Links
( … some links might not work due to the City Schools content filter)
News
- The Baltimore Sun http://www.baltimoresun.com/
- CNN http://www.cnn.com/
- The Associated Press http://www.ap.org/
- Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/
- New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/
- Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/
- Time Magazine Archives www.time.com/time/archive
- Newsweek http://www.newsweek.com/
- World News http://wn.com/
- BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/
- The Guardian UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/
- Pravda http://english.pravda.ru/
- Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com
- MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
- Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/
- The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/home-page
- USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/
- L.A. Times www.latimes.com
- CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/
- ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/
- Reuters http://www.reuters.com/
- The Drudge Report http://www.drudgereport.com/
- The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
General
- PBS www.pbs.org
- Global Connections www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/
- NOVA www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
- Affluenza www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/home.html
- People Like Us www.pbs.org/peoplelikeus/
- PBS Guns, Germs and Steel http://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/
- Association of American Geographers www.aag.org/HDGC/Hands_On.html
- Maths, Stats and OR (used to be the
- Centre for Statistics) www.geog.le.ac.uk/cti/hum.html
- National Geographic Society www.nationalgeographic.com
- Peace Corps World Wise Schools www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/
- National Council for Geographic Education http://ncge.org/
- BBC Schools Geography http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
- Frontline World http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/
- Geonet Geotopics www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk
- World Resources Institute http://www.wri.org/
Maps and Mapmaking
- NASA—MODIS Homepage http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/
- Africa—Climatographs http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/Lessons/Afri
- Map Projections http://personal.uncc.edu/lagaro/cwg/mapproj/
- Library of Congress Maps http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/
- National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/index.html
- Oddens Bookmarks http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.php
- Places and Regions http://www.colorado.edu/geography/COGA/
- World Maps http://es.rice.edu/projects/Poli378/Maps/
- GPS http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/
- All About GPS http://www.trimble.com/gps/
Population
- 6 Billion Human Beings http://www-popexpo.ined.fr/english.html
- Age-Sex Pyramids http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/
- All 10 Million Europeans http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/nohumans.html
- Cartogram Construction http://www-viz.tamu.edu/faculty/house/cartograms/1996Anim.html
- Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/
- World Population Trends http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/Papers/gkh1/chap1.htm
- Epidemic! http://www.pbs.org/fredfriendly/epidemic/
- UNEP- World Population http://www.grida.no/db/maps/prod/level3/id_1250.htm
- Census Population Change http://www.census.gov/prod/2/pop/p23/p23-193.pdf
- Population Trends in the UK http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-111.pdf
- IDB Population Pyramids http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html
- NOAA- Population Density http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html
- NOVA- World in the Balance http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/
- Population and Age Pyramids http://www.demog.berkeley.edu/~marcia/poppyr.html
- Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/Content/NavigationMenu/PRB/
- Census Bureau- Population Estimates http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php
- Population Index http://popindex.princeton.edu/index.html
- Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/
- Project GeoSim http://geosim.cs.vt.edu/
- UNFPA http://www.unfpa.org/swp/swpmain.htm
- Animated US Population Pyramid http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Animation/pyramid.html
- World Bank- Life Expectancy, etc. http://www.worldbank.org/data/maps/
- Yahoo! Population http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Issues_and_Causes/Population/
Migration
- PBS– Beyond the Border http://www.pbs.org/itvs/beyondtheborder/
- PBS—Dying to Leave http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/dying/index.html
- Forced Migration http://www.forcedmigration.org/
- Historical Census Data http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029/
- History Now http://www.historynow.org/03_2005/index.html
- Mexican Migration Project http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/
- Migration Information http://www.migrationinformation.org/
- POV—Borders http://www.pbs.org/pov/borders/index_flash.html
- POV http://www.pbs.org/pov/
- PBS—The Border http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/
- Wayfinders http://www.pbs.org/wayfinders/
Country Studies
- PBS—Africa http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/
- Liberia http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/liberia/index.html
- Global Tribe http://www.pbs.org/kcet/globaltribe/
- The Amazon http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/
- Altapedia http://www.atlapedia.com/
- CIA Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
- Infoplease http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html
- Lonely Planet http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/
- Canada http://www.statcan.ca/start.html
- World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/countrydata.html
Culture, Religion, Language etc.
- PBS—Australia http://www.pbs.org/wnet/australia/glossary.html
- Cajun Dictionary and Food http://www.pbs.org/tasteofla/bb_cajundict.html
- Do You Speak American? http://www.pbs.org/speak/
- Food for the Ancestors http://www.pbs.org/foodancestors/main.html
- PBS—Islam Empire of Faith http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/
- PBS–River of Song http://www.pbs.org/riverofsong/
- The Meaning of Food- Kosher http://www.pbs.org/opb/meaningoffood/food_and_culture/
- Pop vs Soda http://www.popvssoda.com/
- PBS—America Singing http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/
- Wideangle—Time for School http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/school/index.html
- PBS—Women Who Rock http://www.pbs.org/itvs/welcometotheclub/
- Wideangle—Young, Muslim… http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/france/index.html
- Mexican people—Retanet http://retanet.unm.edu/index.pl?section=1996LPs
- Maritime Culture http://www.abc.se/~m10354/publ/cult-land.htm
Ethnicity (all below are PBS video websites)
- American Family (Mexican) http://www.pbs.org/americanfamily/
- Becoming American (Chinese) http://www.pbs.org/becomingamerican/
- Chinatown http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinatown/resourceguide/index.html
- Homeland (Native American) http://www.pbs.org/itvs/homeland/
- Matters of Race http://www.pbs.org/mattersofrace/
- Roots in the Sand (India) http://www.pbs.org/rootsinthesand/
- Race—the Power of an Illusion http://www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm
- Searching for Asian America http://www.pbs.org/searching/
Politics & War
- Wideangle—Women in Rwanda http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/rwanda/index.html
- Wideangle—Bosnia http://www.pbs.org/wnet/cryfromthegrave/
- Is a Nation Always a Region? http://www.keene.edu/orgs/geogranite/lessons/X0109_321rtf.html
- Yahoo! Genocide http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Crime/Types_of_Crime/
Development & Economics
- Cities of Today and Tomorrow http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/habitat/index.asp
- Edge Cities http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa020700a.htm?once=true&
- Census—Metropolitan Areas http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metroarea.html
- Race Segregation http://members.aol.com/brownkevin/private/pia2193c.html
- Urban Sprawl http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/19980923_sprawl.htm
- Sprawl and Growth http://www.plannersweb.com/articles/sprawl-articles.html
- Primate Cities http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa092099.htm?once=true&
- Tokyo Train Map ` http://www.askasia.org/image/maps/i000272.htm
- Urban Sprawl http://geography.about.com/msub120.htm?once=true&
- Urban Sprawl http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/19980923_sprawl.htm
- Moscow Metro Map http://www.metro.ru/map/2005/
- Washintong DC Metro Map http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/systemmap.cfm
- Interstate Highway System http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa052499.htm?once=true&
- Burgess Land Use Model http://www.geog.umontreal.ca/geotrans/eng/ch6en/conc6en/burgess.html
- VonThunen’s Model http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa060297.htm
- Affluenza—Land Use Project http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/treat/tguide/tguide8.html
- Affluenza—The Impact of Stuff http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/treat/tguide/tguide9b.html
- Affluenza– World Consumption http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/treat/tguide/tguide7.html
- Bananas, Cairo and Retail http://www.es.mq.edu.au/humgeog/HSCmenu/
- PBS—Battle for World Economy http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/index.html
- Frontline—Walmart http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/
- PBS—Store Wars http://www.pbs.org/itvs/storewars/
- PBS—Death of Small Farms http://www.pbs.org/ktca/farmhouses/
- Wideangle—To Have & Have Not http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/china/index.html
- Service Sector Employees http://www.ombwatch.org/budget/1996/lowinc/inserv2.html
- Trends in Service Sector http://www.ombwatch.org/budget/1996/lowinc/servtren.html