Cool Links


Lonely Planet--Do your country a favor.  Leave.  What a powerful 
message! 
Check this site out and plan your next journey!
http://www.lonelyplanet.com

Great review site for Regents review!
http://www.regentsprep.org

Dutchess County Services----great source for the R & R project!
http://www.co.dutchess.ny.us/CountyGov/AllServices_8902.htm

PBS Reconstruction: the Second Civil War  It's a great resource
for you to assist in the evaluation of Reconstruction.  Check it 
out!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/

2008 Election: do you want to be the next President of the US?  
Check this 
out!  It will 
help you decide!!!
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/MatchoMatic/fullpage?id=5542139

Cool way to participate in the Electoral College race!  Thanks 
CNN!
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/calculator/

Connecting from home to school or school to home
Google Docs

If you don't have power point, word or excel you can download 
these programs 
for free!!!  Just be sure you pick the right language and program 
for your 
computer system!
http://download.openoffice.org/

The Living Room Candidate---great site for the upcoming election 
and 
campaigning!
http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/

Election Facts----who is telling the truth?  Just the facts 
please!!!
http://www.factcheck.org/

Immigrant Stories--NY Times
http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/share-your-immigration-story/

Immigrant Slide Show--NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2006/12/19/us/20061217_IMMIGRATION_FEATURE.html

This is a great site for help with studying for upcoming map 
quizzes!
Online geography review.

Did you read the paper today?  Do you know what's going on in the 
world???
Current Events

What does the President's schedule look like?  Check this site 
out and find out!
A Day with President Obama...MSNBC

Another view and tour of the nation's White House.
An interactive view of the White House

This site is a great start at looking at ALL of the different 
political parties that exist in our nation.
Political Parties in the US

If you are looking for information on NY State, this is a place 
that might help you out!
New York State's Government Website

Want maps like the ones I give you in class?  Here is the place 
to get them!
Printable Blank Maps 

useful source of news for Africa
African Headlines

Type in your address to find out who your elected represenatives 
are!
Who represents YOU?

Great for R & R research
Immigration Trends

For the visual learner-a look at current events
A picture way of looking at current events

Check this site out to go around the world, from anywhere, to 
read newspapers from around the 
world!  You can even challenge yourself and try to read the news 
in a foreign language!
Very Cool Global Newspaper

Always a "fun" way to look at what is going on around the world.
Political Cartoons

Take a stroll through the US!
50 States & Capitals Cartoon

A great article for class...to be read for homework on 10.3
Malaria Reading--GH I H 10.3

Great site to use to help you study for upcoming quizzes and 
tests.  Good for Global, US and PIG.
Quizlet--for review purposes

If you have already brought me the 11.00, great! If you haven't 
you still can, or you can order directly from the publisher's 
site by following the link.  BE SURE YOU ORDER A US HISTORY book!
US REVIEW BOOK ---PLEASE PLACE AN ORDER!

For students in 11th grade US H & G this is your textbook's 
website with some helpful review materials!
American Nation online resources

Please visit this site and read the review or listen to it so we 
can vote on
whether or not we'll be reading this book.


Global Book Project

Use this site if you're assigned to investigave the North or 
South's economic advantages and disadvantages
*this is the one I showed you in class
Civil War site #1 for Economic subgroup

Please go to the section on North-South Comparison Chart and use 
this information to complete your task.
Civil war site#2  for Economic subgroup

Please go to the section on the military leaders for eachside of 
the Civil War and use this information to complete your task.
Civil War site for Military subgroup


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