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Social Studies General Links Countries/Maps/Statistics U.S. History Civil War World History Economics Government Disasters Supreme Court/State Court Decades Indiana
Academic Study of Religion - Annotated subject directory for Internet resources for the Academic Study of Religion Background Notes - Excellent U.S. State Department information on geographic entities and international organizations Chiefs-of-State - Chiefs of state and cabinet members of foreign governments Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
- Outstanding reference work features 17,000 articles with Conversations with History - Produced by the Institute of International Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and features interviews with over 150 distinguished men and women. Discovery Channel - TV schedule, themes, lesson plans European Governments Online - For the fifteen EU member states, the site provides annotated links to the executive branch, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and sometimes other important national civil service sites, as well as several unannotated links to other governmental bodies. FirstGov - Official website for searching the U. S. Government Fedstats - More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. This site provides easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use. History Channel - Click here to search for any topic in history-decades, etc. History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers - Holocaust - Reflections on the Holocaust - a thorough, inclusive and well-organized site PeopleSpot - Records,
statistics, opinions, reference tools, biographies, service organizations and more. Southwest Indiana Development Council - Statistical data for eleven southwest Indiana counties THOMAS - Legislative information on the Internet U.S. Census Bureau: 2001 Statistical Abstract of the United States - Population, vital statistics, elections, nutrition, energy, transportation and more U.S. Depository Ready Reference Collection - Government documents collection usgovsearch - Search comprehensive collection of millions of web pages from government and military sites for authoritative information by and about the US government. Virtual Religion Index - Rutgers University Religion Department Webgator - Site indexes and categorizes Web-based resources for public records searches. Countries/Maps/Facts/Statistics A+ Country Reports - Information on population, geography, economy, history, and politics plus audio clips of national anthems and links to current weather reports Anthems, Flags, Maps, and Nations of the World Atlapedia - Statistics and key facts on countries of the world as well as full color physical and political maps CIA World Factbook - Geography, population and demographics, government, economy, communications infrastructure, transportation systems, military strength, and transnational issues Geography Home Page - Countries, maps, cultures, blank maps, statistics Infonation - A U.N. site that lists nations by their countries Library of Congress Country Studies - Information on countries Lonely Planet - Click a location on the map or type in the search box to access information on countries and cities National Geographic Map Machine - Political/satellite maps, thematic maps, and printable maps Portals to the World - Library of Congress site for business, commerce, economy, culture, education, government, politics, law, and history States and Capitals - State and county information, vital records, public records, and more U. S. Gazatteer - Obtain census data from the1990 census VGSBooks - database with links that provide information on world nations: facts, statistics, maps, photographs, audio versions of national anthems, history, government, demographics, economics, tourism and geography. A great resource for reports or projects.
Biographies of Presidents and First Ladies Civil Rights James Earl Chaney Civil Rights Movement Timeline Civil Rights - National Park Service site Civil Rights PBS Eyes on the Prize Lewis and Clark: Native Americans - PBS Online site with links to native American sites plus more Martin Luther King, Jr. Newspaper Archive Mr. President: Profiles of our nation's leaders from the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies U.S. States - Official webpage for 50 states from Global World War I Posters - Special Collections Department at Georgetown University American Civil War Ethnography Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Letters from an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War United States Civil War Center Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War
British History - Kings and Queens through time Middle Ages: Religion - An Annenberg/CPB project - What was it like to live in the Middle Ages Netserf - Medieval resources Web Gallery of Art - European paintings and sculptures created between the years 1150 and 1750 with biographies of significant artists
Supreme Court and State Courts Links USSC media - look up cases Findlaw - browse legal information LII and Hermes Collection - LII Hermes Collection of Current Decisions (1990-present) from Cornell University
Big Charts Historical Quotes - Enter symbol and click Historical Quotes Federal Reserve Today - Monetary policy, structure, and history of the Federal Reserve Bank Hoover's Online - Company Profiles, Stock quotes, etc Indiana Stock Market Simulation Yahoo Finance - Stock quotes, closing prices, tract entire portfolio plus more
Charters of Freedom - founding documents of the American Republic such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Magna Carta of 1215 Founding Fathers - brief biographies of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention FirstGov - Official website for searching the U. S. Government THOMAS - Legislative information on the Internet U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Great Disasters - Links from Infoplease Almanac for a variety of disasters such as storms, earthquakes, nuclear power, floods, fires, shipwrecks, airplane crashes, railroad accidents, and oil spills Major Commerical Airline Disasters Disasters - U. S. weather disasters from 1980-1998 The Great Chicago Fire - Exhibition created by the Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University Meltdown at Three Mile Island - Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania nuclear reactor meltdown disaster in 1979
History Channel - Search for any topic in history-decades, etc. 20th Century Decades - Click a decade link for a list of selected links.
Indiana Department of Education - Numerous links to Indiana education sites Southwest Indiana Development Council - Statistical data for eleven southwest Indiana counties
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