Ms. Wagner's Links to Interesting Websites
These links may help you in your assignments in my class, or they may be sites that I think are worthwhile. Check them out!
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Links by topic:

Government
Ms. Wagner's Net Investigations
Comparative Religion
Economics

Media

Misc.
or just scroll down

Government

The White House

 

 

The Presidents

The White House website contains information on the current administration and its policies, as well as historical information from the White House archives. You can look up past presidents for biographical information, and each president's biography includes a picture.
House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

The United States House of Representatives Home Page.

The United States Senate Home Page.
Maryland General Assembly

The Maryland General Assembly Home Page.
Who Are Your Elected Officials?

This website helps you find out who your state and federal elected officials are (if you live in Maryland).
Economics
Inflation Calculator

This is an inflation calculator that will calculate inflation for any years between 1800 and 2003. For example, you can put in $25 in 1888 and find out that it would be worth almost $450 in 2003.
National Debt Clock

This web site keeps track of the National Debt.
Consumer Price Index

Choose a product and see how its price has changed over time.
FY 2006 Federal Budget

A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget, put out by the Government Printing Office and the Office of Management and Budget. A look at the proposed budget for fiscal year 2006.
The Fed

Home Page for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Understanding Taxes

Understanding Taxes -- IRS website designed for students, to help them understand taxes.
Useful web sites for financial information and for research for the Stock Market Game:

The Stock Market Game website

http://www.smgww.org/login.html

The Washington Post (click on "Business")

http://www.washingtonpost.com

Yahoo has extensive financial information

http://finance.yahoo.com

CNN and Money Magazine

http://money.cnn.com/

Look up corporations according to criteria set by you (price per share, etc.)

http://screen.yahoo.com/stocks.html

Hoovers has good information on parent corporations of businesses you are researching

http://www.hoovers.com

The Motley Fool has a pop-up window asking if you want to register, but it is not required. Just close the pop-up window.

http://www.fool.com

NewYork Stock Exchange

http://www.nyse.com

American Stock Exchange

http://www.amex.com

NASDAQ

http://www.nasdaq.com

New York Society of Security Analysts

http://www.nyssa.org

The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com

Forbes Magazine

http://www.forbes.com

The Wall Street Journal

http://www.wsj.com

Securities and Exchange Commission

http://www.sec.gov

Path to Investing

http://www.siainvestor.org

Maryland Council on Economic Education

http://www.econed.org

Click here to download an Excel file with the top 2000 companies traded on NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX. The list includes the ticker symbol and the value of the company.
Media

The Washington Post

PBS VIDEOdatabase

The Washington Times

CNN.com

GOOD POLITICAL CARTOONS WEBSITE:

http://cagle.slate.msn.com/politicalcartoons/
Ms. Wagner's Net Investigations
McKinley Net Investigation

This Net Investigation is about President McKinley's decision to keep the Philippines after the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Filipino Rebellion.

Term Limits Net Investigation

This Net Investigation will give you some information and insights into the debate over Congressional Term Limits.
Baby Boomers Net Investigation

This Net Investigation helps you understand how birth rate statistics are calculated.
McCarthyism Net Investigation

This Net Investigation tells the story of the anti-communist fears in the U.S. in the 1940s and 1950s.

Net Investigations Main Page

(see Net Investigations created by people other than Ms. Wagner!)

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last updated October 26, 2006