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General GED Resources

• American Council on Education is the official GED website, Florida GED Teachers’ Handbook provides online training for GED instructors
• GEDpractice.com is a free service provided by Steck-Vaughn to familiarize students with the types of items they will see on the actual GED test
• Order Official GED Practice Tests
• Test Prep Review provides FREE practice tests for the major standardized tests, including GED, ASVAB, and TABE

Essay Writing

• The ABC’s of the Writing Process offers a user-friendly on-line writing resource for the five steps of writing
• Scoring guides and outlines for determining what constitutes acceptable writing are provided at the English Room
• The Five-Paragraph Essay explained
• The Paradigm Online Writing Assistant offers a complete on-line writing guide

Literature

• Critical Reading explains how to analyze content, language and structure
• At Learner.org, students are taught the elements of a short story

Math

• At A+ Math, downloadable worksheets, interactive flashcards and a homework helper are featured
• Education for Kids provides interactive flashcards, drills and games
• Shareware graphing programs are available through Graphmatica
• Math.com offers assessment, modular courses that target key math concepts, online tutoring, and expert answers to math questions
• The Math Forum offers resources, course materials, lesson plans, problems, and puzzles listed by topic
• Interactive worksheets, quizzes and puzzles are featured at Math Goodies
• Applied math skills are available through Math in Daily Life
• SMARD (Secondary Mathematics Assessment and Resource Database) features downloadable lessons and unit assessments for all math concepts
• Teachers can select the type of problem, the maximum and minimum numbers to be used and create worksheets at SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator

Science

• Curriculum and activities on a variety of environmental topics are available at The Environmental Education Center
• The National Science Teachers Association website is an excellent resource for teachers. Need to find out about the latest materials in your area or need extra resources and ideas? Want to join an active professional association? Check out NSTA.
• Teachers' Domain, produced by WGBH, Public TV in Boston and funded by National Science Foundation, provides multimedia resources on ecology, ecosystems, cell structure, genetics, etc. Registration is FREE

Social Studies

• Displayable maps in thematic categories are featured at the Center for Global and Environmental Research
• At the Constitution Center, facts and teacher resources are provided for the Constitution as well as for other historic documents
• Constitutionfacts.com provides facts about the Constitution as well as Supreme Court interpretation of the document
• EconEdLink provides Internet-based economic lessons and materials
• Selected links to Supreme Court case summaries and opinions are explored at Famous Constitutional Cases
• A user's guide to the Declaration of Independence is available at Founding.com
• The History Channel provides exhibits, study guides, discussions and other classroom features
• Political, physical, cultural and weather maps to download are available at National Geographic
• The Professional Cartoonist is a frequently updated teacher's guide for using newspaper editorial cartoons in the classroom
• Summaries of landmark cases are provided at Supreme Court Cases
• The US Archives and Records Administration provides an interactive journey through the history of America as told through documents preserved by the National Archives