Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Borders and Identity
This collection of essays about the United States - Mexico border is useful in studying how living along a border affects people.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: What Is a Desert?
At this site from the United States Geological Survey, you can read an informative and scientific explanation of what deserts are and what occurs in them. View pictures of deserts and a diagram showing the distribution of deserts in Africa.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Comparing Countries
Excellent instructional activity in which students make predictions and collect information about the United States, China, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. After collecting data, students compare the information and create graphs...
Other
Sea Grant: Nab the Aquatic Invader
Choose a region in the United States and use your detective skills to help find the top ten organisms that are invading those areas.
Other
Muscogee (Creek) Nation History
The Muscogee (Creek) people are descendants of a remarkable culture that, before 1500 AD, spanned all the region known today as the Southeastern United States. The Muscogee were not one tribe but a union of several. Member tribes were...
Other
Bureau of Justice Statistics: Victim Characteristics: Race/ethnicity
Provides downloadable reports on rates and types of criminal activity in the United States in different years and regions. Includes data on crimes against various ethnic groups and races.
Nature Conservancy
Nature Conservancy: Animals We Protect: Karner Blue Butterfly
Discover the beauty of the Karner blue butterfly found in the Great Lakes region and the northeast United States.
Other
Odyssey: Teacher Zone: Middle East: Israel/palestinian Territories Stay
This teaching unit is based upon a "teacher trek" to the area in 2000 and focuses on essential questions on the nature of conflict. Activities are offered to help students explore the religion, holidays and culture of this region....
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Jaguar
Once native to the southwestern United States, breeding populations of Jaguars no longer exist in the region, and populations in Central and South America have become very small. Only in parts of the Amazon rainforest and the Pantanal...
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Mass Exodus From the Plains
This site is from PBS.org explaining the migration of people out of the plains during the dust bowl. Use this article to learn all about the reasons people left and where they went.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Restoring Women to World Studies [Pdf]
In much of the social studies-especially courses focused on world history, geography, and culture-there has been a long-standing awareness that the experience of women has been left out of the narrative. Recent changes in state,...