Globalization Resources

Thomas Friedman: The World is Flat

This link highlights an excellent video presentation given by Thomas Friedman at MIT. Friedman is a NY Times journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner, who gives a very illuminating presentation on globalization and explains how globalization has “leveled the economic playing field” of the world.

Globalization 101

This website is sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. This site provides both students and teachers with excellent resources on a wide variety of global issues:
trade, technology, investment, health, culture, and women & globalization are just some of the offerings on this site.

Portals to the World

This website is published and maintained by the Library of Congress. This site lists all of the nations in the world alphabetically. Political and economic structure to culture to health issues are some of the topics that are listed. By using this site as a starting point, both students and teachers can find excellent primary and secondary research materials.

Geography Resources

American Community Survey

A way to see how communities change over time, developed by the US Census Bureau.

City-Data.com - Stats about all US cities

City statistics including demographic data, crime statistics, monthly average weather data, local universities, schools, and television stations.

CensusScope

A portal to access Census Data from 2000, with maps, trands, charts and other information.

Government Resources

The U.S. Constitution Online

This is an interactive site for students, that breaks down the U.S. Constitution into manageble and useful segments that can be easily understood by all learning levels.

American President: An Online Reference Resource

Sponsored by the Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, this site provides in-depth information reviewed by prominent scholars on each president and administration. A very helpful feature included on this site, is the identification of presidential eras which helps students find information thematically.

What’s New - Government Resources on the Web

A list of new government resources on the the Web.

The Federalist Papers

These letters were written by Hamilton, Jay and Madison urging the formation of a centralized national government. These are excellent primary source documents for anyone researching the origins of the U.S. Constitution.

The Anti-Federalist Papers

These were letters expressing the concerns of some Americans who felt that it was important for states not to relinquish all of their power to a central government. The authors of these letters are identified by general descriptions of what they did, some are identified by name, and some are identified by the position that they held in the constitutional debate.

Economics

Data Collection

A portal that links Economics students with a wide variety of information that can be used in research and general study

Supply and Demand Simulation

This is an excellent tutorial that allows students to apply abstract concepts to market mechanisms

Economics U$A

This is an excellent resource for Economics teachers and students of Economics. Key economic concepts are clearly illustrated by watching teachers and students interact in the classroom. Registration is free. Students may also register and watch the videos on their home computers.

The Federal Reserve System

This is an outstanding website that provides both students and teachers with a wide variety of information on monetary policy, the functioning of money, interest rates, personal finance information, and links to the 12 Federal Reserve branches around the United States.

History

American Rhetoric

Text and audio of famous speeches from ancient history to the modern era. Famous speeches from film are also available.

Timelines

A list of websites for timelines on varying topics.

A Walk Through Time: The Evolution of Time Measurement through the Ages

The science and history of timekeeping, from ancient calendars and early clocks to world time scales and time zones.

Primary Documents and Archives

Places to get primary resources from online archives & databases

American Memory Project

Based on Library of Congress collections, the American Memory Project includes over 100 collections with thousands of documents on topics from Abraham Lincoln to the Dust Bowl.

C-SPAN Archive

An archive of presidential audiotapes, as well as recent public speeches.

History Channel Speeches Archive

Archive of contemporary speeches, from Malcolm X to Kofi Annan.

National Archive

Official archive of the United States.

Repositories of Primary Sources

Primary sources from around the world.

UCLA Institute on Primary Resources

A list of sites to begin finding primary documents.

World War I Document Archive

Contains official papers, documents by year, personal reminiscences, an image archive, a biographical dictionary, and more.

Asia Links

Imaging Everest [Royal Geographical Society]

Photos of the history of Everest, the Tibetan people, sherpas, expeditions of the 20s and 30s, the 1953 expedition, and more.

Women’s Studies

Internet Women’s History Sourcebook

A comprehensive guide to information on women’s history available online. Covers the history and roles of women from Ancient Egypt to Latin America.

National Council for Research on Women

Note especially its new report on fact sheets on women’s lives that have been removed from government web sites in the last few years.

Women in Ancient Greece & Rome

Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World

A site focusing on interdisciplinary research on the role of gender in the ancient world. Includes a very good essay on Women in Public Life.

Feminae Romanae: Women of Ancient Rome

Includes information on women from all social classes and throughout the various ages of Ancient Roman history.

Women in Roman Society

Biographies of “Noble Ladies, Warrior Queens, Soldiers’ Wives, Farmer’s Daughters, and Slaves.”

Women in Ancient China & Japan

Women and Women’s Communities in Ancient Japan

The story of women in Japan throughout its ancient history.

Gender Difference in History: Women in China and Japan

Further sources online and in print are included in the bibliography of this essay, which is excerpted from the essay “Teaching About Women in China and Japan,” by Lyn Reese, originally published in Social Education, NCSS, March 2003.

Women in Ancient India

Kamat’s Potpurri: The Women of India

Cultural and historical perspectives of Indian women.

Journal of South Asia Women’s Studies

An online journal focusing on the role of women in India and elsewhere in South Asia.

Psychology

Resources on Crime & Violence

A pathfinder created for finding resources on crime and violence in the OCHS Library.