This lesson plan will help students to learn about the goal of world peace and what they can do to positively impact the world.

This is the United Nations site devoted to the topic of human rights. The visitor will find links to various declarations, treaties, and news releases.

The United Nations provides basic facts on Brazil: a map, summary of statistics, economic and social indicators, information on the environment and the trade profile.

The Special Court of Sierra Leone was set up jointly by the government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations in 2002. Its mandate is to try those accused of war crimes committed in Sierra Leone since 30 November 1996. Read about how the...

Built in 1845, this industrial canal, a National Park Services National Heritage Area, is the only one still running with its original intentions in the United States. Peruse the rich history, geography, and unique ecosystem of the...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the National Guard, how it came to be, and how it protects the United States. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Discover how the United States elects its president by using an Electoral College. A map shows how the Electoral College's 538 members are distributed throughout all fifty states and the District of Columbia.

This unit plan can be used as a whole, or any of its three parts. Plenty of resources for the context of the novel, and the literary concepts of realism and regionalism are provided.

After the War of Independence, Americans were unable to agree on the form of their federal government. This unit explores how those conflicts played out as the new Republic defined its identity in relation to other nations.

Detailed discussion of King David's rise to power in Jerusalem and his significance.

This site provides history and information about the Statue, including information about visiting, the statistics and measurements of the Lady, and historical background of France/U.S. relations. Be sure to click on the "Handbook" link...

The Monroe Doctrine has been used in the past 180 years to let the United States' stance on European involvement in the Western Hemisphere be known. On this interesting site you can view an interactive copy of the original pages of the...

A wonderful resource using primary and secondary source materials to explore many facets of the Civil War from the war itself to its impact on the home front. Includes video and text downloads.

This site from the Human Rights Web is the United Nations Convention, passed in 1989, which outlines the basic needs and rights of children everywhere.

This resource, built in partnership with the United Nations, aims to educate kids and adults about nature. Contains elaborate "themes" on everything from fruit trees to bio-farms. Also provides an archive of the project's previous years...

This is the house in which United States President John Adams was born on October 30, 1735. It is now part of the Adams National Historical Park.

Oldest steam-powered tugboat in operation in the United States.

Home of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Abraham Lincoln campaign manager David Davis.

A stone house where George Washington stayed during the United States Revolutionary War, it was later the site of the wedding of Aaron Burr and Theodosia Prevost. Now a museum.

Geologist David White of the United States Geological Survey lived in this house from 1910 to 1925. His researches into the distribution of petroleum resources became essential to the oil industry.

Author determines that many of the warlords in Somalia will only accept a government that is based on the Quran. Provides the United States opinion on what they may do if a militant Islamic state is formed in Somalia. (2006)

George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States. He was sworn into office January 20, 2001, after a campaign in which he outlined sweeping proposals to reform America's public schools, transform our national defense, provide...

Facts, maps and geographical information about Turks and Caicos Islands, an overseas Caribbean territory of the United Kingdom.

This site is from a unit called 'Writing the US Constitution.' It looks at the documents that preceded the Constitution, and the major issues that were debated while the Constitution was being created.