Free Teacher's Guides and Kits, Home School,too

Many of these freebies are open to parents!


Mars Millennium Project
Download the free teacher's guide and lesson plan while you read about this exciting project.

Ayn Rand Institute
Receive a free kit containing three contest flyers and a Teachers Guide to Anthem and The Fountainhead.

George Washington: A National Treasure
Free education kit including a "museum-quality" poster.

Evolution Teacher's Guide
From PBS.

Human Rights and Refugees
A teacher's guide from the UNHCR.

Water Conservation
Free conservation publications and materials.

Word Web Vocabulary
Free teacher's guide.

Discovery Education
Many free classroom resources.

Gene Gateway Workbook
Get this and other materials from the Human genome Project.

The Oregon Trail
Free online teacher's guide.

Gail Gibbons
Free teachers guides for using her books.

Live Tobacco Free
Free teacher's guide from the American Heart Association.

Native American Quilting Curriculum
From Conexus, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Available for free download. See their other free print resources.

Free from Orkin
Download a free Insect Safari Guide Book or games and coloring pages.

Educational Materials from the USGS
Get teaching packets and other free stuff.

More than Skin Deep
A teacher's guide to caves from the National Park Service.

TheAntiDrug.com's Resource for Educators
Free drug education resources.

World Wildlife Federation
Activity packs and teacher tools. See also their free high school climate curriculum resources.

National Peace Essay Guide Book (2009-2010)
From the United States Institute of Peace. Download or request a copy by mail of this guide which contains all lesson plans, handouts, and instructions for this essay contest.
FORVM Ancient Coins
FORVM gives free uncleaned ancient coins to teachers in the U.S. (grades 5 and up) with a specific lesson plan related to ancient Rome or the Byzantine Empire.

Home School, Teachers - Free Animal Pet Care Classroom Kit

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Each classroom kit includes everything you need for up to 30 students!

* Includes learning essentials for teaching your classroom small animal pet care
* Money saving coupons for teachers & students
* Fun classroom pet care poster with stickers

Please note, there is a limit of one Carefresh Lesson in a Box Kit per teacher, per year. Additional products purchased with this item will ship separately.

Home School Teachers Resources - Free Teacher Appreciation Kit

Free Teacher Appreciation Kit

Current Info about our Government - Continually updated.
President's Day
Learn About the White House
Valentine's Day Resources
Smithsonian Museum of American History
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids
Safety Tips for Children
Special Education Resources on the Internet
Art History
National Science Teachers Association
Barn Owls
Holidays and Observances
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
National Geographic Xpeditions Atlas
The American Civil War
Dr. Seuss's Seussville

New Teacher Freebies @ Freaky Freddies:

An Epic Adventure for TEACHERS who want their Students to Fly! Any teacher of young adults may request a free copy of "NEBADOR Book One: The Test" for educational use. For gifted kids 7-11, reluctant readers 12-16, and everyone in between.

Seven The SEVEN Fund is pleased to announce a competition inviting K – 12 teachers from around the United States to apply for a Summer 2011 Fellowship. The SEVEN Fund 2011 Teaching Fellowships enable teachers to travel to Rwanda and study enterprise solutions to poverty.

Petco Free "critter college" for teachers. Pet info and tools for a class pet.

Student Group Tour Magazine Is a publication for individuals, educators and organizations actively planning trips for student groups.

Scholastic Free Scholastic WiggleWorks Game Demo CD for Schools.

C-Span Classroom Free American Presidents Timeline Poster for teachers.

A&E Television Networks Free Idea Book for Educators is the biannual teacher's magazine created by the Education Department at A&E Television Networks.

How LEGO Smart are your students? The 2010 LEGO Smart Creativity Contest requires the use of a LEGO Smart kit. Kits are available, free of charge, to the first 10,000 new, registered, and qualified contestants.

Yoga Health FREE Yoga-Recess DVD (only for school teachers for use in classrooms).

Student Group Tour Magazine Is a publication for individuals, educators and organizations actively planning trips for student groups.

AppleEngine.com Is a search engine of the best free usable resources for teachers. Teachers search by keyword, grade, or subject to find the best free lesson plans, worksheets, videos, and games on the web. All search results are guaranteed to be free and teacher approved.

Clorox Get a free canister of disinfecting wipes for your classroom.

Pryor Mustangs The Pryor Mountain Wild Mustang Center has produced an interactive DVD with an educators' supplement. This unique educational packet is available – free of charge – to any school district or home school upon request. The program is designed to meet National Science Standards and can be adapted to any grade level.

Free Worksheets for Teachers Free printable elementary school worksheets. Includes math worksheets, grammar worksheets, handwriting practice, spelling lists, math games, multiplication drills, and so much more.

Think Green Thinking green in your classroom? Share your feedback and we'll send you a FREE reusable tote bag.

Get Two Free $25.00 Staples Gift Card One for you and one for your school when your school signs up to participate and is new to the program.

Space thrills poster from NASA This poster for K-4 students uses reading and writing activities to teach students about the solar system.

Environment DVD Free Once Upon a Tide DVD for Teachers.

FREE Feed the Pig for Tweens kit(s) Feed the Pig for Tweens is a financial literacy program for grades 4-6.

National Dairy Council Free School Wellness Activation Kit for Teachers.

Environmental Education Free Environmental Education Activity Kit, Mousepad. more.

FREE PRINTABLES Free and ready to print! No catch. Freeology.com provides lots of free graphic organizers, worksheets, certificates, forms for teachers, journal topics, and links to free teaching resources.

History Channel Free History Manuals for Teachers.

HSE Free Issue of Home School Enrichment Magazine.

Colgate Free Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures Kit For Kindergarten Teachers.

Seagrant Happy to send you a bookmark for each student in your class.

TIMESAVERS for TEACHERS.com WORLD’S LARGEST and most COMPLETE collection of READY-TO-USE, printable, attractive OFTEN-USED teacher FORMS, worksheets, checklists, masters and downloadable timesaving ideas. FREE forms... DOWNLOAD IMMEDIATELY!"

Microsoft Educate your students, faculty, and staff on the simple steps they can take to protect their PCs. Download the posters from the links below, or place an order and we’ll send you a 3-poster kit (75 posters total) entirely free of charge.

Today's School FREE SUBSCRIPTION to Today's School magazine for qualified educators.

Starfall Free Books for Kindergarten to grade 2.

Computers for Learning The CFL website connects the registered needs of schools and educational nonprofit organizations with available Government computer equipment.

Koko's Kid Club TGF/Koko.org has a Teacher's Info Package, full of gorilla facts and information about Koko, Michael and Ndume.

For Teachers, Home School - African American History Month Freebies

Put the power of primary sources to work in the classroom. Browse ready-to-use lesson plans, student activities, collection guides and research aids.

The Library of Congress

• Civil Rights (Themed Resources)
  
• Frederick Douglass: Online Resources
  
• Slavery Resource Guide
  

National Archives (“Teaching With Documents”)

• The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War
• Photographs of the 369th Infantry and African Americans during World War I
• Frontiers in Civil Rights: Dorothy E. Davis, et al. versus County School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia
• Documents Related to Brown v. Board of Education
• An Act of Courage, The Arrest Records of Rosa Parks
• Beyond the Playing Field - Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate
• The Many Faces of Paul Robeson
• Court Documents Related to Martin Luther King, Jr., and Memphis Sanitation Workers
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

National Endowment for the Humanities

• Birth of a Nation, The NAACP, and the Balancing of Rights
• Teacher's Resource Book from the Picturing America Initiative
• Lesson Plan for sculptor Martin Puryear's work entitled Ladder for Booker T. Washington (PDF)
• Lesson Plan for painter Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series: Removing the Mask
• Slavery and the Founding

National Gallery of Art

• Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Regiment
  • More teaching activities about the Shaw Memorial
  • Borrow free teaching packet, video, and education resources about the Shaw Memorial
• Horace Pippin - Counting on Art
• The Art of Romare Bearden: A Resource For Teachers
  • Teaching Packet (PDF)
  • Micro-site
  • Borrow free teaching packet, video, images, jazz CD, and other education resources about Romare Bearden
• Teaching Art Since 1950 (PDF)
  Includes artists Sam Gilliam and Martin Puryear

National Park Service

• War for Freedom: African Americans in the Era of the Civil War Each War for Freedom unit guides students to do research with original historic documents, to re-create moments of drama and personal choice, to understand the relevance of the struggle for their own lives, and to synthesize their learning and imagination in creative collaborative projects.
• Teaching with Historic Places uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom.

For Kids

• Inside Scoop: Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Regiment (PDF)
  Artists pay tribute to heroes by creating memorials. A memorial keeps the memory of a person or event alive. At the National Gallery of Art, you can visit the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens' Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment. The Shaw Memorial is a relief sculpture that honors a group of brave soldiers who fought in the American Civil War.
• Inside Scoop: Romare Bearden (PDF)
  Romare Bearden's remarkable curiosity, intelligence, vivid imagination, and constant experimentation made him one of the most unique artists of the twentieth century.
• Children's Guide: The Art of Romare Bearden (PDF)
  Printable guide from past exhibition at the National Gallery of Art
• Family Guide: Martin Puryear (PDF)
  Printable Guide from past exhibition at the National Gallery of Art

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