Sam’s Comprehensive List of Teacher’s Resources on the Web

November 23, 2014 kleucht Leave a comment

Here’s a list of some of the best web sites and links relating to Education. I hope you find this list and the resources it points to very useful. Please email Sam if you find any bad links on this page, or if there is a link that you think should be added to this list.

Sam

Clip Art Graphics and Photos:

Internet for Teachers Image Library
Need a photo or clip art for a project? Browse through this site! They have animals space plants and more. Great Teacher clip art for newsletters too!

Web Clip Art
Clip art for any occasion. Easy to access site!

General Sites:

Atlantis Elementary School
Here is my new home! Our students along with our Character Education Program won us a 1999 National Character Awards. We were one of the top ten national schools picked.

Christa McAuliffe Elementary School
This is one of our area schools web sites. The webmasters are great for doing in depth research on the sites they recommend. They offer links to a variety of teacher resources that I have found helpful.

Enterprise Elementary School
Another area school. Check out their favorite links. Some cool stuff for kids.

Titusville High School
My Alma Mater here in Titusville. Online they offer info for alumni and about current school clubs; classes; and sports.

K-12 Sites:

Free Teacher Resources
Resources for Teachers; Language; and Special Needs for K-12

Kids Spot:

Kids’ Corner
Presented by Oasis Telecommunications. This site has puzzles- games- art and stories done by kids- and web surfin for kids.

Kids’ Place
Education Place has game- book reviews- science library- web word find and more.

Kids’ Space
Kids’ Space has a variety of activities. I looks very juvenile but has some very technical links. You can learn about customs and costumes of different culture- submit a story you have written- submit a music piece or song you have done- find a pen pal and much much more.

Yahooligans
Get place for kids to do research on anything they would need to learn for school.

Looking for Lessons:

AskERIC Educational Resources Information Center
AskERIC provides a Virtual Library; over 1000 lesson plans from teacher throughout the US and an Educational Database search.

CEC Lesson Plans
Lesson plans for every subject and every grade level.

KinderArt
Art projects of all kinds. Lessons for both teachers and parents. Printable pages. Seasonal art as well as themeatic art. There is even a special place for Early Childhood art… it is never too early to start.

Misc. Sites:

Ask Jeeves!
Got a Question? Need an Answer? Ask Jeeves! A great way to answer those nagging questions.

CNET.com Downloads
Click on the Sub-heading EDUCATION to find anything and everything to make your job as a teacher easier. It contains Freeware Shareware and Demo versions of programs you can use as an educator or even as a parent. Make sure you check what operating system it works on before wasting your time downloading. Some of these programs are student interactive and others are offline teacher resources.

Jan Brett- Children’s Author
The site offers many activity pages and games using the illustrations and characters from her books. Also lists updates on where she will be and contest to be entered.

Scholastic Inc. Publishing Company
A site for Teachers; Parents; and Kids!! Offers games- activities- lessons- reproducibles and more!

NASA for Educators:

KSC Hands-On Space Program
Kennedy Space Center’s hands-on programs for all grade levels. There’s a program specialized for your group– click to find out more.

NASA Resources in your State
What does NASA have to offer to your in your own state? Check out the site for the name- address- phone- and website for a Educational Resource Center in your state.

NASA Spacelink
An Aeronautics and Space Resource for Education Since 1988. The Library has everything you would need to learn about space and space exploration. It is alphabetized for easy access. Also allows you to Quickly jump to some of Spacelink’s popular areas.

Special Education Sites:

Education For Kids
A collection of original articles and resources centered on the topic of children’s education. Mostly for parents but some educational online games are also on the site.

Free Teacher Resources
Resources for Teachers; Language; and Special Needs for K-12. Special Needs divided by disability for easier access.

LD Online: Learning Disabilities Info & Resources
Need information on Learning Disabilities? Here is the place to go!

Learning Disabilities Resources
This site contains resources for people with learning disabilities. Information and links are provided for such issues as general LD information; adult literacy; K-12 school programs and college info. There is a site link for understanding the Terminology among Hundreds of other useful sites. I couldn’t begin to tell you about everything they have compiled on this site. If you need Info on LD… This is the place.

Miscellaneous

My grandfather’s first stage acting gig

November 15, 2014 kleucht Leave a comment

My grandfather wrote in his diary some of his thoughts about his first experience acting on stage back in October of 1916:

We opened with Sherlock Holmes. The director gave me my first opportunity to be an actor as a “John, one from the underworld.” I still feel my knees shaking today, as I went on stage with my English. I will never forget this performance. I had never seen so many people as there were in this first performance on Sunday evening. After the third act the curtain went up and down for ten minutes. The ladies of the company received many wonderful bouquets.

In November of 2001 I was on the on stage at the Cocoa Village Playhouse for my first show there and I can relate to grandpa’s nervousness and adrenaline. I was “Drake the Butler” in Annie the Musical, and I will never forget that show and all the wonderful cast and crew that were involved.

You can read my grandfather’s entire journal by clicking below. It’s quite interesting! Of course, I’m biased! 🙂

http://www.leucht.com/history/My_Journey_To_America-Journal_of_Kurt_William_Leucht-1914_to_1920.pdf

Thanks for your interest!
Kurt

Miscellaneous

My grandfather’s account of the 1918 Spanish flu

October 25, 2014 kleucht Leave a comment

My German immigrant grandfather in Peoria wrote the following account in his diary in the fall of 1918. It’s sort of timely due to current health events going on around the world right now.

It’s been five weeks since I last wrote anything. There have been great changes in Peoria and the world. Since the beginning of October, in almost all the states of America, a terrible epidemic has broken out, called the “Spanish Influenza.” It was most notable in the barracks among the soldiers. It begins with a cold, then a fever and so on until pneumonia sets in, and most die. I was sick with it. I immediately went to the doctor and spent three days in bed. Since I did not have any real care at home, I suggested that I go to the hospital. After two days in the hospital, I felt much better. I was there for a week. All I needed was a good rest, which I received. I did not go back to work right away and the expenses cost me a lot of money. I had used up all my savings.

After reading up on the Spanish flu, I realized that he’s pretty lucky to have made it through alive. According to wikipedia, the 1918 flu pandemic which lasted January 1918 through December 1920 was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic. It infected 500 million people across the world and killed 50 to 100 million of them — three to five percent of the world’s population — making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. Wow. Can you imagine losing 3 to 5 percent of everyone you know? That’s a lot of friends and family to lose from this one flu.

[Red Cross workers remove a Spanish flu victim from their St Louis home, from wikipedia]

Most influenza outbreaks disproportionately kill juvenile, elderly, or already weakened patients. But the 1918 pandemic killed predominantly healthy young adults. Modern research, using virus taken from the bodies of frozen victims, has concluded that the virus kills through an overreaction of the body’s immune system. The strong immune reactions of young adults ravaged their bodies, but the weaker immune systems of children and older adults resulted in fewer deaths among those groups. Amazing.

Why was it called the Spanish flu? To maintain morale, wartime censors minimized early reports of illness and mortality in Germany, Britain, France, and the United States, but papers were free to report the epidemic’s effects in neutral Spain creating a false impression of Spain as especially hard hit — thus the pandemic’s nickname Spanish flu.

You can read my grandfather’s entire journal by clicking below. It’s quite interesting! Of course, I’m biased! 🙂

http://www.leucht.com/history/My_Journey_To_America-Journal_of_Kurt_William_Leucht-1914_to_1920.pdf

Thanks for your interest!
Kurt

Miscellaneous

The war against Germany from a German immigrant’s perspective

September 21, 2014 kleucht Leave a comment

My German immigrant grandfather wrote in his diary some of his thoughts and experiences during the first world war against Germany:

The Emperor’s days are numbered. Almost every day here, boys are leaving to get soldier training. I went to many farewell parties for my friends.

In March, I bought a war bond for $100 which I can redeem in 1928 for an additional four and a quarter percent interest. Big Freedom, Red Cross and many other parades are being held from time to time.

After July 1st all men in store positions, waiters, theater employees and so on must look for a spot in factories and women are taking their places. Five million men were sent to France in order to beat the Emperor. I hope the war will find an end soon.

I believe you feel sorry for me, but do not fear, all Americans treat me well. All German language was exterminated in the schools and even in the churches. The high schools have burned all German books. You can’t believe how everyone hates the Emperor, even I.

If what all the papers write is true, it must be horrible. Prisoners are being treated badly. Arms, ears and noses are cut off and they are being hanged. Belgian and French girls, women and children are murdered, burned alive and buried. The hospitals are bombed. In an American theater, a picture was shown entitled “The Emperor, Beast of Berlin” and a man in the audience was so angry that he shot at the screen in his rage. He made a big hole in the white curtain and said, “If I can’t get him there, I will get him here.” I could relate a thousand things of how hated the Emperor is, but soon they will get him and then it will be the end of the war.

This was a big day. All men from eighteen to forty-five have to register. In Peoria alone, 14,000 men had to go. When they are all deployed, it’s good night Germany. I wished I could go too. I am safe and sound despite the fact that, now, I don’t have much money. All my savings are being used up. Food and clothing are very expensive. I hope the war will be over soon.

You can read my grandfather’s entire journal by clicking below. It’s quite interesting! Of course, I’m biased! 🙂

http://www.leucht.com/history/My_Journey_To_America-Journal_of_Kurt_William_Leucht-1914_to_1920.pdf

Thanks for your interest!
Kurt

Miscellaneous

Neptuna Carnival in Peoria, Summer of 1916

September 13, 2014 kleucht Leave a comment

My grandfather wrote in his diary in the summer of 1916 that he had worked for the Neptuna Carnival in Peoria. My dad’s recent research into this Neptuna Carnival revealed the following article from The Peoria Transcript, Sunday July 2, 1916:

Neptuna Carnival Begins Tonight

The Neptuna Carnival will open tonight with a concert program given by the famous Liberati band of fifty musicians and company of opera singers. This concert will be given from the Island Beautiful in the river directly in front of the grandstand. There are over 10,000 seats in the grandstand. at 25 cents each. The concert will begin at 8:00 and according to the advanced sale of seats will have a really remarkable attendance. The ballet, which is to present a marvelous spectacular ballet on the Island Beautiful on the night of the Fourth in honor of the coming of Neptuna.

The entrance of the Court of Honor, which has been erected on lower Main Street near Adams and on the parking lots of the river front, is a sight of majestic splendor and pure architecture, with its columns gleaming white. It frames a vista with the sparkling blue of the river and the green hills as a background. When the thousands of incandescent monster lights, which have been placed for the illumination, are at last alight, the Court will present a vision of beauty not soon to be forgotten. The river front will present a decidedly festive and carnivalesque appearance with many booths and tents having sprung up during the day.

Ten thousand seats on the riverfront?!?! Wow! Sounds like a great time, doesn’t it? I hope someone has photos of this 1916 spectacle that they can share on the Internet.

You can read my grandfather’s entire journal by clicking below. It’s quite interesting! Of course, I’m biased! 🙂

http://www.leucht.com/history/My_Journey_To_America-Journal_of_Kurt_William_Leucht-1914_to_1920.pdf

Thanks for your interest!
Kurt