History, Geography, Economics
An extensive collection of hotlinks for high school students. If you are writing
an extended essay or internal assessment, the Concord
Review has prize-winning essays that are similar to IB requirements, especially
in History.
Math Talk
A statistician with his head in an oven and his feet on ice might say, "On
average, I feel fine."
"The (un)Truth About Statistics," hints at the statistical (un)truths you'll
learn about on this short webpage. Particularly useful in economics and geography
classes.
Political Cartoons Tell
History
Herblock's images reveal 20th century American history.
Daryl Cagle's Cartoonist Collection
No history or explanation, but tons of cartoons!!
JMUN
On all of these, be sure to copy what you need into a Word document and
print only the essential parts. Don't forget to copy your citation into the document.
You'll need it to write your bibliography!
U.S. Committee for
Refugees and Immigrants
Go to Worldwide
Refugee Survey and in the middle of the page, you can click on a country
to find specific information for the country you represent. You will
find good
descriptions
of how refugee
populations
are being managed by aid groups or how they are managing themselves.
Current Events for Kids
Not specifically directed to any issue, this website provides current news
on a broad range of topics: Iraq and Israel for example. You can link on
economics to find information related to the ECOSOC Commission. The government
link provides information about specific countries. ESPECIALLY GOOD FOR
ESOL students.
The Internet Public Library - Spotlight
This site's spotlights change from month to month and also links to other
websites
with
related
information,
although
they are
not all so easy to read. The great thing about any IPL link is that a librarian
has already done all the hard work of evaluating the websites for you.
Ology
The gene Scene - The Quest for the Perfect Tomato is a simple, pictoral explanation
of how and why genetically modified foods are created. Sponsored by the American
Museum of Natural History, Ology and other linked pages provide a good
overview of "The Genomic Revolution."
I've included websites from JMUN 2003 as well; you may not use
them for this project, but they are useful for other research you
might be doing.
Efforts to Eliminate
Child Labor
This site deals with one issure of children's rights, how to keep children
free from having to work in unsafe places or long hours that keep them
from being
able to attend school.
LaGuaira Tragedy. Collected sites come from reliable sources. Search
the web to find additional sites, but be sure you use the CACAO (coverage,
authority, currency, accuracy, objectivity) test for reliability. Venezuela
landslides is a good search string.
http://earth.esa.int/applications/dm/GSP/venezuel.htm
http://pr.water.usgs.gov/public/venezuela/image_1.html
http://www.comet.ucar.edu/resources/cases/venezuela/
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0103-01/fs-0103-01.pdf
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0071-00/fs-0071-00.pdf
Hotlinks