Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: America's Great Depression and Roosevelt's New Deal
Details on how the Great Depression affected the nation and how Roosevelt's New Deal created many relief and recovery programs to try to bring economic stability to the nation.
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Counterpart International: Counterpart
Non-profit organization that focuses on humanitarian and relief assistance, education, healthcare, democracy and governance, food security, development, and more. Their mission is "giving people a voice in their own future through smart...
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Albie Sachs
Biography of Albie Sachs a champion of justice in Apartheid South Africa who spent time as a political prisoner and was gravely injured by a car bomb planted by South African security forces, exiled, and was finely reunited with his...
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Fao: International Year of Natural Fibres 2009
An organization aiming to raise awareness of the importance of natural fibers. Plants and animals play an important role in contributing to food security and poverty alleviation worldwide. Find out about how natural fibers provide...
US Army Center
U.s. Army Center of Military History: Peace Becomes Cold War, 1945 1950
A discussion of historical events that led to the Cold War from the perspective of the U.S. Army. Particular emphasis is placed on military leadership and policy.
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Foreign Policy Association
The FPA is an "organization founded in 1918 to educate Americans about significant world issues that have an important impact on their lives." Gives students an opportunity to take part in activities through the Great Decisions program.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:cyber War
Examine the extent to which the critical infrastructure of the U.S., including electrical power, finance, telecommunications, health care, transportation, water, defense and the Internet, is vulnerable to cyber attack.
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The Center for the Study of Technology and Society
This online magazine offers the latest news and information concerning the relationship between society and available technologies.
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The Council on Foreign Relations: Model Diplomacy
Model Diplomacy is a free and highly adaptable simulation focusing on timely foreign policy issues. This site provides background information, policy options, and a hypothetical decision point for students to role-play and discuss....
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Timeline: Wiretaps' Use and Abuse
As the debate over domestic surveillance heats up in the Bush administration between the President and Congress, NPR provides a timeline of the history behind electronic surveillance laws.
Mount Holyoke College
Nsc 68: Prologue to Rearmament
Article outlines the history of the NSC-68 document from drafting through its submission to the President. The impact of the document on defense spending is also explained.
PBS
Nova: Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies
The companion site to the show by the same title. Interesting site allows the reader to decipher a coded message. Information on Venona Intercepts and interviews with children of famous spies.
Yale University
Avalon Project: Middle East 1916 2001: A Documentary
Yale Law School does an excellent job in presenting historical documents centered around the Middle East crisis beginning with the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement up to present day UN resolutions. This site provides a complete timeline that...
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Henry A. Kissinger, ph.d.
Learn about Nobel Prize for Peace winner Henry Kissinger who served under multiple administrations beginning with Richard Nixon. Read about his background and achievements, listen to an interview, and view a gallery of pictures.
BBC
Bbc: Week of 7 7 14: Ordinary Internet Users 'Made Up Bulk of Nsa Intercepts'
Read about the NSA and the everyday communications they have intercepted from average citizens.
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: u.s. Constitution: First Amendment Protections
This resource contains an annotated look at the different topics covered within the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Click on any subtopic link for in-depth information about that part of the First Amendment.
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: American Diplomacy
An on-line magazine that provides "Commentary, Analysis, and Research on American Foreign Policy and Its Practice." Also contains articles from actual ambassadors and diplomats in the Foreign Service.
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The American Interest: China's Place in u.s. Foreign Policy
China's remarkable aggregation of national power over the past 35 years has been a source of wonderment: to economists, who have been surprised by that country's consistently high rate of growth; to political scientists, who are at a...
AllRefer
All Refer Reference: Russia: Government and Politics
This 1Up Info page provides several paragraphs of information on the politics and government of Russia. Includes information on the type of government and political parties of the country, plus the divisions of the government, foreign...
Federation of American Scientists
Fas: Strategic Defense Initiative Transcript [Pdf]
A transcript of National Security Decision Directive 172, issued by Reagan administration staffers in 1985. A formal statement of the administration's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) two years into SDI's research and development. With...
Library of Congress
Loc: Country Study: Israel
An excellent source of information on Israel from The Library of Congress. Includes information on geography, society, economy, transportation, government and politics, and national security.
US Department of State
Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger
Biography of Henry Kissinger who served in dual roles of Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under Richard M. Nixon and played a major part in U.S. diplomacy.
US Department of State
Us Department of State: Archive: Hungary
Provides information on the Republic of Hungary's geography, people, government, economy, history, national security, foreign relations, and U.S.-Hungarian relations. (January 2012)
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Alcatraz Island
Former maximum security Federal prison; Frank Morris escaped, but few others did; part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area; visited by tourist ferries.
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