Useful Links

Education (general)

• American Federation of Teachers
• AskERIC (a great site for finding lesson plans)
• Council of the Great City Schools
• The Education Index (a wonderful listing of sites related to education)
• Education World
• The Edutainment Page (educational software)
• Golda Mier Library at UWM
• The Library of Congress
• The Milwaukee County Federated Library System
• Milwaukee Public Schools
• National Education Association
• National Board of Professional Teaching Standards
• U.S. Department of Education
• Teachers' Net
• UWM School of Education
• Web66 (has an international registry of schools on the web)
• Wisconsin Center for Educational Research
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
• Wisconsin Education Association Council

Magazines

• Business Week
• College Bound Magazine
• The Economist
• Education Week
• The Electronic School
• Forbes
• Imagine (for gifted and talented youth)
• National Educators Employment Review (lists employment opportunities for teachers)
• Newsweek Education Program (helps teachers build bridges between their curriculum and real world issues)
• The Old Farmer's Almanac
• Reader's Digest
• Rethinking Schools
• The Saturday Evening Post
• The Sporting News
• Sports Illustrated (CNN/SI)
• Time Warner (includes Entertainment Weekly, Fortune, Life, Money, People, and Time)

Newspapers

• The Arizona Republic
• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• The Baltimore Sun
• The Boston Globe
• The Chicago Sun-Times
• The Chicago Tribune
• The Christian Science Monitor
• The Cleveland Plaindealer
• The Dallas Morning News
• The Denver Post
• The Detroit News
• The Doonesbury Electronic Townhall
• Foreign Newspapers
• The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• The Houston Chronicle
• The Indianapolis Star
• The Kansas City Star
• The Los Angelas Times
• The Miami Herald
• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Newsday
• The New York Times
• The Philadelphia Inquirer
• The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• The Saint Paul Pioneer Press
• The St. Petersburg Times
• The San Deigo Union-Tribune
• The San Francisco Examiner
• The Seattle Times
• United Media (What's a newspaper without comics?)
• USA Today
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Washington Post

Social Studies

• The American Psychological Association
• The American Sociological Association
• Antiquity On-Line
• Bureau of the Census
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Civnet (an international center for civic education)
• Congress.Org
• Edsitement (from the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• EuroDocs (primary resource medievil material)
• History for Kids
• History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers
• The Labyrinth (medievil history)
• Legal Explorer (State Bar of Wisconsin)
• National Center for History in the Schools
• National Council for History Education
• National Council on Economic Education
• National Council for the Social Studies
• National Institute for Consumer Education (NICE)
• Links to the Past: National Park Service Cultural Resources
• The Political Reference Almanac
• Social Sciences and Humanities (from the Internet Scout Project)
• U.S. History on the Web
• UW-Madison's Libraries
• UWM Center for Economic Education
• The White House
• Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies

Sports

• The Arena Football League
• Baseball America
• The Candaian Football League
• A Fan's Guide to the Midwest League
• The Green Bay Packers
• The Independant Baseball Leagues
• Major League Baseball
• Major League Soccer
• The Milwaukee Admirals and the American Hockey League
• The Milwaukee Brewers and Its Minor League Affiliates
  • The Indianapolis Indians (Class AAA International League)
  • The Huntsville Stars (Class AA Southern)
  • The High Desert Mavericks (Class A Advanced California)
  • The Beloit Snappers (Class A Midwest)
  • The Helena Brewers (Rookie Advanced Pioneer)
  • Arizona Brewers (Rookie Arizona)
  • Milwaukee Brewers (Rookie Dominican Summer)
• The Milwaukee Bucks
• Minor League Baseball
• Roto News (free fantasy sports information)
• The National Basketball Association
• The National Football League
• The National Hockey League
• Packernet (features up to the minute scores, live radio broadcasts, and Packers' paraphanalia)
• Other sports not listed here

Television (mostly news, learning, and kids)

• The American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
• American Movie Classics (AMC)
• Arts & Entertainment (A&E)
• The Cable National Broadcasting Company (CNBC)
• The Cable News Network (CNN)
• The Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN)
• The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN/The Family Channel)
• The Columbia Broadcasting Service (CBS)
• The Discovery Channel
• ESPN
• Fox
• Fox News
• The History Channel
• Home Box Office (HBO)
• Music Television (MTV)
• The National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
• Nickelodeon
• The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
• School House Rock
• The Sci-Fi Channel
• The United Paramount Network (UPN)
• The Weather Channel
• WDJT/CBS-58
• WISN/Channel 12
• WTMJ/Today's TMJ4

Youth Organizations

• Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America
• Big brothers and Big Sisters of Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties
• Boys and Girls Cub of Greater Milwaukee
• Boy Scouts of America
• Boy Scouts of America--Milwaukee County Council
• Campfire Boys and Girls
• 4-H
• 4-H in Wisconsin
• Girl Scouts of the USA
• Girl Scouts of Milwaukee, Inc.
• Junior Achievement
• National Honor Society
• The U.S. Scouting Service Project

If you would like me to add a link to this page, please e-mail me at jnelsen@csd.uwm.edu