MISD Resources

Bilingual Education Consortium Administrative Guidebook

Bilingual/ESL Curriculum Guidelines

Newcomer Mission Statement and Newcomer Curriculum Guidelines

Elementary Level Materials

Junior & Senior High Levels

Teacher Manual Part I and Teacher Manual Part II

Implications for Brain Based Learning

What if They Don't Speak English? 
   - Resource guide for all educators

My English Book 
   - Inventory of English skills for the ELL students

Special Education Related to English Language Learners 

Additional Resources on the Web

"Islamic Art & Culture: A Resource for Teachers"
Is a 64-page booklet on Islamic art -- art produced in lands ruled by Muslim leaders -- after the founding of Islam (7th century) to the peak of the last two great Islamic empires, the Ottoman & the Safavid (17th century). Architecture, calligraphy, manuscript illumination, metalwork, ceramics, glass, & textiles are included, along with an historical survey of Islam. (NGA)
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/islamicinfo.htm

"Brighten Up the Classroom"
provides papers on the aurora & ionosphere, scales for measuring space weather, & a textbook for high school teachers & advanced students -- "Solar Physics & Terrestrial Effects." The textbook examines a range of topics: the evolution & structure of the sun, sunspots & solar flares, the corona & chromosphere, solar-terrestrial interactions, building a spectroscope, measuring the solar constant, & seeing at different wavelengths. (NOAA)
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/info/kids/index.html

"Classifying Galaxies"
Is a lesson plan on the Hubble system of classifying galaxies. Students learn what a galaxy is, how the galaxy classification system of Edwin Hubble assigns galaxies to different groups according to their shapes, & how that system can be used to categorize unknown galaxies. (NASA)
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SegwayEd/lessons/classifying_galaxies/galaxy.htm

"Cosmology 101"
Is a primer on scientific efforts to understand the origin, evolution, & fate of the universe. Among the questions it explores: What types of matter & energy fill the universe? What is the age & shape of the universe? How rapidly is it expanding? The website examines the Big Bang theory, as well as tests & limitations of the theory. (NASA)
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni.html

"Eyes on the Sky & Feet on the Ground"
Provides hundreds of hands-on astronomy explorations for Grades 2-6. Topics include earth's rotation & orbit, earth's tilt, shadows, seasons, time zones, the moon, calendars, maps, the solar system, & tides. Activities help students understand the scientific process. Suggestions are included for discussions before & after explorations. (SI)
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/index.html

"Black History Month 2005 Feature Stories"
Offers 28 public service announcements for radio. Each 60-second sound clip tells the story of one African American who made significant contributions in architecture, art, automobile manufacturing, dance, chemistry, drafting, engineering, fashion design, law, medicine, military service, ophthalmology, physics, poetry, teaching, or another field or profession. (USCB)
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/radio/bhfeb.html

"The E Pluribus Unum Project"
Examines Americans' attempt to make "one from many" in three pivotal decades: the 1770s, 1850s, & 1920s. Each decade is framed by an introductory essay with links to key topics & primary documents, including the Declaration of Independence, newspapers, & the rhetoric of the Revolution; reform, cultures of the North & South, religion, & popular movements; and prohibition, Broadway, evangelical Protestantism, & the Roaring Twenties. (NEH)
http://www.assumption.edu/ahc/

"Henry Luce"
Is the companion website for a film about the missionary's son who founded "Time" & "Life" magazines & became, in the late 1930s, America's most powerful mass communicator. The website includes an essay, career timeline, video clips not in the film, & an interview with the filmmaker. (NEH)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/luce_h.html

"The Most Dangerous Woman in America"
Is a companion website for a film that examines the case of Typhoid Mary, a cook who was quarantined for life against her will in the early 1900s. The site includes a history of quarantine, a letter Mary Mallon wrote when petitioning the courts for her release, an examination of whether public health officials were to blame for Mallon's behavior, & a mysterious "disease outbreak" for students to solve. (NEH)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid

Michigan Association of Bilingual Education
Great resources for bilingual education
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