The databases available through LVCCLD are not only a handy way to have the information from thousands of books, magazines, and newspapers at your fingertips 24/7; many also have lesson plans provided!
All Grades
African American Experience (click Classroom Resources, click Lesson Plans)
American Indian History Online ( click Learning Centers)
America the Beautiful (click Teacher Resources bottom of page)
Biography Resource Center (click on Toolbox bottom of page)
CultureGrams (Click onTeaching Activities (PDF) at the bottom of the page)
Daily Life Through History (click Teacher Resources)
Dictionary of Art (Learning Resources)
Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Learning Resources)
eLibrary (Bookcarts on a variety of topics for all grade levels)
Grolier Online (general) (search by standards, or grade level and subject for lesson plans)
Lands and Peoples (click on Teacher’s Guide)
Latino American Experience (Teacher’s Corner)
Novelist has book discussion guides (click Book Discussion Guides)
New book of Popular Science (click Teachers’ Guide)
Science Online has experiments for most areas of science (click Experiments)
SIRS Knowledge Source (click Educators’ Resources at top of page)
Student Resource Center (click Curriculum Standards – links articles to a variety of standards including Nevada)
World Folklore and Folklife (Teacher’s Corner) Lesson plans as well as professional reading.
WorldBook Student (Educator Tools)
Visual Thesaurus ( if not sure of terms to use enter an “*” select subject and grade level for a wildcard search)
Grades K-5
BookFlix (Preschool – 3) Build reading skills online as they follow along with the story. Click Resources in the top right corner.
Curriculum Resource Center Junior Edition (Grades K-5) Entire database is printable handouts for the classroom
Facts for Learning (Grades 2-5) (click on Teacher’s Box)
Kids Infobits doesn’t have full lesson plans, but how to research and write a paper (click Teacher Toolbox)Kids WorldBook Online a large list of activities in a variety of subject areas - Think It, Be It, Make It and Teach It – the last one is tied to Nevada State Teaching Standards.
WorldBook Kids (Activites)
WorldBook Kids (Lesson Plans)
eBooks Online
Fast Ideas For Busy Teachers: Math Grade 1
Fast Ideas For Busy Teachers: Math Grade 2
Fast Ideas For Busy Teachers: Math Grade 3
Fast Ideas for Busy Teachers: Language Arts 1
Fast Ideas for Busy Teachers: Language Arts 2
Fast Ideas for Busy Teachers: Language Arts 3
Grades 6-12
American Indian Experience (Grades 5-12) browse lesson plans by subject
Curriculum Resource Center (Grades 6-12) entire database is printable handouts for the classroom
History Resource Center: Modern World (click Faculty Guide)
History Resource Center: U.S. (click Faculty Guide)
Junior Reference Collection (click Curriculum Standards – links articles to a variety of standards including Nevada)
Latino American Experience (Classroom Resources)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (click Curriculum Standards – links articles to a variety of standards inclduing Nevada)
Science Resource Center (click Toolbox for a variety of handouts and science information) or (click Science Standards for articles linked to curriculum standards including Nevada)
Science Today (click on Tools for Educators under Curriculum Tools) Also has crossword puzzles you can print or use online.
Teen Health & Wellness (at bottom of page click Librarian/Educator Resources, click Case Studies and Lesson Plans)
WorldBook Advance Click on Teaching with Documents are lesson plans focusing on one or more primary source images. The Teaching with Documents pieces feature historical background text, enlargeable images, discussion questions, worksheets, and book lists. The title list is categorized by topic. New Teaching with Documents are added regularly; check back for updates.
Please note in order to access the databases you will need to be a resident of the LVCCLD taxing district and have a LVCCLD library card or you can come to any branche of LVCCLD and access them through the library’s computers.
