Welcome to the Ossipee Public Library
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While these links are by no means exhaustive, they are intended to provide a balanced look into topics of interest for both new distance learners, and those well versed in online educational options.
Click on the pictures below to follow the links you are interested in.
Governor Wentworth Regional School District
This link brings you to the GWRSD website. Here you will find remote learning information and standards for each school in the district. They have also provided extensive remote learning resources, including Khan Academy, National Geographic for Kids, Nasa, Scholastic & PBS Kids.
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New Hampshire Home Education Regulations
This state government website offers the home education RSAs (Revised Statutes Annotated) for the state of NH. The site also provides information about each educational pathway available to New Hampshire students. This includes school district information, charter schools, private schools, home education and special education options.
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Special Needs Resources
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Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities
This website offers support and resources for people with developmental disabilities. The Sherlock Center has a special focus on preparing young people for the transition to adult life. Adaptive lessons which allow disabled students to participate in the general class curriculum are available and may be sorted by author or grade level.
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Disability Rights Center
of New Hampshire 
This organization aids in procuring assistive technologies. They also provide legal advocacy for the disabled, information on service animals, accessibility and accommodation. The DRC-NH helps with issues such as housing, employment rights and healthcare.
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Perkins School
for the Blind 
Visitors to this website will find many resources for the visually impaired. These include tips on how to create an "active learner space, lesson plans. Strategies for adaptive learning, email newsletters, and blogs written on various topics by students, parents, and professionals.
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Curriculum & Lesson Planning
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Teachers Pay Teachers
Teachers Pay Teachers describes itself as an “Online Marketplace for Original Educational Resources”. All content has been developed and offered by professional educators. Registration is free but required. This is a very comprehensive site which offers lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, and projects. Results may be filtered by price, subject, and grade level. Homeschool-specific resources are also available.
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Teaching Tolerance
Lesson plans for topics such as teaching diversity, self-care, how to deal with bullying, gender & ethnicity. Content is sortable by grade level, curriculum subject and social justice domain. This website provides guidance on teaching anti-bias, how to approach lessons on difficult and sensitive subjects, digital literacy and national teaching standards.
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Teacher Tube
Teacher tube is comprised of a collection of 1000s of video and audio files created by and for educators. Videos are organized by subject: Science, Math, History, Social Studies, Language Arts & Educational Songs
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Lessons Worth Sharing: TEDEd
In addition to the usual core subjects of Math, Science, History, Social Studies & Literature, the TEDEd website offers interesting, educational videos on such topics as: Thinking & Learning, Philosophy & Religion, and Design, Engineering & Technology. These videos range in length from thirty minutes to under five. They can also be sorted by student level or most questions answered by the presenter.
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PBS Learning Media
This website offers content in the typical subject areas. Additionally, there are Pre-School development videos, Professional Enrichment videos for parents and educators, and World Language videos. There is also a section on flexible resources in support of new educational routines. These are sortable by grade level.
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Duolingo
Duolingo is a language learning app that offer language lesson set up as game play. There are currently over 21 language available to choose from. Playing at the base level is free, although higher levels involve fees. Once subscribed, users have access to additional content such as progress quizzes and offline content. Spoken word examples by native speakers and conversation bots that allow students to practice speaking a language are nice features that make this app very appealing and user friendly.
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Levar Burton Reads
This Podcast features Levar Burton reading a selection of short fiction in each episode. Some authors include: Neil Gaiman, Shirley Jackson, Octavia Butler, Haruki Murakami, Ray Bradbury, and many more.
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Storyline
Storyline Online is an American Library Associated program supporting children's literacy.
Each streaming video features a story being read aloud by well known actors such as Betty White, Chris Pine, Oprah Winfrey, Wanda Sykes, Kevin Costner, Lily Tomlin, and many others. Every story includes supplemental materials developed by professionally accredited educators. |
UNH Cooperative Extension
The UNH Cooperative Extension provides resources and workshops on such topics as: 4-H Youth Development, Agriculture & Horticulture, Community & economic Development, Home, Yard & Garden. Natural Resources, Nutrition & Healthy Living, STEM Education, Citizen Science, and Youth & Family Resiliency.
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