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It’s kind of fun to look at the graph of weekly traffic at LessonIndex.com since August, viewed as a proxy for “lesson planning activity.”

You can see quite clearly what happened during the holiday season: there’s a sharp drop for Thanksgiving, and a bigger plunge during the Christmas/New Year’s break. (Note that the baseline for this graph is not zero.)

Update May 24: I’ve replaced the earlier graph with one that extends from September through mid-May. You can see “spring break” and the overall decline as the end of the school year approaches.

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Here’s a graph of daily traffic to LessonIndex.com (updated: August 4 through October 3):

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Here’s an updated list of the most frequently-viewed pages at LessonIndex.com since January 1, 2011:

1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (3,739)
2. Fudge, Double Fudge, Fudge-A-Mania, Superfudge by Judy Blume (1,735)
3. The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary (1,172)
4. The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen (1,151)
5. The Metamorphoses by Ovid (1,146)
6. The Boy In The Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (1,117)
7. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1,079)
8. Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar (1,061)
9. The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell (1,043)
10. Beowulf by Anonymous – Beowulf (1,038) Read more »

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I need your help!  Please take a few minutes to check one or two of the literature-title pages at LessonIndex.com, and let me know about any problems.

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Update (Aug. 22): I’m removing the Google AdSense advertising block from many literature-title pages.   Read more »

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Traffic to LessonIndex.com has grown nicely during its first nine weeks: Read more »

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Of the teachers who visit this web site, more than 25% are outside North America. Most of these teachers won’t buy print or CD-ROM products from US merchants, because of shipping costs, customs paperwork, and delivery delays — but they will often purchase PDF or other digital-download versions.

1. United States (us) 68.9%
2. Canada (ca) 5.6%
3. Great Britain (gb) 3.4%
4. Australia (au) 2%
5. Japan (jp) 1.9%  …  Read more »

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Here’s a summary of the sections and sub-sections on each page of the LessonIndex.com directory:

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Today, January 1, 2011, is the “soft launch” date for LessonIndex.com, a directory of lesson-plan resources for K-12 teachers.  I hope you find this web site useful.  For more information about LessonIndex.com, click here.

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Updated: as of July 2, 2011, here’s how paid advertising appears on LessonIndex.com:

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