Mrs. Wiles's Homepage



The "other" Website
AP World History
Human Rights Links
Current Events
Magazines
Television
Radio
Newspapers

Other Useful Stuff
Atlases/Encyclopedias
Bookmark Stashes
Search Engines
Textbook Links
Web Cams
Resources for Teachers

I am a Social Studies teacher at North Eugene High School in Eugene, Oregon. For the 2001-2002 school year I will be teaching Freshmen Global Studies and Honors Freshmen Global Studies. The links under "World Cultures Page" follow the structure of one of our textbooks, World Cultures: A Global Mosaic Prentice Hall,  1999. The links under "World History Page" follow the chronological structure of the class. Problems or questions? Please e-mail me: wiles@4j.lane.edu
Daily Agenda and Homework for Global Studies
Daily Agenda and Homework for Honors Global Studies
World Cultures Page (Country Links) 
World History Page (Chronological Links) 
College Information Links

The Hunger Site
(click above to feed people for free!!)


Links for Current Events 
Newspapers

Awesome Library Current Events (Great links to map, articles, primary sources, etc.) 
Oingo Current Issues (excellent links to issues and resources to explore them further) 
Christian Science Monitor
New York Times
Oregonian
Telegraph (UK)
Washington Post
Asia Daily
Washington Times
Newspapers Around the World and US

Links for Current Events 
Radio


BBC
MIT List of Radio Stations-National and International
National Public Radio
Voice of America

Links for Current Events 
Magazines

Netaide
New York Times Upfront
Newsweek
Time Magazine
US News and World Report
World Press Review

Links for Current Events 
Television


ABC News
CBS News
Channel One
CNN
MSNBC

How about a little 
more information?

Atlases/Encyclopedic Information
Presidents of the United States
CIA World Fact Book
US State Department
Infonation
Library of Congress Country Studies
US State Department Background Country Notes
Atlapedia
3D Atlas Online
World Atlas 2000
World Flag Database
US Census Bureau International Database
United Nations
Journal of Geopolitics
National Security Archive (Background information and declassified documents related to foreign policy) 
David Rumsey Maps

Defense and Security
Jane's Geopolitical Intelligence
Federation of American Scientists (Military Analysis Network) 
OSS.Net (An Intelligence Site With Plenty of Links) 
Strategy Page (excellent source for current hot spots around the world) 
Early Warnings (Oxford Analytica Site) 
Globe and Mail
Journal of Geopolitics


Bookmark Stashes

US History Links
Geography Links
Government Links
Comprehensive Social Studies Links
Bookmarks Yet to Be Tamed
Current Conflicts

Search Engines

University of Oregon Guide to Search Engines (Nice guide to search engines and search terms) 
HotBot
Mamma
North Light
Ask Jeeves
Dog Pile
Google
Highway 61
Directories
Yahoo!
About.Com
Argus Clearinghouse
Magellan
Meta Engines
Megaspider
Savvy Search
FindSpot
Other Great Resources
Multnomah Public Library
North Eugene Library Page
Search Stream (Video and Music Search)

Textbook Links


Glencoe
Houghton-Mifflin
McGraw-Hill Global Studies Series (lots of region specific links)
US News and World Report Classroom
Prentice Hall


Web Cams


World Cams
Earth Cam


Resources for Teachers

Lessons Plans
Lessons Plans (teacher collected resources) 
HighWired (Has a collection of websites for a variety of Social Studies topics, followed by questions for students to consider) 
Lesson Plans from the Univeristy of Virginia (Most of them are really well laid out) 
Web Resources from the University of Virgina
Teaching History Online(A UK site with a variety of background information, pictures and accounts) 
UNHCR Lesson Plans on Refugees
Great Lesson Plans by Subject Area
4J Building a Community of Learners
Marcopolo

Standards
PBS Resources that Correspond with State Standards
Explorasource-Resources that Correspond with State Standards
Oregon State Standards and Technology
Classroom Connect (Social Studies)
OPEN Site (CIM Standards) 
Fordham Foundation - Excellence in State Standards (or lack thereof) 
Geography Standards UK
National Curriculum UK
Georgia Geographic Alliance

Teacher/School Web Sites
Advanced World History Course (A Great Curriculum Template) 
World Lecture Hall
Chilliwack Senior Secondary School Social Studies Department
WSU:World Civilizations (A very comprehensive site, with readings, syllabus, etc.) 
Online Learning Communities and Web Quests
Intel Teach to the Future Web Links
Federal Resources For Educational Excellence
Oregon Technology in Education Council (OTEC)
The History Guide
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts (Hundreds of texts online!) 
Project Based Learning George Lucus Education Foundation
Internet History Sourcebook Project
Hyper History Online, includes Timelines! 
World History Center at Northeastern University
AP US History with Complete Syllabus
Western Civilizations Syllabus with Great Links

Primary Sources
History Image Bank
 Internet Archive- Archived movies, tv shows, etc. Excellent Site!!!!! 
Primary Documents-Europe
WWII Sources
Ancient/Medieval/Modern Sourcebook
Hanover Online Texts
Repositories of Primary Documents
Primary Sources on the Holocaust
Historywiz
Cold War Docs
African History

Professional Organizations
National Council for the Social Studies




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