Here's the link to the website for your new World History textbook. This
website contains chapter overviews, web activities, self-check quizzes, and
more. Use the web codes provided in your textbook's pages to access
additional online interactive websites with audioclips, animations, photos,
maps and timelines.
http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=nak&wcsuffix=9999
The New York Times, one of the world's most widely read newspapers
http://www.nytimes.com
The Star Ledger -- New Jersey's largest newspaper
http://www.nj.com/starledger/
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
Would you rather listen to the news online? Try National Public Radio! You can
listen to their hourly newscast, top news stories, or feature stories.
http://www.npr.org/
TIME Magazine / CNN website
http://www.time.com/time/?cnn=yes
TIME Magazine for Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
Try taking the weekly interactive quiz on current events written by the New
York Times. See what you know about this week's news. It's not an easy quiz,
but you'll get your score right away. (And you can take the quiz as many
times as you'd like and improve your score each time!)
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/quiz/
National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Need current information on a particular nation? The World Factbook, which
is published by the U.S. government's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
provides national-level information on countries, territories, and
dependencies. It is updated every two weeks.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
This website's goal? Their claim is it's to hold politicians accountable. A
project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of
Pennsylvania, this group monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by
major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches,
interviews, and news releases.
http://www.factcheck.org/
Find the answers to some of your burning questions about how stuff works.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm