Relief Web

It's a clearinghouse for humanitarian, relief funding, and issues from around the globe. Dense but useful maps and other information.

IRIN-Humanitarian News

I spend a lot of time reminding students that Africa is a diverse continent made up of many countries. IRIN has a detailed news and analysis hopefully makes that more clear.

Interactive Immigration Map

This map from the NY Times shows you where immigrants are from, how they have come over time, what percentage of a county they make up, and their contribution to the American resturaunt scene.

Project Based Learning Guide

Step by Step guide to developing project based learning. There's a searchable database to find other projects on.

Here's the 8 page printable project guide. You can download it as PDF or Word.

Wars end remember

How wars end is a great radio series that looks in depth at what can often be the most defining aspect of war.

Social Entrepreneurship

Let's get students to look at global and local issues in an innovative way.

Here's a good introductory program on The New Heroes

Ashoka can connect students with people in the field.

The Skoll Foundation is also has a wealth of information on getting involved.

Frontline/World has engaging stories of international entrepreneurs.

Online Newhour site for SE

Social Edge blog and wiki from the Skoll Foundation

Natural Rights and the Judicial Branch

Today we start by looking at a wordle of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.
What do they show us, what should we expect?

Then a closer look at the purpose and intent of the Bill of Rights.

Who's going to carry this out? Well let's look at the Judicial branch and how it was assigned and adopted responsibilities.

Finally we begin work on our Pocket Rights Guide.

Wordle of the Gettysburg Address

Gettysburg Address

Wordling the Founding Documents

The Declaration of Independence

The Bill of Rights

The Constitution


Amendments 11-27

GNOCDC Katrina and Recovery data

This is an exceptional site about what's going on in New Orleans today.

They have a great re-population map that students can use to understand how much of New Orleans is back to Pre-K levels.

Interactive Obama Address

Search for key words and read explanations of key issues.

Katrina from the Journal of American History

The Journal had a special issue devoted to Katrina.

Great media section including great audio slideshows.

A page of further resources. Including a guide of neighborhoods, jazz music, timeline of levee construction and more.

voicethread test

Aids drugs and the long journey

The World story about how generic drugs from India get to a woman with Aids in Ivory Coast. Makes a big issue seem focused and close to home.

Conflict in the Congo and the phone you keep texting with under your desk

PRI's The World stories about the Congo, including one about cell phones.

More Interactive Governance Maps

The World Bank has their own aggregated governance map. It's highly detailed and provides a number of different ways to analyze countries for governance.

War Making

A lesson that tackles the subject of who gets to decide when we tell people "Bring it on."

Ye, Olde Constitution Center

It's the Constitution Center and it's mostly about the Constitution and related items. Like Bed, Bath, and Beyond. Minus the beyond.

Really, America.gov?

So I feel a little odd about this one, but it's a 2-3 page explanation about the American Government. It's so concise, I'm surprised a government agency put it together.

Katrina

When I started considering using Katrina as a case study for my government class I wasn't sure if it was too obvious. Then I had students ask who's Katrina.

The NY Times has a whole teaching site about it that incorporates a lot of the paper's multimedia.

Teachers College has taken Spike Lee's documentary under their wings.

Here you can get a 100 pdf helping you use When the Levees Broke to teach students about Katrina, Democratic Dialouge, and Civic Engagement

Jim Crow

This is where to start if you want to cover this subject.

American Radio Works also has a great story about the subject.

Don't forget my lynchings postcard post, too.

Women's History Links

Lots of good Women's history links here. A great site about the Triangle shirt company fire too.

Let's get all technological

This seems to be it when it comes to technology and social studies.

Wow, mother of all links page!!!!!!!!!

USAID, Hire me.

When I didn't pass my oral exam for the foreign service (for the record my score was close ) I thought of working for USAid. I eventually got over it and now I link to them and their governance section.

Their 2008 fact sheet starts with a quote from the former president, but it's something someone wrote for him so it actually makes sense.

Transparency International

Teachers love transparencies. Transparency International is way more lovable and you don't need a power zone or overhead to make the most of it.

Aussie Version of Good Governance

I had to go to the southern hemisphere for this but it's worth losing a day in travel.

There's a nifty glossary of terms here (and links to the UN's good governance article I already blogged about)

Map O'Freedom

This is a great resource for measuring freedom around the world.

Rulers

Clickable map of rulers for all countries in great detail.

The Tragedy of Zimbabwe

BBC's in depth coverage of the crisis in Zimbabwe. Plenty of information in video, photos, and text form.

Good Governance

Here's a great UN site that gives details background into this complex topic.

Race and baby dolls

I love listening to This American Life. This story though really struck me behind the scenes look at race and a great way to enter the issue with a super accessible and engaging story. Act Three Babies Buying Babies.

Drug Cartels attack on Locke

Juarez Mexico's struggle with drug cartels as a example of the social contract failing. Radio segment from Day to Day.