WORLD STUDIES

AMERICAN HISTORY

BIOGRAPHY

• POTUS: Presidents of the United States - Background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events; links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files
• The White House - Presidents of the United States

• From Revolution to Reconstruction - American historical figures

• The Rockefellers - Transcript of PBS film, plus primary sources and further reading links

HISTORY

• American Memory: Library of Congress - Information and documents in written, visual, and oral
• University of Oklahoma College of Law - U.S. Historical Documents
• U.S. National Archives - Exhibits and primary records from us history
• U.S. International Information - Outline of American History
• The Avalon Project at Yale Law School - Documents in law, history, and diplomacy (includes extensive collections on Civil Rights and the Cold War)

 WAR

• American Revolution – PBS - Information and original newspaper articles related to the American Revolution and the film series -- Liberty
• Civil War Resources: Rutgers University - Information and documents in written, visual, and oral media

BIOGRAPHIES

www.nobelprize.org - Nobel prize winners

The Biography Channel – Contemporary Biographies

Celebrity Biographies – actors, athletes, models, authors

BBC History - Historical Figures

www.britannia.com - British historical figures

GENOCIDE

Genocide Studies Program @Yale University - Cambodia, East Timor, Rwanda, Holocaust, Colonial

Preventgenocide.org - International campaign to end genocide

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International – working to protect human rights

CIA - World Factbook

Armenian genocide

Darfur Genocide

Native peoples genocide

Holocaust Museum (United States)

Rwanda

WORLD GEOGRAPHY
CIA World Factbook

WORLD ISSUES

WORLD ISSUES NEWSPAPERS

• International Harold Tribune
• World Press

CANADIAN GOVERNMENT

• Foreign Affairs
• Foreign Trade
• Citizenship and Immigration
• North American Free Trade

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• The United Nations
• Taking it Global - Understanding World Issues
• UNICEF
• Amnesty International
• OneWorld.net - In Depth