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Cultures of The World Top of Page
 
  • Amazon Interactive. Explore the geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon through online games and activities. Learn about the rainforest and the Quichua people who call it home. Discover the ways in which the Quichua live off the land. Then try your hand at running a community-based ecotourism project along the Río Napo. http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html

  • Brooklyn Expedition: Latin America. A collaborative project of the Brooklyn Public Library, the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Children's Museum, this site is a springboard to discussions to ancient and modern Latin American cultures, history and animals. http://www.brooklynexpedition.org/latin/gateway2.html

  • Country Reports. This emulated site pulls information about countries from sources such as the CIA Factbook and presents them in a concise, easily readable format. http://www.countryreports.org

  • Girl Power! A national public education campaign sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help encourage and empower 9- to 14-year-old girls to make the most of their lives.http://www.health.org/gpower/index.htm

  • Girls Incorporated. Girls Incorporated is a national youth organization dedicated to helping every girl become strong, smart, and bold. http://www.girlsinc.org/

  • MS Foundation for Women. The MS Foundation program is to help prevent problems before they take root, by making girls’ developmental issues widely known and understood, and by generating support for programs through which girls stay healthy, strong, and resilient. http://www.ms.foundation.org/

  • Multi Cultural Calendar. If you want to know about scattering beans in Japan in January this is the site to visit. The entries might contain recipes for holiday foods, historical background, significance of the holidays, and the special ways in which these days are observed. The calendar entries are rich in local customs that perhaps cannot be found as easily in books. http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/

  • NationalGeographic.com Kids! National Geographic’s site for young readers is one of the best resources for information on the Net about the world, its people, and its wildlife. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

  • POPClock Projection. A daily update of the U.S. population by the U.S. Census Bureau! For more information go to the U.S. Census Home Page at http://http://www.census.gov/. http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html

  • Sounds of the World’s Animals. It’s bow-wow in English, but wanwan in Japanese. Learn how people describe the sounds animals make in thirteen languages. http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/animals.html

  • United Nations Cyberschoolbus. View information about member nations, take a virtual tour, explore issues of human rights relating to children or take quizzes and play games to help you learn about the countries of the world. Interactive and well designed for school-age children. http://www.un.org/pubs/cyberschoolbus/

  • Voices of Youth. Children across the world have their say on current events on this site sponsored by UNICEF with a fine section on “Children and Work.” http://www.unicef.org/voy/

  • Young Feminists in NOW. Designed as an approach to issues of critical importance to young women. http://www.now.org/issues/young/future.html
World History Top of Page
 
  • Africa Information Center. Basic facts on the economies, cultures, and histories of African countries. Includes tourist information. http://www.hmnet.com/africa/1africa.html

  • The Ancient City of Athens. This site is a photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens (Greece). It is intended primarily as a resource for students of classical languages, civilization, art, archaeology, and history at Indiana University who may wish to take a “virtual tour” of the chief excavated regions and extant monuments. http://www.indiana.edu/~kglowack/athens/

  • The Ancient Greek World. Welcome to a partial presentation, in digital form, of a real-life exhibit on ancient Greek life using artifacts and photographs to help illustrate aspects of that life. http://www.museum.upenn.edu./Greek_World/Intro.html

  • The Ancient Greeks. The culture, people, and history of ancient Greece are presented in this site. The two most important concepts that the ancient Greeks followed were found inscribed on the great shrine of Delphi, which read “Nothing in excess” and “Know thyself.” This philosophy formed and shaped Greek civilization. http://www.arwhead.com/Greeks/

  • ArabNet: Arab Countries. This is an important online resource about the Arab world in the Middle East and North Africa. It presents information on Arab art, homes, economics, history, and even the A-to-Z of camels. http://www.arab.net/

  • Castles of the World. A great castle page by Jaime J. Fernandez; includes links to many other castle sites on the Web. http://www.castles.org/index.htm

  • Castles on the Web. A beautifully designed and carefully researched site by Ted Monk. A great “Castles for Kids” section. http://www.castlesontheweb.com/

  • China Today. A most comprehensive database on contemporary China, including a beautiful pictorial section on the unearthed historic treasures in Henan, Central China (in the Provinces and Major Cities section). http://www.chinatoday.com/

  • Countries. A list of links to resources and information about countries throughout the world. http://www.cantonpl.org/youth/country/index.html

  • Country Directory. Information and facts on Latin American countries. http://lanic.utexas.edu/

  • Country Library. Lots of information on countries of the world. http://www.tradeport.org/ts/countries/

  • Destinations. A travel guide publisher offers photos and information about most world nations. http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/

  • Encyclopaedia of the Orient. History, people, and country information about North Africa and the Middle East. http://i-cias.com/e.o/index.htm

  • Facts About Canada. Province information, government, history, geography, maps, and more! http://www.icomm.ca/~emily/facts.html

  • Hercules: Greece’s Greatest Hero. This is part of the scholarly Perseus Project at Tufts University, but useful to grasp the place of Hercules in myth and history. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Hercules/

  • Ice Treasures of the Inca. This offers and interactive journey with climber Johan Reinhard to find the great treasures of the Inca. You can follow the step-by-step journey of discovery. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/mummy/

  • InfoNation. Choose two countries and the site will compare them statistically, economically, and more. http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm

  • Labyrinth. The Labyrinth is a global information network providing free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a Web server at Georgetown University. The Labyrinth’s easy-to-use menus and hypertext links provide automatic connections to databases, services, and electronic texts on other servers around the world. http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/

  • Life in Ancient Egypt. The Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has acquired Egyptian artifacts since its founding and now holds about 2,500 ancient Egyptian artifacts.The most significant of these objects, more than 600 of them, are displayed in the Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt, including daily life and funerary practices with some photographs. http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/index.html

  • Rabbit in the Moon. This site includes a large amount of information on ancient Mayan culture and offers the chance to learn to write your name in Mayan glyphs. http://www.halfmoon.org/

  • RMS Titanic. Destination . . . Cyberspace. The Titanic departed from Southampton, England, on her first and only voyage Wednesday, April 10, 1912. She was the largest ship ever built at the time, reaching three football fields in length and twelve stories high. Visit this site to learn as much as you can. http://www.gwi.net/~paul/

  • Secrets of the Lost Empires: Medieval Siege. Learn about life in medieval castles and how to operate a catapult. For upper elementary and middle school students. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/

  • Titanic Historical Society. In the totally unexpected location far from the ocean in landlocked Western Massachusetts in the Henry’s Jewelry building, this unique, privately-owned display is dedicated to the ill-fated liner and open to the public during the owner’s regular business hours. This site includes a wide range of information on the Titanic. http://www.titanic1.org

  • Virtual Renaissance: A Journey Through Time. Travel back through time and space to a world completely different from your own. This site offers opportunity to examine the Plague, the times of Shakespeare, the Tower of London, and other aspects of the Renaissance. http://library.thinkquest.org/3588/Renaissance/
United States History: General Top of Page
 
  • African American History. Very large collection of African American history links to a wide range of cultural and historical African American concerns. http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=8

  • The African American Mosaic. A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of black history and culture for the past 500 years, from colonialization through the WPA. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html

  • African American Web Connection. Links to information on all parts of African American culture. http://www.aawc.com/aawc.html

  • American Memory. Primary documents and historical materials available on the Web from the Library of Congress. Find out about Women’s Suffrage; do a virtual jigsaw puzzle; take guided tours through the site. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html

  • Black History. This outstanding Black History site offers a full range of activities and was created to support students as they explore topic related to Black History and African American issues. Try the Black History treasure hunt. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html

  • Explore DC.org. Produced by WETA (D.C.'s public broadcasting station), this searchable database offers information and visuals about our nation's capital. http://www.exploredc.org

  • Index to Native American Resources on the WWW. This is a list of outstanding links to Native American resources on the Web. http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/

  • Lewis and Clark Expedition. This Web site expands upon every aspect of the PBS film, providing a wealth of biographical and historical information about the time and the major and minor participants in the trip. In addition, leading historical experts will share their thoughts about the meaning of the expedition, and its relevance to 21st century America. Finally, in an interactive tale, you’ll have an opportunity to play the roles of Lewis and Clark yourself. http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/

  • Library of Congress presents America's Story from America's Library. The Library of Congress puts the story back in history through images of primary source documents, prints, photographs, maps, recordings and other materials from the past. Along with the fascinating information about people, places and things of interest to kids of all ages, there are songs to listen to, a Krazy Kat cartoon to watch, a scavenger hunt and other fun things to do.http://www.americaslibrary.gov

  • National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian. A beautiful site in the family of excellent Smithsonian Web pages, with notes on current exhibitions, research links, publications, recordings, and more. Contains a film video center and links to a select list of Native American sites. http://www.si.edu/nmai/

  • Native American Indian Resources. More than 300 pages of content and links to Native American resources, literature, art history, and culture. http://www.kstrom.net/isk/mainmenu.html

  • Native American Sites on the WWW. An extensive list of home pages of Native tribes, with those maintained by the tribe itself flagged with a drum icon. Maintained by a mixed-blood Mohawk, urban Indian who is also a librarian at the University of Pittsburgh. http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/indians.html

  • Native Web. A series of links on nations, peoples, and geographic locations developed by a collective group. Their resource center is organized by subject, nations, and geography. http://www.nativeweb.org

  • New Perspectives on the West. The truth about the West is far more complicated, and much more compelling than generally known. Visit this Web site and explore the many aspects of the West. http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/

  • Oneida Nation. The Oneida Indian Nation, one of the original members of the Iroquois Confederacy, enjoys a unique role in America’s history, having supported the Colonies in the struggle for independence from England. http://www.oneida-nation.net/

  • South Dakota: A Guide to the Great Sioux Nation. Imagine a colorful “wacipi,” a powwow filled with traditional singing and dancing. And legendary leaders like Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. This is South Dakota, home of the Great Sioux Nation. Here, you can discover the sweeping prairie that captured your imagination in the movie Dances With Wolves. http://www.travelsd.com/history/sioux/sioux.htm

  • Today in History. The Library of Congress began a day-by-day listing of historical events on April 1, 1997. Search the archive for the day of your choice. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html

  • U.S. Historical Documents Archive. Comprehensive archive of American documents from the U.S. Historical Documents Archive. Here you will find a number of famous historical documents from United States history, including famous speeches and presidential inaugural addresses. These documents are searchable, and there are scanned photos of the original documents. http://w3.one.net/~mweiler/ushda/ushda.htm

  • Welcome to Chinese-American History. Timeline of and information on Chinese-Americans from 1848 through 1995, including a number of original historical documents. http://www.itp.berkeley.edu/~asam121/timeline.html

  • Welcome to WestWeb. An outstanding, topically organized Web site about the study of the American West. Links to dozens of sites on the study of the West. http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/

  • The White House. Find out about the histories of the White House itself and pets in the White House. Write an e-mail message to the President, and more! http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
United States History: Pre-Colonial To 1865 Top of Page
 

  • Abraham Lincoln Online. This is a powerful and detailed searchable site on Lincoln, including a very nicely done quiz that tests your knowledge of Lincoln, many booklists, and links to his speeches and writings. http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln.html

  • The American Civil War. Learn about American Civil War battles, life stories of important participants, re-enactments, and more. http://americancivilwar.com/civil.html

  • The American Civil War Homepage. The American Civil War Homepage gathers together in one place hypertext links to the most useful identified electronic files about the American Civil War (1861–1865). http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/

  • American Civil War Resources. A large list of Civil War links, including one to online bugle calls. http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm

  • America’s Homepage. Learn interesting facts and tales about the Plymouth colony. Includes links to much information on contemporary Plymouth as well. http://www.pilgrims.net/plymouth/

  • Archiving Early America: Historic Documents from 18th Century America. The main focus is primary source material displayed digitally. A unique array of original newspapers, maps, and writings come to life on your screen just as they appeared to our forebears more than 200 years ago. There is information about the documents as well. http://earlyamerica.com/

  • Caleb Johnson’s Mayflower Web Pages. This site is the merging of two fields: genealogy and history. It includes detailed information on history, passengers, and documents of the Mayflower. Also contains pictures and bibliographies. http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html

  • California's Untold Stories Gold Rush. Presented by the Oakland Museum of California, this site offers an interactive learning experience for elementary level children through adults to experience and educate themselves about this important period in American history. http://www.museumca.org/goldrush

  • The Civil War Net. This is a very large collection of well-organized links to people, battles, and documents, including letters and diaries of those connected to the Civil War. Also includes reenactment photos and links to many original photos. http://www.civil-war.net/

  • Civil War Women. Opportunities to read diaries, documents, and letters revealing women’s lives and experiences during the Civil War. Includes links to great historical photos. http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwdocs.html

  • Colonial Williamsburg. Visit Colonial Williamsburg and see life in a Virginia colony of 250 years ago. Includes a large educational section on Colonial America. http://www.history.org/

  • Anne Hutchinson: American Jezebel or Woman of Courage? Although Anne Hutchinson is historically documented to have been banished as a religious dissenter, the real motive for her persecution was that she challenged the traditional subordinate role of women in Puritan society by expressing her own religious convictions. http://cpcug.org/user/billb/hutch.html

  • Jamestown Colony Timeline. A fourth-grade class displays their timeline of the settlement at Jamestown with their own illustrations. http://look.net/gunstonelem/GunstonElemF/Jamestown.html

  • Michael Meals Presents: www.revwar.com. This site provides information and links to sites about the American Revolutionary War era (1775–1783) as well as services such as online classifieds related to the American Revolutionary War period and an online phonebook with links to related sites. Included are revolutionary war historical sites, reenactments, and documents available on the Web. http://www.revwar.com/

  • The Oregon Trail. The story of the trail and those who traveled it. A compendium on the great western journey. Includes great stories in the Fantastic Facts section. Related to the PBS program on the Oregon Trail. http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html

  • Selected Civil War Photographs—Library of Congress. The Selected Civil War Photographs Collection contains 1,118 photographs. Most of the images were made under the supervision of Mathew B. Brady and include scenes of military personnel, preparations for battle, and battle after-effects. The collection also includes portraits of both Confederate and Union officers, and a selection of enlisted men. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html

  • Underground Railroad (National Geographic).You are a slave in the South before the Civil War. Should you risk escape with Harriet Tubman's help through the Underground Railroad to Canada? Now you must choose. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad

  • Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War. This is the gateway into the story of the Civil War as seen by the people of two communities in the Great Valley of the United States: Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and Augusta County, Virginia. This project weaves together the histories of these two places, separated by a few hundred miles and the Mason-Dixon Line. http://jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU/vshadow2/

  • Virtual Reality Tours of the Historical, Scientific, and Cultural Sites of Philadelphia. This site, presented by the Gilbert Spruance Elementary School, takes you on a virtual tour of Philadelphia, our nation's first capital. http://www.phillyvrtour.org
United States History: Post Civil War Top of Page
 

  • African-American Mosaic. A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. Includes reproductions of original documents, personal stories, and ex-slave narratives. Part of the Library of Congress online exhibitions collections. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html

  • American Prohibition. This page provides links to material on American prohibition. Prohibition was, in part, a response to the growth of the brewing industry. http://prohibition.history.ohio-state.edu/

  • Anti-Imperialism in the United States, 1898–1935. These pages introduce the first organizations formed to oppose U.S. territorial and economic imperialism and make available some of the otherwise hard-to-find documents they produced. Among these is a large collection of anti-imperialist literature. http://www.boondocksnet.com/ail98-35.html

  • Chetro Ketl Great Kiva, Southwestern United States Project. This site presents a 3-D reconstruction of a Great Kiva, an architectural feature found in many prehistoric Anasazi communities in the Southwestern United States. http://sipapu.gsu.edu/html/kiva.html

  • Encarta Schoolhouse: Harlem Renaissance. Musicians, writers, and noteworthy people of the Harlem Renaissance. http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/harlem/harlem.asp

  • The Fight for America: Senator Joseph McCarthy. Chronicles his controversial fight against communism. An 1996 social studies essay by an 8th grade student. Write him an e-mail and let him know what you think of his essay! http://mcjester.cjb.net/joemccarthyprint.html

  • A Hypertext on American History from the Colonial Period to Modern Times. From Revolution to Reconstruction and What Happened Afterwards in detailed outlines written by a team of writers; includes photographs. http://odur.let.rug.nl/usanew/

  • Hiroshima Archive. The Hiroshima Archive was originally set up to join the online effort made by many people all over the world to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing. This archive is intended to serve as a research and educational guide to those who want to gain and expand their knowledge of the atomic bombing. http://www.lclark.edu/~history/HIROSHIMA/

  • Immigration 1900–1920 Ellis Island. It is interesting to speculate about how a teacher would have discussed immigration circa 1905 with young school children. It is also interesting to note what is missing—a growing sense of racism and nationalism at the turn of the century as seen in the extension of the Chinese Exclusion Act and other statutory actions. Perhaps it is useful to consider the social and political issues that surround these stereoscopic photographs from the early 1900s to better understand the attitudes of nationalism and anti-immigration emerging toward the end of the 20th century. http://cmp1.ucr.edu/exhibitions/immigration_id.html

  • Lower East Side Tenements Virtual Tour. Take a virtual tour of 97 Orchard Street‹a typical tenement house of nineteenth century New York City. http://www.tenement.org/virtual_Tour/index_virtual.html

  • National Civil Rights Museum: Virtual Tour. Take a virtual tour of the Civil Rights Movement. http://www.mecca.org/~crights/cyber.html

  • The Promise of the Gold Mountain: Tucson’s Chinese Heritage. Using text and photographs, this exhibit traces the history of Chinese-Americans in Tucson, including their contribution to the building of the railroad, as well as short biographies of some prominent members of Tucson’s Chinese-American community. http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/images/chamer/chinese.html

  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is America’s national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history, and serves as this country’s memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust. Includes online exhibits of art and photos. http://www.ushmm.org/

  • Learning about the Holocaust. Produced for the National Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Includes sections on teaching about the holocaust, children and the holocaust, and an annotated holocaust videography. http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/nrule.htm

  • “Votes for Women” Suffrage Pictures 1850–1920. Part of the American Memory exhibit at the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html

  • Watergate. The Watergate Affair was the worst political scandal in U.S. history. It led to the resignation of a president, Richard M. Nixon, after he became implicated in an attempt to cover up the scandal. http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/side/watergte.html

  • What Did You Do in the War, Grandma? An Oral History of Rhode Island Women during World War II. Written by students in the Honors English Program at South Kingstown (R.I.) High School. http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html

  • Women’s History. A guide to the Middle Tennesseee State University (MTSU) Library and Internet Resources. This is a "links" site.http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html

  • Women’s Suffrage. An excerpt from Grolier Online, with hypertext links to many other parts of the Grolier site, chronicling women’s battle for the vote. http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/side/wsffrg.html

  • World War I: Trenches on the Web. Internet history of the Great War providing access to a great deal of material, including period songs to sing and hear and remarkable photographs. Start at the “Reference Library” and explore! http://www.worldwar1.com/index.html
Geography and Maps Top of Page
 

  • 50 States.com. Check here for links to web sites for all fifty states. http://www.50states.com

  • Atlapedia Online. Atlapedia Online contains key information on every country of the world. Each country profile provides facts and data on geography, climate, people, religion, language, history, and economy, making it ideal for personal or family education and for students of all ages. http://www.atlapedia.com/

  • CIA World Factbook. Extensive data, maps, and flags of all the countries in the world. Current Web edition is 2001. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

  • Geo Globe: Interactive Geography. Explore the world with Geo Globe’s selection of interactive games, and find out about strange and familiar features of the planet! Ever wondered which continent has the most countries? Do you know how deep the ocean gets? How plants survive in the tundra? Which waterfall is the highest in the world? If you’re curious about world geography, this is the right place! http://library.thinkquest.org/10157/

  • National Geographic. Maps, cultures, and facts from around the world. Includes a special section for kids. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/main.html

  • National Park Service ParkNet. This site provides information on the National Parks and their history. http://www.nps.gov/

  • U.S. Gazeteer. Part of the U.S. Census Bureau. You can enter a place name or zip code and get needed information from census data from the 1990 Census Lookup server. http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer

  • World Safari. An 11-year-old’s page that travels to a different country each month. Includes country facts and histories of the countries. http://www.supersurf.com/
Politics and Government Top of Page
 

  • Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids. Children and YAs from Kindergarten through grade 12 will find a variety of information about basic aspects of the United States and its government, such as how a bill becomes law. http://bensguide.gpo.gov

  • Canadian Government Information. Detailed information on all aspects of Canadian government, including information on all of the provines. http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/cangov/egovinfo.htm

  • The Constitution of the United States. Study the U.S. Constitution online. Includes the ability to search the Constitution by keyword. http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/usconst.html

  • Electronic Frontier Freedom Foundation. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a non-profit civil liberties organization working in the public interest to protect privacy, free expression, and access to public resources and information online as well as to promote responsibility in new media. http://www.eff.org/

  • Idealist.org: Kids and Teens. Learn all about nonprofit organizations and the activities and issues they pursue. Includes information about organizations started by kids as well as suggestions for getting started on your own. http://www.idealist.org/kt

  • Political Resources on the Net. “Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world.” Links to political parties, activist organizations, and government agencies with more than eighty countries represented. http://www.politicalresources.net

  • State and Local Governments. Information about each state’s government, plus maps of states and information about local governments. http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html

  • Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet. A government information source with information on how the U.S. legislature functions, including details on pending bills before Congress and links to the last few years of the Congressional Record Online. http://thomas.loc.gov/
Religions of the World Top of Page
 

  • About Islam and Muslims. The aims of this page are to provide accurate information about Islamic beliefs, history, and civilization for Muslims and non-Muslims. http://www.unn.ac.uk/societies/islamic/

  • Bible Gateway. This is an excellent site to search the Christian Bible, in one of seven languages, textually as well as by specific categories, phrases, or terms. http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?

  • Catholic Online Saints and Angels. Read about angels and saints in these pages. http://saints.catholic.org/index.shtml

  • Church Kids. Illustrated Bible stories as well as pages to download and color. http://www.virtualchurch.org/kids.htm

  • Faith and Social Justice Page. This page is dedicated to providing resources, links, and articles for people of faith who are concerned about social justice issues. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1764/

  • Mysticism in World Religions. This site presents the mystical traditions of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taosim. You can compare and contrast these six religions. http://www.digiserve.com/mystic/

  • The Religious Society of Friends WWW Site. A long list of Quaker links, including many on non-violence. Provides local meeting schedules for some areas in the United States. http://www.quaker.org/

  • Unitarian Universalist Page. Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion born of the Jewish and Christian traditions. http://uua.org/
News and Current Events Top of Page
 

  • abcnews. News from ABC with an easy organizational structure. Includes a fact for the day box. http://abcnews.go.com/

  • CNN Interactive. News from CNN organized in a clear, crisp fashion with coverage in a wide number of areas. http://www.cnn.com/

  • The Internet Public Library A list of links to online newspapers from around the world. Searchable by country and then by publication. http://www.ipl.org/reading/news/

  • MSNBC. NBC News correspondents from Chicago to Tokyo to Helsinki offer analysis and fresh perspectives on events in this quickly changing world. MSNBC also provides great sports coverage, business news, and the latest weather and traffic reports—right down to your own locale. http://www.msnbc.com/news/

  • Nando Times. Frequently updated world news as well as coverage in sports, entertainment and other areas. http://www.nandotimes.com

  • The Online News Hour. This is a PBS-Jim Lehrer news broadcast. Coverage includes environmental issues. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/

  • OnlineNewspapers.com From Webwombat in Australia, this site claims 10,000 links. Searchable by continent and country. http://www.onlinenewspapers.com

  • Time for Kids. This companion to the Time for Kids magazine connects youth with up-to-the-minute news and current events. The site also includes a dictionary, measurement conversion table, country information and games. Full-text articles are available in English and Spanish. http://www.timeforkids.com

  • United Nations Cyberschoolbus. View information about member nations, take a virtual tour, explore issues of human rights relating to children or take quizzes and play games to help you learn about the countries of the world. Interactive and well designed for school-age children. http://www.un.org/pubs/cyberschoolbus/
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