Social Studies

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Best of History Web Sites
http://www.besthistorysites.net/

BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper: Social Studies
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/bjsocial.html

CIA: The World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Flashpoints
http://www.flashpoints.info/FlashPoints_home.html

Foreign Policy Research Project Pathfinder
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/sherwoodhs/depts/media_center/webdir/fppathfinder/index.htm

International Conflicts and Current Armed World Conflicts
http://independent-news.peacereporter.net/international-conflicts.htm

International Relations and Security Network
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/

League of Women Voters
http://www.lwv.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

Maryland HSA Government Assessment
http://www.mdk12.org/mspp/high_school/look_like/government/intro.html

Maryland State Government
http://www.maryland.gov/

MCPS Social Studies
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/

Montgomery County Government
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/govtmpl.asp

NationMaster.com
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php

OYEZ - US Supreme Court Multimedia
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage

Portals to the World: Links to Electronic Resources from Around the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

SETA: Iowa State University Office of Social and Economic Trend Analysis
http://www.seta.iastate.edu

StateMaster.com
http://www.statemaster.com/index.php

United Nations Cyberschoolbus
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.shtml

United States Census Bureau American FactFinder
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en

United States Department of State: Background Notes on Countries
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

United States Government Web Portal
http://www.firstgov.gov/

XE.com: Universal Currency Converter
http://www.xe.com/ucc/

You Think: Global Issues for Teens to Think About
http://www.youthink.worldbank.org/

Last updated on June 11, 2007