Aandolan 
At Aandolan, we believe that youth are a movement - a
powerful force that can combat climate change, increase access to education,
improve global healthcare, promote peace, advocate for civil liberties, and
eradicate poverty. And as youth, we would know. Everyone - young, old, or
in-between - is capable of making a difference. Aandolan is committed to
developing a new generation of leaders by connecting youth to the world around
them, thereby effecting social change on multiple levels. http://www.aandolan.org/
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Ancient Web 
Ancient Web includes the Art, Culture and History of Ancient Patagonia, Ancient Gaul, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Romania, and Spain: http://www.ancientweb.org/
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British History Online
British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, we aim to support academic and personal users around the world in their learning, teaching and research http://www.british-history.ac.uk/
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Classroom Earth
Classroom Earth, a program of The National Environmental Education Foundation,
defines environmental education as the process, activities and
experiences—across disciplines—that lead students to have a greater
understanding of how the earth’s resources and natural systems work and
interact with each other and with human-made systems. http://www.classroomearth.org/
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Constitution Finder
This database offers constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents. Nations of the world are linked to their constitutional text posted somewhere on the Internet. We invite comments or suggestions for improving this index. We would appreciate both your direction to internet sites where other constitutions may be found and your contribution of the texts of constitutions not yet accessible on the Internet. Send them electronically or by post and we will add them to this database. We seek not only constitutions in effect, and their amendments, but also constitutions which have been superseded as well as drafts not yet acted upon or else abandoned. http://confinder.richmond.edu/
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Earth Science World Image Bank
The Earth Science World Image Bank has photographs of all
aspects of Earth Science available to the public, educators, and the geoscience
community. http://www.earthscienceworld.org/images/index.html
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Encylopedia of the Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth is an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia is a free, fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work. The articles are written in non-technical language and will be useful to students, educators, scholars, professionals, as well as to the general public. http://www.eoearth.org/
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FactCheckEd
Our aim is to help students learn to be smart consumers of these messages, to see through the deceptions that they encounter daily, to dig for facts using the Internet and other resources, and to set aside prejudice and weigh evidence logically. http://www.factchecked.org/
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Food Museum
The Food Museum
is committed to connecting people of all ages with the essential subject of
food. The Food Museum
celebrates food, and through its collections, educational programs,
publications and website engages people in an exploration of what we eat and
how we eat it, where it came from, how it has evolved, what its impact is on
the world, and what its future may be. The
museum is committed to the identification and preservation of sites and
artifactsassociated with our rapidly disappearing local and global food
heritage. http://www.foodmuseum.com
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Girls Helping Girls (GHG)
Girls Helping Girls (GHG) is an international organization
that empowers girls worldwide to engage in cultural exchange, gain a global
education, and create and lead social change.GHG provides girls with the curriculum, toolkits, and
communication interface to discover their talents and translate passion to
action through its innovative program.Explore our web site to learn more about how you can join
our campaign and discover how girls are uniting across borders to challenge
major global issues, with GHG.http://www.empoweragirl.org
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Google Earth Lessons
GELessons.com - A Free Public Resource - Providing Teachers with the tools needed to enhance their instruction using Google Earth®, the free program that brings the world to the classroom! A Website By and For Teachers. http://gelessons.com/
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Google Lit Trips
This
site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different
way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the
greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more! http://googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html
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Harvard Iranian Oral History Project 
The Iranian Oral History Project (IOHP) is a unique resource for the study of modern Iranian history. The collection consists of the personal accounts of 134 individuals who played major roles in or were eyewitnesses to important political events in Iran from the 1920s to the 1980s.
http://ted.hul.harvard.edu:8080/ted/deliver/home?_collection=iohp
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History of Nations
Welcome to History of Nations! This site has a history of every nation in the world. Each country is covered by a brief essay which gives the highlights of each nation's history. All information is based on content from the US State Department with new material added. http://www.historyofnations.net/
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International Museum of Women
The mission of the International Museum of Women is to value the lives of women around the world. The Museum amplifies the voices of women worldwide through history, the arts and cultural programs that educate, create dialogue, build community, and inspire action. With its unique focus on cultural change, the Museum advances the human right to gender equity worldwide.
http://www.imow.org/
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International World History Project
World History From The Pre-Sumerian Period To The Present - A Collection Of World History Related Essays, Documents, Maps and Music
This world history site contains a collection of world history related essays, documents, maps, music and video outlining human history and progress from the Neolithic era to the present including the history of the ancient world, Africa, Europe, Asia, India, the Middle East, Australia and the Americas. There is a section containing historical documents such as the Magna Carta and the American Declaration of Independence and, as science, philosophy and religion have played major roles in the accent of humankind and the development of civilization, we have included sections relating to world religions, philosophies and scientific discoveries and ideas. http://history-world.org
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Languages of the World
The main purpose of this website is to provide information
about the language families of the world and their most important and populous
members, including their history, status, their linguistic characteristics, and
their writing in as simple and concise a way as possible. We base this website
on the belief that all languages have evolved from the need of human beings to
express their thoughts, beliefs, and desires, that all languages meet the
social, psychological, and survival needs of people who use them. In this
sense, all languages, no matter how small and remote, are equal. All equally
deserve study because all of them provide valuable insights into human nature. http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/index.html
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Library of Congress - Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
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National Geographic Education Network (EdNet)
Welcome to the Education Network, a new online service from the National Geographic Society Education Foundation. For more than 14 years, educators have trusted the Foundation's quality outreach programs and educational services. Now we've added EdNet—a one-stop shop for education news, resources, discussion, and much more. (LIFE Note: Some fee based material, but included because of the quality and wealth of free content.) http://www.ngsednet.org/
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OneWorld
OneWorld is a global information network developed to support communication media of the people, by the people and for the people - everywhere. Its goal is to help build a more just, global society, through its partnership community. OneWorld encourages people to discover their power - power to speak, connect, and make a difference - by providing access to information, and enabling connections between hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of people around the world. http://us.oneworld.net/
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Planet Connect
Planet Connect, a component of Classroom Earth, is an online social
network where high school students can learn about current
environmental issues, funding opportunities, green colleges and
environmental careers. Students can also share and exchange ideas about
how they are playing a critical role in solving today’s environmental
issues. http://www.planet-connect.org/
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Polar Discovery
Polar Discovery brings you the stories of science on ice. The polar regions are experiencing unprecedented environmental changes that are having significant impacts on global climate, ecosystems, and society. Using the latest engineering advancements, scientists are studying the changing climate at the heart of the icy Arctic Ocean, the melting glaciers of Greenland, and the creatures of Antarctica's Southern Ocean. http://polardiscovery.whoi.edu/
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Portals to the World
Portals to the World contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria. http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
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Teaching Current Events via Newspapers, Magazine, TV
Teaching Current Events via Newspapers, Magazine, TV http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/cevents.html
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The Exchange - a blog examining global issues from a youth perspective
The first edition takes a non-partisan look at the 2008 Presidential Election and what is at stake for children and youth. Articles include youth viewpoints about national security, the war in Iraq, the diversity of the presidential candidates, a voter registration guide, a profile of a standout youth and much more. Our goal is to bridge the gap between children's concerns and the
adults who have the ability to address and act on those concerns.
Please join our debates, where you can comment on the articles of the
current issue. Our primary objective is to get you involved in the
issues that matter most.To learn more, visit http://www.youthdevelopmentexchange.org
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The Happy Planet Index
This website introduces a measure of something more fundamental to global well being. It addresses the relative success or failure of countries in supporting good life for their citizens, whilst repecting the environmental resource limits upon which our lives depend. The Happy Planet Index (HPI) is an innovative new measure that shows the ecological efficiency with which human well-being is delivered. http://www.happyplanetindex.org/
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The Internet History Sourcebooks
The Internet History Sourcebooks are (extraordinarily comprehensive!) collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/
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Voices of Youth
Voices of Youth is an Internet site created by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for young people who want to know more, do more and say more about the world. It's about linking children and adolescents in different countries to explore, speak out and take action on global issues that are important to them and to creating a world fit for children. http://www.unicef.org/voy/
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WhoYouShouldKnow.com
Who You Should Know is a FREE educational Web site that provides a daily profile of an international leader or a person of significant global influence. The primary focus of WhoYouShouldKnow.com is to highlight international leaders as well as key business and humanitarian figures. Each weekday WhoYouShouldKnow.com features a different International leader and his or her home country. The featured profile contains a picture of the leader, a map of the country’s location in the world, a more detailed map of the country, as well as the country’s flag, links to other important statistics and factual data about the person and the country. http://www.whoyoushouldknow.com/
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Women in World History Curriculum's Site
This unique site is full of information and resources to help you learn about women’s history in a global, non- U.S., context. http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/ |
World Changing.com
WorldChanging.com works from a simple premise: that the tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us. That plenty of people are working on tools for change, but the fields in which they work remain unconnected. That the motive, means and opportunity for profound positive change are already present. That another world is not just possible, it's here. We only need to put the pieces together. http://www.worldchanging.com/
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World Digital Library (WDL)
The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the
Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary
materials from countries and cultures around the world.http://www.wdl.org/en/
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World Lecture Hall
World Lecture Hall publishes links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver course materials in any language. Some courses are delivered entirely over the Internet. Others are designed for students in residence. Many fall somewhere in between. In all cases, they can be visited by anyone interested in courseware on the Internet - faculty, developers, and curious students alike. http://web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh/browse.cfm
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World Music
World music is Israeli reggae and Japanese klezmer. It's rock and roll from the Sahara and flamenco with a hip-hop breakbeat; it's digital bossa nova and Irish sean nos with an African pulse. It's downhome country music from someone else's country and smooth, urban R&B from the mega-cities of the Southern Hemisphere. It's cowboy music from Venezuela and Persian classical music from L.A. It's music that transcends borders. http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/
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Youth Media Exchange
Team up with youth across the world to share and create
media about global issues that matter to you! Members : Sharpen your
skills with tools for creating and sharing media;
Get information,
links, and discussions on socially-responsible global issues; Participate in
contests, activities, and prizes for your work; Gain exposure
and get feedback on your creations. All in a commercial-free space! http://www.takingitglobal.org/members/ss.html?partner=ymex
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