Selected PK-16 educators from Wisconsin work in teams to identify, evaluate, catalog, and align to the state education standards resources that are already on the internet such as lesson plans and reference materials. These resources are then made available from the ide@s search engine. Now, you don't have to look through dozens of online listings to find the resource you need. The ide@s search engine allows you to tell it specifically what you need to find then it searches the database for you. You can read teacher reviews of the resources and see exactly which state standards they address. ide@s saves you time while focusing instruction and technology on Wisconsin's Model Academic Standards. Plus, you know you're getting a quality resource that other Wisconsin educators have recommended.

35mm Black and White Negative
Photo of a 35mm negative. The images on the negative are reversed from their final contrast. Through the printing process the lights on the negative will become the darks and the darks on the negative will become the light areas of the photo. This result is created by using the negative in a photo enlarging and exposing the negative to light sensitive paper. -- imageide@s

Beaumaris, Wales - Duplex
Homes in the seaside village of Beaumaris, Wales are much smaller than most homes in the United States. This house, looking much like an older home in the U.S., is a two family dwelling. -- imageide@s

Celtic Cross at St. Mary and St. Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Wales
The Celtic cross is a cross with a ring surrounding the intersection. It's early use was as a public monument and later as a grave marker. Now it's design is commercially popular in jewelry, on T-shirts, and for tattoos and logos. -- imageide@s

Hedge Trimmer
This is a hedge trimmer. The roads around Beaumaris, Wales are narrow and lined with hedges. This vehicle efficiently trims the hedges along the road ways. Hedges in Great Britain are beautiful as well as an envirnomental concern. -- imageide@s

Llama (1 of 4)
Llamas are raised in many parts of the world. This Llama photo was taken in Wales, Great Britain. Llamas appear to have originated from the central plains of North America 40 million years ago. They are related to camels and are members of the Genus, Camelus. -- imageide@s

Llama (2 of 4)
Full body view of a Llama. Llamas are raised in many parts of the world. This Llama photo was taken in Wales, Great Britain. Llamas appear to have originated from the central plains of North America 40 million years ago. They are related to camels and are members of the Genus, Camelus. -- imageide@s

Llama (3 of 4)
This llama is a black breed. Llamas originated in North America about 40 million years ago. They are raised in many parts of the world. This photo was taken in Wales. -- imageide@s

Sign for Parking and Approaching Traffic Signal
Two traffic signs make use of simple geometric shapes. Pictorial signs simplify and standardize traffic signs to overcome language differences, which can create barriers. This photo was taken in Wales. The top image directs the driver to parking. The triangle with three colored circles warns of an approaching traffic signal. -- imageide@s

Teaching With Documents: U.S. Constitution Workshop
This lesson offers students a unique opportunity to learn, through the analysis of primary source documents, about the content, impact, and perpetual relevance of the U. S. Constitution to the daily lives of American citizens. -- Lesson Plan

Giraffe in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, Africa.
Giraffe's are the world's tallest land animals, reaching heights of 14 to 19 feet. They travel in herds across open grasslands grazing on tree tops, especially acacias trees. This picture was taken in South Luangwa National Park, a wildlife sanctuary around the Luangwa river. The park is considered to have one of highest concentrations of game in Africa. -- imageide@s

Leopard in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, Africa.
Leopards mainly live in sub-Saharan Africa, and are known to drag their pray into tree branches to protect them from other predators. This picture was taken in South Luangwa National Park, a wildlife sanctuary around the Luangwa river. The park is considered to have one of highest concentrations of game in Africa. -- imageide@s

VocabAhead
VocabAhead provides Vocabulary Videos and Flash Cards to aid students in learning new and often difficult words. The site provides multiple modalities for teaching kids vocabulary words. Each word has an approximately 45 second movie clip that explains the definition, use within context, and graphics to show the word in multiple fashions. -- Interactive Learning Object

Zebra in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, Africa.
A zebra's coat is one of the most distinctive patterns on the African savannah. It is believed that the coat is a form of camouflage which allows members of a heard to blend together, making it more difficult for predators to single out one individual prey animal. This picture was taken in South Luangwa National Park, a wildlife sanctuary around the Luangwa river. The park is considered to have one of highest concentrations of game in Africa. -- imageide@s

MiniClip Learning Games
Multiple games are presented that students can play alone or with others. Most games at this link support word skills. -- Interactive Learning Object

Convince that Jury
Students will identify important quotes from "Lamb to the Slaughter" then use the quotes to write a persuasive essay in the form of a closing argument from a defense attorney. Students will also use the trait of word choice to strengthen their persuasive arguments. -- Lesson Plan

Unique Imaginary Friends
The writer will, first, create an original imaginary friend, inspired by Ted from Tony DiTerlizzi's wonderful picture book. The writer will then think of an ordinary activity done on a daily basis, like feeding the family dog. The writer will write about doing the ordinary activity, but he/she will pretend that the activity is being done with the imaginary friend that has been created. -- Lesson Plan

Zooming in on a Prompt about Friendship
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick is an amazing mentor text and excellent teaching tool for showing students how to improve their use of details and word choice in writing. Students are given a writing prompt and then asked to revise their writing based on models presented in the mentor text and teacher example. -- Lesson Plan

Iced: I Can End Deportation
In this downloadable game, immigrant teenage students avoid ICE officers. They choose right from wrong and answer questions as an immigrant. If they answer questions incorrectly, or make poor decisions, they are detained with no repspect for their human rights. There is extensive and excellent curriculum that accompanies this video game. -- Interactive Learning Object

Murder Mystery Game
The Murder Mystery Game is the culminating activity after reading Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. Throughout the book, students are trying to figure out, "Who done it?" Teacher works on building the students' skills in (1) process of elimination and (2) prediction. -- Lesson Plan

Professor Garfield
Created by a partnership between the nonprofit Professor Garfield Foundation and Ball State University, this site features Garfield the cat at his best. He's the resident "edu-cat-or" on a jazzy spaceship. Robots help you decide which activities to try first. You might drop by the "Art-Bot" to watch videos on how to draw Garfield and other animals. Garfield's creator, Jim Davis, inspires budding cartoonists with his upbeat tutorials. "G-Cubed" is an addictive multiplayer trivia game. Smaller kids will like a visit to "Orson's Farm" to have some fun with rhyming words. -- Student Site

Scholastic Winter Olympics
Don’t miss this exciting teaching opportunity to bring a blast of energy into your science, language arts, social studies, and math classes with Get Schooled in the Olympic Winter Games—a FREE cross-curricular program for students in grades 3 through 6! Beginning February 10th, amazing athletes from 85 different countries will come together for the Olympic Winter Games! Use this inspiring event to encourage your students to strive to reach their own personal best! -- Teacher Resource/Reference

The Ancient Olympics
Because of the upcoming Olympic games, CTCWeb editors thought you might want to learn more about the ancient Olympic games. Below you will find links to historical information that we collected about the history, origins, and events of the ancient Olympics. -- Teacher Resource/Reference

Winter Olympics
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada will soon bring us the Winter Olympics starting February 12-28, 2010, with athletes from over 80 countries. Read on to find winter Olympics lesson plans. Preschool children will love learning about the sports and celebrations that this special event has to offer. -- Teacher Resource/Reference

Every Waking Minute? Examining Personal Media Habits
What are the implications of a new study showing that kids use electronic devices virtually all the time? In this lesson, students take a close look at their own media use over time, identify any detrimental habits, then develop personal plans and put them into action. They then write and deliver persuasive speeches on the media and technology topic of their choice. -- Lesson Plan

Novelty Book with Divided Pages
Create books as an enjoyable way to teach writing, parts of a sentence, and sequence. -- Teacher Resource/Reference

Winter Olympics Teaching Theme
This site is an excellent source of teaching material on the winter Olympics. It includes art projects, vocabulary, web quests and worksheet, plus other teaching materials. -- Teacher Resource/Reference

A Long Way From Chicago: Web Search
Used as an introduction to the reading of Richard Peck's book, A Long Way From Chicago, this lesson is designed to familiarize students with topics that help them to better understand the setting of the novel. Students search the Internet for information and present their findings to the class in an oral presentation. -- Lesson Plan

Tall Tales: An Introduction
In this lesson, students become acquainted with the elements of a tall tale and some common tall tale characters. A PowerPoint presentation and handouts are included. -- Lesson Plan

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
While secretly living in the walls of a Paris train station in the 1930s, young Hugo's life becomes connected to a young girl and old man who run a toy booth in the station. The engaging mystery told through both pictures and words includes a notebook, key, drawing, and a mechanical man left by Hugo's dead father. This website provides a list of resources to use with the novel. -- Teacher Resource/Reference

United We Stand
Using magazine covers from the Museum’s United We Stand online exhibition, students will analyze and interpret these magazine covers from the National Museum of American History. They will then create their own magazine covers for the July 1942 “United We Stand” campaign. -- Lesson Plan

Website Planning in a Bilingual Classroom
In this lesson, designed for a heterogeneous group of students that includes English-language learners, students work together to plan a website based on their home knowledge. An introductory lesson outlines the structure and components of simple websites (home page, titles, headings, links). Students take home and complete a bilingual student and family interest survey, then work in groups of four or five to identify common themes among the responses. Each group makes a flow chart to think graphically about the contents of their planned website. Each student keeps a project notebook to record new ideas, summarize group work, and share the project with family members. The teacher can make the planned websites a reality using one of the online website-building platforms in the Resources list. -- Lesson Plan

Danger Sign
A danger sign warns ships and boats not to sail between the land and the lighthouse. This sign is located off land jetting into the Irish Sea off the northwest coast of Wales. -- imageide@s

Do Not Enter Sign
Geometric shapes are used to communicate a message in this "Do not enter" sign. The photo of this sign was taken in Wales, but is a universal sign. Pictorial signs simplify and standardize signs to overcome language differences which can create barriers. -- imageide@s

From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
In this lesson based on From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, students use the experiences of Claudia and Jamie to learn about income, expenses, and the budget process. The book follows the adventures of two runaway children hiding out in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Students complete an activity emphasizing the need for income and the importance of planning and budgets. Students also have an opportunity to update some of the 1967 prices used in the book. The assessment activity has students sort through expenses and income sources to construct their own weekly budget. -- Lesson Plan

Harriet the Spy Lesson Plan
Using the book Harriet The Spy by Louise Fitzhugh, students will become familiar with the diary as a literary form. -- Lesson Plan

No Climbing Sign
This no climbing sign uses geometric shapes, simple design. Pictorial signs simplify and standardize signs to overcome language differences, which can create barriers. This sign is bilingual, using English and Welch. -- imageide@s

The Gateway Arch
The Gateway Arch is a fascinating feat of architecture to be found in St. Louis, Missouri. It was completed on October 28, 1965. It is estimated that approximately one million visitors travel to the top and viewing areas each year. -- imageide@s

Traffic Sign
Three different traffic signs make use of simple geometric shapes. Pictorial signs simplify and standardize signs to overcome language differences, which can create barriers. This photo was taken in Wales. The arrow means straight ahead. The half circle on a straight line symbolizes a bump. The distance is in both English and Welsh. -- imageide@s

Architectural Ironwork
Ironwork in this image is used to create a guard railing for a balcony and support for the balcony. Ironwork became popular in the 16th century and is used frequently in Wales. This photo was taken in Beaumaris, Wales. -- imageide@s

Bird Cage
This bird cage is an example of ironwork. Ironwork is the use of iron, either cast iron or wrought iron, to create decorative designs. -- imageide@s

Ironwork Church Yard Gate
This is an ironwork gate in a church yard in Beaumaris, Wales. -- imageide@s

Ironwork Fence
This is an ironwork fence in Beaumaris,Wales. -- imageide@s

Ironwork Gate
This image provides an example of ironwork as a gate. This gate marks the entrance to a 14th century castle in Beaumaris, Wales. Ironwork is a prominent characteristic of the city's architecture. -- imageide@s

Ironwork Sidewalk Fence
This use of ironwork illustrates its use as a decorative fence along a sidewalk. -- imageide@s

Metalwork Teapot Sign
This metal teapot is a sign for a shop in Beaumaris, Wales where metalwork is very common. -- imageide@s

Jose Chavez Mask Sculpture 5
Jose Chavez devotes much of his personal time to supporting and maintaining Mexican culture in Wisconsin. Born in Michoacan, Mexico, Jose taught himself English after moving to Wisconsin. Jose creates intricate Day of the Dead dioramas, paints santos (decorative images of saints), carves pasta de cana (carvings from dried cornstalks pasted together with natural paste), makes papier mache masks and skulls, plaster casts, paper cuts, seed and bone carvings, silver work, and memory and visionary paintings. Jose Chavez worked with sixth and seventh graders in Cherokee Hights Middle School’s art classes. This piece is a devil mask, and was created to be worn by actors performing popular theater on the streets of small towns in Mexico. It is made from mixed media which include paper mache wood and plastic jewelry. -- imageide@s

Jose Chavez Mask Sculpture 6
Jose Chavez devotes much of his personal time to supporting and maintaining Mexican culture in Wisconsin. Born in Michoacan, Mexico, Jose taught himself English after moving to Wisconsin. Jose creates intricate Day of the Dead dioramas, paints santos (decorative images of saints), carves pasta de cana (carvings from dried cornstalks pasted together with natural paste), makes papier mache masks and skulls, plaster casts, paper cuts, seed and bone carvings, silver work, and memory and visionary paintings. Jose Chavez worked with sixth and seventh graders in Cherokee Hights Middle School’s art classes. This piece is a wooden zoomorphic mask used by dancers in central Mexico. -- imageide@s

Jose Chavez Skull Sculpture 3
Jose Chavez devotes much of his personal time to supporting and maintaining Mexican culture in Wisconsin. Born in Michoacan, Mexico, Jose taught himself English after moving to Wisconsin. Jose creates intricate Day of the Dead dioramas, paints santos (decorative images of saints), carves pasta de cana (carvings from dried cornstalks pasted together with natural paste), makes papier mache masks and skulls, plaster casts, paper cuts, seed and bone carvings, silver work, and memory and visionary paintings. Jose Chavez worked with sixth and seventh graders in Cherokee Hights Middle School’s art classes. This untitled piece was created for Day of the Dead Celebrations, and was constructed out of paper mache, acrylics, and plastic jewelry. -- imageide@s

LBJ's Path to War, Part I and Part II
This great resource to use with your students. It is a very clear explanation and timeline of our leaders thoughts regarding Vietnam. -- Digital Media - Video

The Great Depression
Students examine the effects of the Great Depression using a Fireside Chat of FDR sources. Students also explore the connection between domestic and international events. -- Lesson Plan

Into the Book
Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. The site focuses on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. It includes online interactive activities and engaging 15-minute video programs. Behind the Lesson provides information and teaching resources for each strategy. The site includes 10-minute professional development videos, lesson plans, video and audio clips, downloads, and more. -- Interactive Learning Object

Leading To Reading
This site presents audio books for children to read along with. Links also take you to a segment for preschoolers and for adults. -- Interactive Learning Object

Cooking Up Descriptive Language: Designing Restaurant Menus
Students explore the genre of menus by analyzing existing menus from local restaurants. After establishing the characteristics of the genre, students work in groups to choose a restaurant and then create their own custom menus. They then analyze the use of adjectives and descriptive language on sample menus before revising their own menus with attention to descriptive phrasing. -- Lesson Plan

Espace Francophone: Videotheque
This site serves as a portal to digital video and audio clips on educational and cultural topics about French and Francophone cultures. The digital clips are to be downloaded and often include worksheets, lesson plan ideas and website resources. -- Digital Media - Video

How Big Are Martin’s Big Words? Thinking Big about the Future
Using Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as well as other resources on Dr. King, students explore information on King's "big" words. They discuss both the literal and figurative meanings of the word “big” and how they apply to Dr. King’s words. They read an excerpt from Dr. King’s "I Have a Dream" speech and note the “big” words. Students then choose one of two options: (1) they write about their own "big" words and dreams in stapled or stitched books, or (2) they construct found poems using an excerpt from one of King's speeches. -- Lesson Plan

Instead of Said: Dialogue Adventures
Using Alexandra Day’s wordless book, Good Dog, Carl, students will write dialogue in the voices of the central characters in the book, the dog and the baby. After students have written their dialogue in theater form, they then rewrite their pieces using the proper conventions of dialogue writing. -- Lesson Plan

Puppets, Songs, and the Alphabet
After exploring sample alphabet books, rich with alliteration, students will be asked to write their own alliteration story in the form of a Language Experience Chart or as an Interactive Writing Chart based on a puppet and a story frame. After completing the story, they will then turn the story into a song, and both will become a part of the classroom routines. -- Lesson Plan

The World Speaks French
Developed by The French Language Initiative, a joint project by the French Embassy and the American Association of Teachers of French, to provide downloadable materials and information to support French Language education. The site also includes a discussion forum for teachers of French and general news articles of interest to French language teachers. -- Teacher Resource/Reference

Lewis & Clark: A Fifth Grade Expedition
Students examine original documents and transcripts relating to the Lewis & Clark expedition. They focus on the changing relationship with Native American Nations and settlers, early American trade and business, art, geography, exploration and survival techniques of early Americans. Students proofread the text and write grammatical corrections on lined paper.The Unit begins with Thomas Jefferson’s message to Congress regarding the Lewis & Clark expedition. -- Lesson Plan

Blacksmith Apron
This is a leather blacksmith apron from the late 1800's. -- imageide@s

Franciscan Monk Robe
This is the style of robe worn by a Franciscan Monk. -- imageide@s

LinguaFolio Wisconsin
LinguaFolio Wisconsin is a document in which those who are learning or have learned a language at school or outside school can reflect on their language learning and cultural experiences. It is a tool that can accompany language learning throughout one’s life and is suitable for documenting language abilities for various uses. -- Assessment Resource