High school, College Grades 11+ Find college level open source textbooks. The library is organized by the Univeristy of Minnesota.
CommonLit Literature Middle School, High School Grades 6-12 collection of poems, short stories, news articles, historical documents, and literature for classrooms. PDF Articles: copy and paste text into a Google Doc and publish for use with DocentEDU.
Google News News Middle School, High School Usually 5th-12th grade searching for multiple sources You can search for specific topics and even by source and geogprahical point and time
NPR News News Middle School, High School 5th-10th relevant, recent topics Majority of stories include audio
NY Times Learning Network News High School 8th-12th bringing relevant news to your classroom Has pre-made lesson plans using news articles; includes some video and audio for differentiation
NPR Goats and Soda Blog News Middle School, High School 5th-10th News stories about living life in a life-changing world. Inspiring students through the news Usually has audio for differentiation
NPR Code Switch Blog News Middle School, High School 5th-10th Engage students in difficult topics in an accessible manner Usually has audio for differentiation
TED News, Non-Fiction Middle School, High School Usually 5th-10th grade Great ideas to change the world. Inspiring students and making them think Includes time-stamped transcripts of every talk including video
The Big Think Non-Fiction Middle School, High School 5th-10th Articles from experts about world-changing ideas and policies. Inspiring students and making them think every article chosen for significance, relevance, and application
This I Believe Literature Middle School, High School 5th-8th Personal Essays about life. Using memoir to engage students Has audio of every story for differentiation
NPR History Dept. Blog Non-Fiction Middle School, High School 8th-12th New research to inform history Brings new insights into historical concepts
Daily History Non-Fiction High School High School Teaching history using primary sources Includes primary source images as well as documents; publishes one new concept every day
American Rhetoric Top 100 Speeches Non-Fiction High School 9th-12th Inspiring students while teaching history and rhetoric Has audio/video as well as text for most speeches