Web Resources

Search Results from YAHOO:
Yahoo’s search results page for Social Science – THOUSANDS of Links (4,300 on American History; 43 on the Crusades ALONE!

Yahoo’s results page for kids.

ECONOMICS

Center for Economic Education at Univ. of Florida

Links to many economics sites.

DOCUMENT SITES

Thousands of documents sorted chronologically

Basic US documents for elementary and middle school students

GEOGRAPHY

National Geographic Society Home Page

Dozens of links to geography organizations (U.S. Geological Survey, National Geographic, American Association of Geographers, etc.) and geography lessons.

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library onWorld Demography and Population Studies.

Links to dozens of Geographic Resources and sites.

Useful Population Studies Sites from Around the World

GOVERNMENT SITES

The “official” U.S. government census site.

Web site dedicated to governmental issues.

Page devoted to the topic of the debt and federal finance issues.

U.S. Government Archives Site. Online visit to the “Treasures of Congress”

Lists dozens of links on Amistad, women’s suffrage, Constitution, etc.

“Civil Rights” link of the ACLU. Features links to dozens of liberal political organizations (like People for the American Way, etc.) and a Supreme Court “Watch” section which highlights current court issues.

CLOSE UP Foundation’s Home Page; take it’s “Civics Quiz”, links to hot topics (like capital punishment) and take the “Virtual Tour” of Washington’s sites.

Bureau of Justice Statistics Home Page (contains many reports from the U.S. Dept. of Justice on crime)

U.S. Dept. of Education Home Page

AMERICAN HISTORY

History Channel Home Page

http://home.txcr.net/~flags/index.htm - Battle Flags of the Confederacy. History of the 3 national flags and over 30 unit flags.

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/8152/ - Mr. Ferguson’s AP AMER. HISTORY site. (Includes notes, syllabus, DBQs, links to other sites, etc.

http://www.pcss.org/newpage41.htm - PA. Council for the Social Studies links to AP USH

http://madrid.neric.org/ap.html - Another site for AP Amer. Contains many links to documents, etc.

http://www.collegeboard.org/index_this/ap/history/index.html - Official College Board site for AP Amer.; includes sample DBQs, outlines, sample test items, free response questions, links to interesting sites, etc.

http://www.zuska.simplenet.com/DBQProjectPage.htm - AP History Documents Page. Links to many other sites.

http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/history/aha/arnav.html - American History Archive Project American Revolution Navigation Tool

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html - American Civil War Home Page (Links to Hundreds of Other Civil War sites.)

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

http://www.auraland.com/bbi/Bbi10.HTM - African Centered Social Studies

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listblackhika2.html - recommended by Bill Zwicker.

http://www.worldbook.com/fun/aajourny/html/bh002.html - From Africa to America, the Middle Passage, includes readings and statistics from World Book. (See also sites below under “Point Counter Point” pertaining to the history of slavery then and today.) SEE ALSO NATIVE AMERICAN “Buffalo Soldiers and Indian Wars Site”

NATIVE AMERICAN

http://www.semtribe.com/culture/index.shtml - Seminole Tribe home page
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/scrapcivilwasl.html - “Buffalo Soldiers and Indian Wars”

WORLD HISTORY

(See Yahoo search listing) Sub topics, Ancient History, AP European, Holocaust

http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html - “A Walk Through Time” – reviews the history of clocks and measuring time.

ANCIENT HISTORY

http://home.txcr.net/~flags/index.htm - Ancient Sites; Links to Roman Sites

AP EUROPEAN HISTORY

http://www.zuska.simplenet.com/DBQProjectPage.htm - Vanguard Prep School’s “Prep Page” Includes three great summer assignments!

HOLOCAUST

http://www.ushmm.org/ - Holocaust Museum Home Page, Washington, D.C.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

http://www.worldpress.org/ - World Press Review Magazine’s web site. Excellent resource for MUN teams.

http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/afr/ - Site devoted to Human Rights around the world. Top window is Africa, but screen down to the bottom and there are links to the rest of the world.

http://www.prb.org/prb/ - Population Reference Bureau Home Page.

http://www.unac.org/gnfs/sites.htm - About 30 “Food / Security” Related Sites

http://ww2.csusm.edu/politicalscience/sseminar/spring97/usfp/fplks.htm - Contains about 30 Foreign Policy sites including many periodicals such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Christian Science Monitor, the Dept. of state, the White House, and many THINK TANKS such as the following:

Cato Institute: http://www.cato.org/

Rand Corporation: http://www.rand.org/

Heritage Foundation: http://www.heritage.org/

Brookings Institution: http://www.brook.edu/

Center for Strategic and International Studies: http://www.csis.org:80/index.html

Center for Security and Conflict Research: American Foreign Policy and Security Policy Homepage: http://www.fsk.ethz.ch/usa/usa_hom.htm

http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/sarantakes/stuff-centers.html - U.S. Diplomatic Resources Index – contains over 50 sites devoted to foreign affairs. VERY complete index.

http://www.mcmun.org/1999/resources/ir.html - International Relations (page contains about 50 sites such as Political Resources on the Net - Extensive list sorted by country)

http://iis.stanford.edu/ - Institute for International Studies, Stanford Univ.

http://goldoak.edcoe.k12.ca.us/plv/silkroad.htm - lesson plans

NEWS INFORMATION SITES

http://www.intellectualcapital.com/ - current events / research stories from across the
political spectrum. Check out the “Today’s Issue” section and the “Contributing Editors” l

http://www.pathfinder.com/time/search/index.html - official site for US NEWS

http://www.naplesnews.com/ - Official site for Naples Daily News

http://www.nwbuildnet.com/nwbn/news.html - Links to State Dept. Bulletins, Reuters, BBC and many other news agencies.

http://www.pathfinder.com/time/search/index.html - Official Time Magazine Web Site.

http://search.aol.com/cat.adp?query=US%20News%20and%20World%20report&id=43446 - AOL Sites listing for all major news columnists. Click on any editorial writer and obtain live links to all their editorials!

http://www.thenation.com/ - The NATION magazine. (Very liberal)

http://www.thefed.com/ - The FEDERALIST magazine. (Very conservative)

“POINT COUNTER POINT” SITES - (May contain controversial information)

http://www.americanpatrol.com/ - a site which concentrates on the “evils” threats of illegal immigration.

http://www.geocities.com/~anti-slavery/toc.html - Anti-slavery site; looks at case studies and UN reports from around the world.

http://www.channel1.com/~aasg/ - The American Anti-Slavery Site (looks at slavery in the past and today!)

http://www.auraland.com/bbi/Bbi10.HTM -“ Transparency International, The Global Coalition Against Corruption”. (Looks at examples from around the world.)

http://www.quixote.org/ej/index.html - “Equal Justice USA - a project of the Quixote Center, is a grassroots campaign for human rights in the U.S. legal system, with calls for a moratorium on capital punishment.)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

http://www.ncss.org/ - NCSS home page

http://www.history.org/nche - National Council for History Education, Inc.

http://coe.unk.edu/geon/links.html - Dozens of links to geography organizations (U.S. Geological Survey, National Geographic, American Association of Geographers, etc.) and geography lessons.

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/ - National Center for History in the Schools. The
group that developed the History National Standards and which sells dozens of unit plans developed around these.

http://www.flrea.org/ - Florida Law Related Education Association

http://multimedia2.freac.fsu.edu/fga/lessonplans.html - Florida Geographic Alliance Home Page. Includes dozens of lesson plans from every year’s workshops.

http://www.uwec.edu/academic/geography/wga/wga.htm - Wisconsin Geographic Alliance Home Page.

http://www.uwec.edu/academic/geography/wga/wga.htm - Organization of American Historians Home Page.

http://www.uwec.edu/academic/geography/wga/wga.htm - American Historical Association Home Page.

http://www.fcss.org/index2.html - Florida Council for the Social Studies Home Page. Conference Data, etc.

http://nde4.nde.state.ne.us/SS/cs4pages.html - Council of State Social Studies contacts.

http://www.dade.k12.fl.us/socsci/_web_sites.htm - Dade County Council for the Social Studies

http://www.nara.gov/ - National Endowment for the Humanities Home Page

SOCIAL STUDIES (includes all disciplines)

http://www.jchs.com/jcboe/socstud.htm - Dozens and dozens of web sites – all with downloadable lessons!

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/insite/CONTENT/SOCIAL/Teaching.HTML - This site is for links to demonstrate to per-service teachers in Social Studies different kinds to technology available to them. From tours of the White House to Balance the Budget games, etc.

http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/eric-chess.html - Standards, lessons, and much more.

http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/eric-chess.html - The Social Studies Education Network from the Univ. of Kansas. Subject discipline index of resources.

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/ - The National Center for History In the Schools, site for the National History Standards, many unit plans for sale.

http://www.westnet.com/~rickd/Kids.html - Excellent Middle School Curriculum Site. Links to many others.

http://www.ezlink.com/~edu/CSocSRef.htm - Another middle school site with links by subject area.

http://www.mmhschool.com/teach/socialstud/socstu1.html - the McGraw Hill web site containing many lessons and resources.

http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~n9541724/ss426.html - Web site devoted to lesson plans, curriculum and organizations, internet tools – all on one handy site.

http://www.westnet.com/~rickd/Kids.html - Eastchester Middle Schools’ list of “Terrific Sites for Middle School Kids” – scroll down for links to social studies.

http://www.ezlink.com/~edu/CSocSRef.htm - “Bobcat’s” links to middle school social studies sites.

http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/webres/socres.htm - Macomb School Districts’ Social Studies Web Site

INTERDISIPLINARY / OTHER SUBJECT AREAS

http://www.teachersfirst.com/hot-f.htm - ONE OF THE BEST SITES for teachers. HAS everything!

http://school.discovery.com/students/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck - has many links to all disciplines

http://www.dementia.ultranet.com/~wwpublib/juv/coolsites.htm - “Cool Sites for Kids” - links to many sites

SCIENCE
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/ - official site for the University of CA. Museum of Paleontology.

MATH

http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/dr-math.html - Ask Dr. Math - a site devoted to math problems. Addison Wesley