ICT 4 ELT Portals

The USA for teachers of elementary and intermediate students

Compiled and annotated by
Naďa Tomčíková.

• USA State Map

  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/statesbw/

  At this website you can find not only a list of all the states but also their maps. Printable quizzes are also included.

• TheUS50.com

  http://www.theus50.com/

  This is complete guide to each state's information including its history, geography, outdoors activities, and tourist attractions.

• American Folklore

  http://www.americanfolklore.net/

  This folklore site contains retellings of American folktales, Native American myths and legends, tall tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from each and every one of the 50 United States.

• Knowledge tests

  English on the Internet
  http://www.aj.cz/testquiz.htm

  Ewa.cz – Geography
  http://www.ewa.cz/index.php?sekce=386&d=2

  Ewa.cz – History
  http://www.ewa.cz/index.php?sekce=387&d=2

  These websites help students revise their gained knowledge on both US history and geography.

• Yahooligans Reference

  http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/reference/factbook/us/;_ylt=AnjQ_Mn8Ya9wPc2XU3W101IXH80F

  A great Internet resource on US geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military etc.

• School Express

  http://www.schoolexpress.com/fws/cat.php?id=2463

  An online collection of US time travel worksheets.

• Fifty States Theme Unit

  http://www.edhelper.com/geography/Fifty_States.htm

  A suite of outline maps, worksheets, puzzles, map activities, and quizzes on US capitals, name of states, abbreviations, and largest cities.

• Lesson Plan Page

  http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSJH.htm

  A list of lesson plans not only on the USA including US geography projects (e.g. PowerPoint projects), US government (e.g. constitution), and US history (Native Americans) etc.

• Voice of America Special English Study

  http://www.manythings.org/e/voa.html

  Amazing collection of quizzes (matching quizzes, spelling and vocabulary quizzes, and crossword puzzles, etc.).

• Newspapers

  the New York Times
  http://www.nytimes.com/

  the Wall Street Journal
  http://online.wsj.com/public/us

  the Washington Post
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/

  Online newspapers that can be used for projects or for the Maturita topics etc.