http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html (University of Pennsylvania)

http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~afrteach/  (K-12)

http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/

http://www.lights.com/webcats/ (online library catalogs from around the world; check out the "Georgraphical Index")

http://www.askasia.org (AskAsia - Cultural information, games, activities, relevant links)

http://www.easc.Indiana.edu (East Asian Studies Center of Indiana University ?EK-12)         

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China (virtual tour of China for K-12 students)

http://www.asiasource.org (Gateway to information on Asia)

http://www.askanexpert.com/askanexpert/cat/intlcul.html

Choices for the 21st Century Education Project (List of available instructional units)

http://www.brown.edu/Research/Choices/choices@brown.edu

Christian Science Monitor, The (for international news)

http://www.csmonitor.com/

CIA World Fact Book - 1995

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/index.html

Citizenship Education:  We've Got the Power: Skills for Democracy

http://freenet.msp.mn.us/ip/pol/lwvmn.

Comprehensive List of Internet Resources (including social sciences)

http://lib-www.ucr.edu

Contemporary World Problems

http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/wars/index.html

Cool School Tools (odds and ends)

http://199.76.61.8:80/cooltools/

Council for International Visitors

www.nciv.org/

Country-by-country Information (Virtual Library-United Nations Association)                  

http://www.unac-wpg.org/

Country-specific Information

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95facts/sg.htm

Country Information

http://www.uni-wnerzburg.de/law/home.html

County Information - International Development - USAID

http://www.dec.org (For specific country, click on "Country List")

Directory of history/social studies listservs in specialized areas

http://www.h-net.msu.edu

Discovery Channel

http://school.discovery.com

Earthwatch (possible grants for teachers traveling/studying with Earthwatch)

http://www.earthwatch.org

Economics Education

http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/teach.htm

Encyclopedia Britannica (free)

http://britannica.com

EDSITEment--the best of the humanities on the web (National Endowment for the Humanities)

http://edsitement.neh.gov

Electronic Pals - Online World Community

E-pals: http://www.epals.com (English and Spanish)
World Pen Pals: www.epals.com
Cyber Pals in 189 U.N. Nations: www.worldlink2000.org
World's Pen Pal program: www.goal.com.html

Environment

http://www.econet.apc.org/green/index.html
http://www.edf.org
http://www.iearn.org (teachers/students connect globally on planet issues)
http://www.web.net/~greentea/ (Green Teacher, magazine by and for teachers)

ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education (ERIC/ChESS)

http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/eric_chess.htm

Exploris - a North Carolina school’s global experience center

http://www.exploris.org/home.jtmpl

Festivals and Events Around the World

http://www.festivals.com

Folk Arts

http://www.carts.org

Folk Tales - Liberia

http://members.xoom.com/Pmartin/Bush/bushhomepage.htm

Foreign Languages

http://www.travlang.com/languages/

Game (communication and cross-cultural issues) - Pamoja

http://www.RTPnet.org/wlp

Games (Geography and History)

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/torpedo/

Geography and Global Issues

http://geography.state.gov/index.html

Geography/Economics

http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/geog.html

Geographic Learning Site (U.S. State Department)

http://geography.state.gov/htmls/plugin.html

Geography (National Geographic)

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/main.html

Geography Resources

http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/Subjects/geog.htmlog.htmlIAFactbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/pubs.html

GeoNet Minnesota (often under construction, but good maps for study and downloading)

http://district.moundsview.k12.mn.us/schools/id/geonet2/geonet.html

Geopedia Online (Key information on every country of the world--geography, climate, people, religion, language, history and economy. )

http://www.geopedia.com

Global Education in North York

http://nybe.interlog.com/departmental_sit...m_folder/globevisstat.htm

GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment)

http://www.globe.gov

Globalearn (international online expeditions)

http://www.globalearn.org

Global SchoolNet Foundation (supported by Microsoft Corporation, NSF, and others)

http://www.gsn.org/

Global Trike Trek (for grades 4-9---by subscription, $20 a year)

http://www.bitech.com/triketrek

GovSpot (Very comprehensive)

www.govspot.com

Graphic Arts (links indigenous students around the world with their art and culture)

http://www.iearn.org.au/fp

Guidelines for Global and International Studies Education: Challenges, Culture, Connections

http://www.Laurasian.org/AF/AF_home.html

History Teaching

http://www.history.org/nche

History/Social Studies

http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html

Holocaust / Genocide

http://www.iearn.org/hgp
http://voices.iit.edu/education.html

Homework (See social studies links)

http://www.startribune.com/stonline/html/special/homework
http://lonestar.texas.net

Hopkins High School World Studies

http://www.hopkins.k12.mn.us/pages/high/acad/ss/ws/ws/html

Human Rights

http://www.hri.ca/
http://134.84.205.236/herenowtc.htm
http://hrea.org/lists/hr-education   (University of Minnesota HR Center)

Human Rights and Sustainable Development

http://www.oneworld.net/index.html

Humanities (top humanities websites, featured site of the month)

http://www.edsitement.neh.gov/

Hunger (Lesson Plans)

http://www.feedingminds.org/

Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connection

http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc

 http://www/duke.edu/~gilliatt/internatl/index.html

http://www.etown.edu/vl/

http://www.eff.org/govt.html

http://jin.jcic.or.jp/kidsweb/

Latin America

http://shell3.ba.best.com/~hrweb/
http://www.halcyon.com/FWDP/fwdp.html
http://www.io.org/~amnesty/
http://www.oneworld.org/
http://www.igc.apc.org/igc/peacenet/

Library of Congress Country Studies

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

http:www.wildgear.com/stories/

Maps

http://www.tiac.net/users/nca/neweagle/home.htm
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html

Maps That Teach (Interative puzzles)

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/geography

MarcoPolo Partnership Project

www.wcom.com/marcopolo/
www.mciworldcom.com/marcopolo (partner web sites)

Mexico and Central America (Resource Center of the Americas--curriculum materials)

http://www.americas.org/rcta/

http://www.unac-wpg.org/

National Geographic Magazines Index

http://207.24.89.145/cgi-bin/webvoyag.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First

National Geographic GeoBee quiz

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids

Nations information

http://point.lycos.com/reviews/database/wocc_e.html

Needle in a Haystack

http://home.revealed.net/~albee/index.html

News (daily new and lesson plans based on the day's news)

www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/learning/collegeAdultEd.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/learning/k12/html
http://www.cnn.com/fyi/teachers.ednews/
http://www.time.com/time/education (and for studnets, www.timeforkids.com/TFK)
www.usatoday.com/educate/home.htm
http://www.slate.msn.com/ (online magazine)
http://www.foreignaffairs.org

News (others)

http://www.bbc.co.uk
http://www.worldpress.org
http://www.zmag.org/zmag/
Odysse: http://www.economist.com/yinEgypt (an interacitve archeology dig)
http://www.thenation.com/
http://www.scriptorium.org/odyssey
http://www.nyu.edu/pubs/socialtext/
Online: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/Educator
http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal
http://www.ole.net/ole
http://www.currenthisory.com/

Newsbank, Inc. (multi-discipline articles from national/international sources)

http://www.newsbank.com

Newspaper (International) for Grades 4-12(Global Gazette)

http://library.advanced.org/18802/

Newspapers Around the World

http://www.ipl.org/reading/news/

Newsstand Ecola

http://www.ecola./com/news/

News and Current Events

http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/news.html

News Links Page, Ultimate

http://pppp.net/links/news/

News Services (Learn to use the 3 Search 2 feature of these resources---can request articles)

Reuters News Service:http://www.yahoo.com/headlines/news/
CNN:http://www.cnn.com
Star-Tribune:http://www.startribune.com/
Pioneer Planet:http://www.pionerplanet.com
New York Times (free but requires you to sign on):http://www.nytimes.com/

Odyssey in Egypt (an interactive archeology dig)

http://www.scriptorium.org/odyssey

One World/Our World (Lesson details and data charts for global issues)

http://www.1wow.org/index.htm

Online World Geography Game

http://axis.epsb.edonton.ab.ca/geoworld/

Pacifica Radio

http://www.pacifica.org

Peace Corps for Kids

http://www.peacecorps.gov/kids/index.html

Peace Corps (Returned Volunteers)

www.rpcv.org/globaled

Peacenet

http://www.igc.org/peacenet

Pen Pals (Also see Electronic Pals above)

http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/

People and the Planet

http://www.oneworld.org/patp/

Planet Earth (Go to the 3 floorplans, 2 for a particular world region)

http://www.nosc.mil/planet_earth/info.html

Population

http://www.unfoundation.org/issues/women/spotlight_y6b_main.cfm

Population Teaching Unit

http://www.popinfo.org
www.prb.org/pubs/child6.htm

Public Broadcasting (Companion information to "The American Experience" programming)

http://www.pbs.org

Reach the World Project (boat's satellite sends images, documents, e-mail of global research)

http://reachtheworld.org

Religions - World

http://www.fac.org/publica/cground/contents.html
http://www.sunfly.ub.uni-freiburg.de/religion/

S.C.O.R.E. (Schools of California Online Resources for Education)

http://www.score.k12.ca.us/

Social Science Education Consortium (K-12)                                                                    +

http:  www.ssecinc.org

Social Sciences (World Civilizations lesson plans, among other subjects--acknowledge author)

http://www.erols.com/bkchamp/ss2.htm

Social Sciences Research Council

http://www.ssrc.org

Social Studies Resources

http://www.ncss.org/resources

Social Studies Sites - 40 Federal organizations (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - FREE)

http://www.ed.gov/free/s-social.html

Social Studies/Social Science Education

http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/eric-chess.html
http://education.indiana.edu/~socialst/

South America (stories, poems, music, and photos from the Andean countries)

http://www.andes.org

South Asia

http://www.seasite.niu.edu/

Stock Market Simulation

http://www.etrade.com/
http://library.advanced.org/10326/market_simulation/index.html (investSmart Stock Market Game; check ‘Educator segment)

Teacher Exchanges (K-12)

http://www4.ga.unc.edu/ieei/heading.html

Teacher/Pathfinder - A Global Internet Education Village:

http://teacherpathfinder.org/

Tom Snyder  computer program commercial productions 

http://www.teachtsp.com

UNESCO Education Program (Education resources in world regions in different languages)

http://www.unesco.org/education/e_learning/index.html

Unicef Report--The Progress of Nations

http://www.unicef.org/pon96/

United Nations

http://www.un.org

http://www.aaln.org/vcl/electronics/etc/gov/un.html (U.N.--Vassar College web page)

U.S. Department of State-Background Notes

http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/index.html

Vietnam

http://www.teachvietnam.org

Virtual Reference Desk

http://www.vrd.org

Virtual Tourist (may be discontinued but may have valuable links)

http://www.vtourist.com/
http://www.w3.org/pub/DataSources/WWW/Servers.html

Web of Culture (information about many countries)

http://www.worldculture.com/

World Bank tables about economic indicators of nations

http://www.ciesin.org/IC/wbank/wtables.html

World Civilization History (resource sites)

http://134.74.216.129/history/syllabus1b.html

World Conflicts (Carter Center)

http://www.emory.edu/CARTER_CENTER/

World Directory to Telephone and Fax Numbers

http://www.infobel.be/infobel/infobelworld.html

World Fact Book, CIA (1995), Travel Advisories

http://www.lib.utexas.edu

World History Curriculum Units

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/world.html

World in Transition Series (e.g. East Asia in Transition) Grades 9-12

http://www.southerncenter.org/educate/

World Neighbors (Link at the bottom of page to "WN in the Classroom")

http://www.wn.org

World Newspapers

http://home.revealed.net/albee
http://www.ipl.org/reading/news/
http://www.cnn.com (CNN)
http://www.geocities.com/~oberoi/newspaper.html
http://www.home.sn.no/~thorie/media.html (newslinks)
http://www.earthtimes.org/ (covers environmental and sustainable development issues)

World Wise Schools (country-face files, lesson plans, activities)

http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/index.html

Ideas for Working with the Internet, as Related to Social Studies

1. Building Data Bases

   Use the WWW to develop historical, geographical, political science, economic, sociological, and anthropological data bases. An example would be Geography - regions and their similarities and differences - the weather, climate, flora, fauna, etc. Another idea is to link geography with history and science - the geographical, both cultural and physical, environments that may have been responsible for inventors' various discoveries.

   Data bases provide students with opportunities to record their information in a frame work that can be utilized by other students/adults at a later date.

2. ListServs

   Through your Internet-e-mail, join a ListServ in order to correspond with other social studies educators. A good start is the ListServ of the National Council for the Social Studies: ncss-l@bgu.edu

   Another ListServ is Discovery Channel School, an online mailing list that sends weekly programming updates. To join, send E-mail message to listserv@lists.discovery.com ; in the body of the message put only "subscribe DSC-LITE Firstname Lastname" (without the quotes). The subject of the message can be left blank or put "no subject".

3. "Pen Pals" via e-mail

   Check Electronic Pals in the list above.

4. Software

   A software package that can be purchased for about $15 per station called "Around the World"quizzes players on geography of landforms, capitals, products of nations around the world. It is great for a once-a-month quiz/fun day. The room sounds like a casino if the sound effects are on.

   A sample can be downloaded at the website: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/torpedo

5. Working With Web Pages

   Build World Wild Web pages around themes. One anthropological/ sociological web site that students can create is one that focuses on their home town.

   This type of page allows them to record and document the ecology (rules, regulations, structures) and culture (philosophies, attitudes, traditions) of the environment that influenced them. We then look at the unique customs that arise in each geographic area. It is amazing how many people followed similar customs (ex. the tooth fairy or and celebrations of thanksgiving) but with a unique "home town" twist that was linked to their indigenous region.

Once you are on the World Wide Web, run a search on "Social Studies". You will then have an opportunity to select sites that meet your specific needs.

The following are several sites (pages) which have been recommended by other teachers:

a. One excellent web site to start with is that of the National Council for the Social Studies. It will provide you many links to other sites.
http://www.ncss.org/home/ncss

b. Check out the Third Millenium's web site for an on-line meter that is running, indicating the ballooning national debt. Students can take the quiz on how federal money is spent and visit related government links.
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/teach.htm

c. Also, for a Global Grocery List, point your browser to: http://www.wimmera.net.au/gsl/gslintro.html
WimmeraNet's Global Grocery Project allows students and teachers to submit a shopping list via the WWW. Participants will automatically receive a receipt detailing exchange rates, total costs, etc. of their shopping list; prices will be viewable and allow immediate comparison of entries from around the world. Shopping lists can be sorted (e.g. cost/country), and links are automatically created to participating schools' home page. (While you're visiting the site, have a look at what $5.00 Australian is worth.)

d. Students can participate in simulation activities, such as those modeled on the Arab-Israeli conflict, virtual field trips across Europe and Asia and to the North Pole - via the following site:

http://ics.sor.umich.edu/ICS/ICS.html
Interact (role-playing and simulations catalog): http://www.inter-cat.com/~jason

e. Classroom Connections with Other Countries: http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/

f. Collaboration with students for contributions to the welfare of the planet and its people: http://www.igc.apc.org/iearn/

g. Locate the sites for foreign countries' individual embassy homepages. In most cases, you will receive wonderful information and if you ask - a flag.

h. Establish "Embassies" and information banks with 2 - 4 computers as country-based or theme-based information banks. Students are then instructed to:

• Go to the homepage of their designated embassy/country/theme.
• Establish an e-mail dialog or Netscape Chat dialog with individuals in the embassy/country/theme.
• Gather information on that embassy/country/theme; place that information into a data base; create a hyperstudio presentation utilizing all of the information received.

i. The following web site is a classified, annotated list of over 1200 links to help teachers enhance curriculum and expand their professional growth. It also includes slide shows dealing with content-rich home pages, information about directories vs. search engines, and WebQuests, a model for classroom Internet integration. There is also a set of evaluation tools to help students evaluate web sites.

http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/