Our list of web-site suggestions has many sites focusing on English literacy, and it is hoped that this is a helpful starting point for students, parents, teachers, and tutors.
African American
- African American History Month
- African American Studies – Berkeley
- African American Web Connection
- African American History Biography – Black History
- Museum of Afro-American History
- NAACP – Home Page
- The Library of Congress
Aptitude, Jobs, and Careers
- Career Cruising
- OCLN–Job & Career Accelerator
- AC People: Career Dev Advice
- AnalyzeMyCareer.com
- ASVAB: Today’s Military
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Career Information (MA)
- Career Key: Choosing a Career
- Career Overview
- Career Profiles
- Collegeboard.com
- College For Adults
- CVTips (Resume and Letters)
- Education Atlas: Online Learning
- English for the Workplace
- ESLflow – Job Vocabulary
- Federal Student Financial Assist. Find It! By Audience – Workers
- HumanMetrics
- JobProfiles.org
- Kingdomality
- Monster
- MonsterLearning.com
- MyFuture.com Homepage
- Occupational Outlook Handbk.
- Outofservice.com
- Personality Tests
- QUEST Career Planning
- Quintessential Career/Job Guide
- Temperament Sorter
- Usworkforce.org
- Yahoo! Education
Assessment
ALTERNATIVE
- Adventures in Assessment
- Education World – Rubrics
- Nat’l Assessments of Adult Lit.
- PGCPS Portfolio Assessments
- Portfolio Assessments
- SABES Assessment Support
STANDARDIZED
- Basic English Skills Test (BEST)
- Buros Center for Testing
- Buros Inst. Test Reviews On-line
- CASAS Home Page
- Center for Applied Linguistics
- FairTest Home
- Riverside Publishing HomePg
- TABE Tests of ABE
Computer Resources
VIRUS HELP
“TOOLS” AND HELP
- Belarc Advisor (PC Inventory)
- CNET.com – Bandwidth Meter
- Computers in Action
- Download.com
- Everything Computers
- IEEE Computer Society
- McAfee Internet Speedometer
- Major Geeks
- Microsoft Corporation
- Microsoft Product Support
- PC Guide
- TigerDirect.com/a>
- Truth Or Fiction
- Tucows Software Library
- Urban Legends Reference Pages
- Webshots
Especially ESL
- Activities for ESL/EFL Stds.
- Advanced English Lessons
- Antimoon.com – Learn English
- Bing Translator
- CESOL – Computers & ESOL
- Computers in Action
- Dave’s ESL Café
- English as a 2nd Language
- English as a Second Language
- English for the Workplace
- English Page – Adv. Lessons
- ESL Plans
- FreeLang – Dictionaries etc.
- FreeTranslation.com
- Hands-on English
- Interesting Things for ESL
- Kristina Pfaff’s Linguistic Fun
- Learn English as 2nd Language
- Learning English: BBC Service
- Multilingual Health Education
- Quia English Activities
- Randall’s ESL Listening Lab
- Web Learningl Projects
- WESLI English Crosswords
- Western Pacific: News Stories
- Zipmail – Email Brazil
GED Test Preparation
- ACE – Official Site for the GED
- CollegeBoard: Accuplacer
- GED Testing in MA
- gedpractice.com
- Huntington Uni. – Accuplacer
- KET GED 2002
- MHC GED Math free online prep
- NEIT: Accuplacer Practice
- PBS – GED Connection
- Test Prep Review
General Education Sites
- The Plymouth Public Library
- Old Colony Library Network
- Access Excellence Resource Ctr
- actDEN Software Tutorials
- Adult Literacy-Learning Edge
- Ask.Com
- Awesome Library
- Click Learning
- DiscoverySchool.com
- SchoolNotes.com
- Education Planet – Lesson Plans
- Education World
- Educational Activities – Adult Ed
- FunBrain.com
- Khan Academy – Video Lessons
- Learner Resources
- QuizHub – Practice Tests
- RefDesk.com
- Yahoo! KIDS
Health
- BrainPOP – Health
- Health Literacy Collection
- Health Literacy Toolbox
- Multilingual Health Ed.
- Nutrition Data
- NY Online Access to Health
- SABES Health Page
- WebMA
Learning Styles and Disabilities
- ALA – Roads to Learning – LD
- Center for Applied Special Tech
- Closing the Gap
- Job Accomodation Network
- Keirsey Temperament Sorter
- LD On-line – Adult Issues
- Learning Ally
- Learning Fundamentals – Home
- Learning Styles
- NA for Adults with Spec. Needs
- National Center for LD
- outofservice.com
- Personality Tests Project Gutenberg – etexts
- YALD
Literacy Organizations
- Early Childhood Associates, Inc.
- Family Literacy Backpack Proj.
- Midwest LINCS Family Lit.
- Adult and Community Learning
- BCC Community Service Progs
- ISTE-Edu. Tech. Professionals
- Family Literacy – Free Resources
- Literacy Assistance Center LAC
- Literacy Tent
- MA Adult Ed Home Page
- MA Coalition for Adult Ed.
- MA Family Lit. Consortium
- MATSOL- Teachers to ESOL
- National Adult Ed. Prof. Dev.
- National Center for Fam. Lit.
- NE Literacy Resource Cnter
- NorthEast Literacy & Tech.
- NE Lit. & Tech. Consortium
- OVAE – Home Page
- SABES SABES – Boston
- The Barbara Bush Foundation
Local Massachusetts colleges
- Bridgewater State College
- Bristol Community College
- Cape Cod Community College
- Curry College
- MA Technical (Comp.) Schools
- Massasoit Community College
- Quincy College
Maps & Geograpy
- Earthlights
- FedStats Home Page
- MapQuest Directions and Maps
- Maps of the World
- National Geographic Online
- Rand McNally Maps
- The Living Earth
Math & Science
FUN
BASIC
ADVANCED
- Calculus on the Web
- Coolmath.com
- Cynthia Lanius’ Geometry
- Economic Education Lessons Khan Academy
- Math Forum Home Page
- Math Forum Math Resources
- Math Goodies
- Math Help–Algebra, study skills
- Purplemath–Lessons Index
- S.O.S. Math
- Top20Math.com – Directory
- Understanding Algebra: Textbook by James Brennan
- Wolfram MathWorld
MATH MEETS SCIENCE
Other Technology
- CNET Reviews
- Consumer Reports
- Consumer Search
- Digital Camera Resource
- Digital Camera Review
- Laptop Reviews
- Notebook Review
- PCWorld, Laptop Reviews
- ProjectorCentral (LCD Reviews)
- Steve’s Digicams
Reading, Spelling, & Vocabulary
- Advanced English Lessons
- E.L. Easton – English On-line
- English Lessons and Tests
- English On-line Crosswords
- English Zone
- Guide to Grammar and Writing
- Learning English BBC Service
- PBS LiteracyLink
- Phonics Rules
- Quia English Activities
- River of Venom: Episode 1
- Vocabulary University
- Western Pacific Learning Res.
Software & Publishers
- 3D Atlas
- Broderbund
- Don Johnston Inc.
- Download Learning.com
- Educational Activities – Adult Ed.
- ELLIS
- Harcourt School Publishers
- Heinle – ELT Offerings Language Publications Interactive
- Learning Fundamentals – S/W
- Learning in Motion
- Lexia
- Matematiko
- Math Hunt (Scholastic)
- McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
- NAS Software Inc.
- New Readers Press – Adult Ed
- Oxford University Press USA
- Rosetta Stone Steck-Vaughn – Adult Learners
- Teknimedia Computer Training
- Tom Snyder Productions
Teachers & Tutors
- ABE Teacher TechCompetencies
- Adult Ed Resources
- Assessing Computer Skills
- ATEG (Teaching Eng.Grammar)
- Awesome Library
- Civics Online
- Computers in Action
- DiscoverySchool’s Puzzlemaker
- DiscoverySchool.com – Teachers
- EconEdLink – Economics
- EdHelper
- Education World
- ESL Lesson Plans
- ESLflow
- Hands-on English
- Higher Order Thinking Skills
- Hot Potatoes Int. Reading Assoc: Publications
- Literacy ListLiteracy.org
- MassMoments
- Math Goodies
- MetroBoston Top Floor Learning
- CALinguistics Digests
- New Bedford Public Schools
- PBS Literacy Link
- PBS Teachers’ Resource
- ReadWriteThink Lessons
- Quia
- Rand McNally k12online.com
- RHL – Teacher Resources
- The Study Place
US Presidents, Politics, & Civics
- Census Bureau Home Page
- Civics On-line (for Students)
- FedStats Home Page
- From Revolution to Reconstruction
- Hall of Presidents
- History of US Political Parties
- InfoUSA – US Government
- InfoUSA Quizzes
- J.F.K. Library Home Page
- Library of Congress: US History
- NARA: The Founding Fathers
- NARA: On-line Exhibits
- Naturalization – Citizenship Info Presidential Libraries
- Roadmap to US Constitution
- US Democracy: Basic Readings
- The US Government Portal
- US National Archives>
- Welcome to the Whitehouse!
- The Whitehouse Presidents
US Taxes
- IRS Forms and Publications
- IRS Home Page
- Path2USA: Income Tax Filing
- TaxAct
- Turbo Tax
- Welcome to 1040.com
Women’s History
- About Women’s History
- American Women’s History
- Hotlist Women’s History
- Nat’l Women’s Hall of Fame
- Nat’l Women’s History Museum
- Nat’l Women’s History Project
- Sally Bingham Center for W.H.
- Women In American History
- Women’s History Month Feature
Writing & Grammar
- Business Letter Writing Basics
- Critical Reading & Writing
- CVTips (Resume and Letters)
- E.L. Easton – English Writing
- English The Easy Way
- English-Zone.com
- Grammar Bytes!
- Grammar Matters Guide to Grammar & Writing
- Lesson Planet – Writing
- Literature – The Short Story
- Magnetic Poetry – Anthology
- Paradigm Writing Assistant
- ParagraphPunch.com
- Purdue Univ. Writing Lab.
- Resume Writing
- Sentence Sense
- UIUC Writing Resources
- Univ. of Richmond Writer’s Web
- Who What Where When Why
- Writing Center Handouts
