News for Teachers: Make Use of the FREE Web Site
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

The Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) web site (http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html) makes it easy to find teaching resources on federal government Web sites. The site was developed with the cooperation of more than 35 federal agencies and is updated each week with new materials and highlights.

FREE offers quick access to more than 1,500 resources in the arts, sciences, history and other subjects from the Library of Congress, National Archives, Smithsonian, NASA, the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies.

Here's a sample of what you'll find at FREE.

• Constitution Resources — Resources for teaching and learning about the U.S. Constitution. View high-resolution images of the Constitution from the National Archives, read the biographies of the founding fathers and much more (http://www.ed.gov/free/constitution/index.html).

• Born in Slavery — 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery with 500 photos of former slaves (http://memory.locgov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html).

• Our Documents — 100 milestone documents in U.S. history, including speeches, treaties, Supreme Court cases, patent designs and Constitutional amendments (http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/cfapps/free/
  displaysearch.cfm?searchword=%22our+documents%22).

• Nationalatlas.gov — Make a map of your state or community by selecting features to display: cities, roads, rivers, population, crops or water quality. Find an aerial photo of your neighborhood (http://nationalatlas.gov/).

• Explore Themes in American Art — 10 genres of American art: landscapes, portraits and more (http://www.nga.gov/education/american/aasplash.htm).

• Exploring Earth — 100 animations and images illuminating key concepts in earth science, including coal formation, nuclear fission and hurricanes (http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/
  navigation/visualization.cfm).

• Mathematics Across the Curriculum — Materials for teaching math in art, history, literature and music, as well as science, engineering and other disciplines traditionally associated with math (http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~matc/eBookshelf/index.html).

More information about the U.S. Department of Education's Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative is available at our web site: www.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/about/information.html.