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The Florida Education Channel: A great resource for teachers, students, and parents.
The Florida Education Channel offers online and televised programming for educators, students, and parents. Visit the Florida Education Channel website at www.fec.tv for program descriptions, current broadcast schedules, and web streaming for "Special Series", including “Tuesday Teacher Training” and “Teacher Talk: An Inside Look at Florida Education.”

Hispanic Heritage Month Resources
Resources to assist you in incorporating the study of Hispanic heritage into your curriculum

Heritage Teaching Resources from Smithsonian Education
The Smithsonian observes the federally mandated Heritage Months and offers thematically arranged teaching resources from across the Smithsonian. The resources have been selected for their relevance to classroom curriculum and national education standards. This site contains resources for the following national celebrations: Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15), American Indian Heritage Month (Nov.), Black History Month (Feb.), Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May), and Women’s History Month (March). The site also contains a number of other educational resources for parents, teachers, and students correlated to state and national standards. You can even sign up for the “Smithsonian Education News” quarterly e-newsletter!

Sunshine Connections
It is a "one stop shop" providing you with immediate and interactive access to classroom management tools, student performance data, instructional strategies, collaboration and communication abilities with other teachers, curricular materials for all subject areas, professional organizations, and even professional development & enrichment opportunities unique to your needs.

The Educational Technology Clearinghouse
This site is a partnership between the University of South Florida and the DOE. It provides a plethora of resources for all subject areas as well as technology resources, online reference materials and even a searchable clip art bank. It’s worth a look!

Free Presentation Resources on the Web
Links to copyright free media to use in your instructional presentations: Audio, clip art, video, photo, fonts, Keynote & Powerpoint help, presentation help. An online service of the Educational Technology Clearinghouse.

The Florida Council on Economic Education
This organization works with teachers to give students a better understanding of economics and personal financial decision-making. The Council is dedicated to improving economic education and financial literacy for students of all ages and abilities throughout the state. The Council seeks to accomplish this mission by designing and offering teaching materials and economic education courses for teachers. In turn, these teachers integrate economic concepts into their classroom activities and arm their students with important life skills.

The College Board Florida Partnership
The partnership works with teachers, schools, districts, and colleges throughout Florida to improve curriculum and teaching methods.

Teach In Florida
Visit the “Teacher’s Tool Kit” and the “Teacher’s Lounge” for a number of resources including: downloadable grade books, book reviews, and more. This site is useful for current Florida teachers as well as those who would like to teach in Florida.

Black History Month Resources

Black History Month Guide (PDF), Accessible Version (Word)
Designed for use by educators, this Florida Department of Education special publication contains the biographies of outstanding African American “pioneers in education” in addition to a recommended reading list, television programming resources, and a “how to” when it comes to researching family roots of African Americans. In PDF format, it can be reprinted for use in the classroom and serve as a resource all year long.

Just Read, Florida! Suggested Reading List
Reading resources for students of all grade levels

Resources from the U.S. Department of Education
Provides resources for various time periods in black history.

Resources from the Florida Memory Project
Resources relating specifically Florida