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- www.hrw.org
Examples of international oppression
- www.undcp.org/unlinks.html
International organizations and related links in areas of terrorism, crime, slavery, etc., a UN website
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/news
mostly news about science and the environment.
- http://www.highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm
current events links for high school students, and features interactive learning games, puzzles, and quizzes. It also includes subject guides for English, foreign languages, math, science, and social studies.
- http://thomas.loc.gov
historical docs. and How Laws are Made, links to other sites, current votes, procedures, bills, committees, etc. (for US history)
- http://csf.colorado.edu/jwsr/index.html
An electronic journal on the modern world and global issues
- http://www.c-span.org/classroom
C-SPAN (US current events)
- http://www.cnn.com
CNN newsroom provides up-to-the-minute news stories to help stay on top of world events.
- http://www.bbc.co.uk
British Broadcasting Company... also, an AMAZING search tool.
- http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newshour_index.html
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, includes special sections for studentsm, teachers, and current events.
- http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/index.html
The New York Times learning network for students, grades 6-12. Also consists of News Summaries, Daily News Quiz, Word of the Day, Test Prep Question of the Day, Web Explorer, Science Q & A
- http://www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/news/
current events on PBS (links and news)
- http://news.yahoo.com
news coverage
- http://www.amnesty.org/
Excellent website relating to human rights worldwide.
- http://www.globalissues.org/
global issues that affect everyone... human rights, international trade, geopolitics, environmental issues,
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