African Environmental Issues

Map of deforestation in Africa:  http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/maps/pdf/AFR_THEM_Environment.pdf

PBS Special on Africa: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/

Independent Study about African Environmental Issues:  

http://www.unep.org/dewa/Africa/AfricaAtlas/index.asp

Social Science Sites

US Government

1. Inaugural Words: 1789 to the Present
2. Ben's Guide to US Government

US History

1. American Memory at the Library of Congress
2. American Revolution
3. Civil War for Kids
4. Rosa Parks Museum

Technology

1. Technology in 1900
2. America on the Move

World History

1. Conquistadors
2. Life in the Middle Ages
3. Walk through Time
4. Zoom Explorers
5. Renaissance Connection
6. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Maps

1. Macro Polo
2. National Geographic Atlas
3. National Atlas

Gulf Coast Oil Spil

Interactive Map (http://paulrademacher.com/oilspill/):  This map lets you put the oil spill over the top of U.S. and World cities to compare its size.  NOTE ~ it needs Google Earth to be installed to work correctly.

Images (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/30/louisiana-oil-spill-2010_n_558287.html#s94093):  Over 200 images of the oil on the beaches and wetlands of the gulf coast.

Live Video Feed of the Leak (http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk _english/ homepage/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html):  Here is a link to BP's live cam on the sea floor.

HULU VIDEOS