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CIA Homepage for Kids
http://www.odci.gov/
cia/ciakids/index.html
Description: The Central Intelligence Agency
homepage has the World Factbook and other information, data, etc. on world
affairs. Good for students researching international trade.
Comments: Good site for comparative government
studies.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
National Security Institute
http://www.nsi.org/
Description: The Institute maintains advice
to Americans traveling and doing business in the world. It has links to
U.S. Terrorism laws and advice issued by the government. It has links to
consular data on all countries.
Comments: Good research site for Model United
Nations and International Studies students.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
Center for Defense Information
http://www.cdi.org
Description: This is a resource for military
spending, treaties, arms trade, security, foreign policy and nuclear arms
proliferation.
Comments: Explores issues such as the military-industrial
complex, foreign policy and the national debt.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
Hellenic Resources Network
http://www.hri.org/
docs/usa.html
Description: The Hellenic Resources Network
has links to the U.S. Department of State with its daily news briefings
and consular information. It also has information on various world problems
including terrorism.
Comments: This site is also useful for studying
international trade and parliamentary government issues.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: Low
Links to the Federal Government
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
WH/html/handbook.html
Description: The three branches of the federal
government are linked together. This site also gives you linkage to most
Independent Agencies under the control of the President.
Comments: Highly recommended to start any
research related to the federal government.
Resource Type: Compilation of Links
Graphics Content: High
Eathquake Areas - USGS Maps
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/
recenteqs/
Description: Earthquake Areas gives up to
date information on recent quakes in California with links to other U.S.
Geological Survey data.
Comments: This is excellent up-to-date data
on earthquakes in California.
Resource Type: Primary Source Text
California Courts: The Judicial Branch of California
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/
Description: The California Courts Home Page
has extensive information on the Judicial Branch in California from the
Supreme Court down. There are also news releases and current information
on new laws affecting the courts.
Comments: Excellent source for judicial branch
and mock trial information/resourses.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
California Resources Agency: Public Information
http://www.ceres.ca.gov/
Description: Here are press releases and publications
regarding California's environment.
Comments: Current environmental issues in
California.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
California Secretary of State Voter Information
http://Vote98.ss.ca.gov/
VoterGuide/home.htm
Description: This information from the Secretary
of State provides a review of the California ballot and election returns
online.
Comments: Introductory information on the
voting process.
Resource Type: Primary Source Text
Graphics Content: Low
California Voter Foundation
http://www.calvoter.org/
Description: This web page has up-to-date
information about elections in California. There is a section called "Follow
the Money" which gives the names of individuals and groups supporting candidates
and propositions.
Resource Type: Secondary Text
Graphics Content: High
Governor's Budget Summary 98-99
http://www.osp.ca.gov/
budget98.htm
Description: Here is California budget plan
from the governor's proposed plan for the state.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: Low
State and Local Governments Page from the Library
of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/global/
state/stategov.html
Description: This Library of Congress site
contains indexes to state and local government sites.
Comments: Great set of links to all states
and many local/city government internet sites.
Resource Type: Secondary Text
Graphics Content: High
Tribal Governments on the Net
http://www.piperinfo.com/
state/slna.html
Description: This site links to tribal homepages
on the internet and presents Native American points of view of issues
Resource Type: Compilation of Links
Graphics Content: High
American Truths
http://www.americantruths
.com/links.html#links
Description: The American Truths site offers
resources for teaching about American history from an indigenous peoples
perspective. Real Audio and print resources may be downloaded and links
to a large array of Native American Internet sites are also listed and
organized for teacher use.
Resource Type: Compilation of Links
Los Angeles Police Department
http://www.lapdonline.org/
Description: The Los Angeles Police Department's
Web site has news releases, messages from the Chief, common questions asked
of police, recent news stories and other law related information.
Comments: Great site for a look at a major
police department's activities and stats on crime.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
California Courts: The Judicial Branch of California
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/
Description: The California Courts Home Page
has extensive information on the Judicial Branch in California from the
Supreme Court down. There are also news releases and current information
on new laws affecting the courts.
Comments: Excellent source for judicial branch
and mock trial information/resourses.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
California Online Voter Guide
http://www.calvoter.org/
Description: This site will help the prospective
voter look up candidates for office. It also has maps to help you figure
out what voting districts you're in.
Comments: This site is also appropriate for
information on campaigns and the political process.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: Low
City of Los Angeles
http://www.ci.la.ca.us/
Description: This is the official site of
Los Angeles City government with news, information, election information
and links to other related local government sites.
Comments: Excellent site for students and
teachers to see what services are preformed by large cities.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
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Select a Lawmaker
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/lawmaker/
By computer draw, you will be assigned a member
of the California Assembly and a political party or party faction. A political
faction is a group of people within a political party with a common purpose
or ideology. Based on the aims of our faction, you will examine a representative
number of bills voted on by the Assembly last year. The bills will deal
with a broad spectrum of causes and concerns. In addition to a summary
of the bills, you will receive the voting results on each bill.
Author: Ed Cabrera
Anti-railroad Propaganda Poster: The Growth
of Regionalism, 1800-1860
http://www.nara.gov/
education/cc/
1830rr.html
Regional differences deepened when the national
government began expanding, meeting foreign entanglements and domestic
trouble in the early and mid 19th c. This lesson relates to the struggle
to define the powers of the national and state governments in the expansion
of railroads.
Author: Kerry C. Kelly
Riding the Bus - Taking a Stand
http://www.archives.state.al.us/
teacher/rights/rights1.html
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress,
was arrested for refusing to obey a Montgomery bus driver's order to give
her seat up for a boarding white passenger as required by city ordinance.
Read and analyze the municipal and state laws designed to separate the
races that were common in the South at the time. The arrest of Rosa Parks
sparked a boycott against the city's bus line -- the Montgomery Bus Boycott,
the beginning of the modern Civil Rights Movement.
Author: Alabama State Archives.
First Americans Today
http://204.98.1.2/isu/
nativeam/introless.html
Native Americans are a real and vibrant part
of our contemporary society. While an understanding of historical cultures,
personalities, and events is both interesting and a valid focus of student
inquiry, it is important that students carry with them the realization
that Native Americans exist today and share their neighborhoods, their
schools, their work places, their recreation, their concerns, and their
interests.
Reservation Controversies: Then and Now - Indian
Reservation Gaming Issue
http://www.chs.chico.k12.
ca.us/libr/casino.htm
Take the role of a new staff intern to a freshman
congresswoman from California, Molly Barger. Your first assignment is to
research background on the issue of gaming (casinos) on American Indian
reservations. Letters on both sides of the issue have been arriving in
the mail, and Barger needs to know how to provide an informed and knowledgeable
response to the controversy.
Author: Peter Milbury and Brett Silva.
El Nino Election
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/El_Nino/
The election for mayor is coming up and your
boss, the incumbant, needs a boost in the polls. You have the idea to use
the dire predictions about possible El Nino storm damage to rally the people.
You arrange for a task force of prominent city leaders to develop a plan
to save lives and property in your community.
Author: David R. MacDonald
Know the Code
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/knowthecode/
As crime has risen amongst teens, the familiar
cry has gone out that this generation is worse than the one before, and
unless something is done about it we are doomed as a society. In response
to campus crime and the threat of gangs, schools across the country have
instituted rigorous dress codes and in some cases, have required students
to wear a uniform to school. As the president of your local school board,
you are keenly aware of the controversy surrounding school dress codes
and have asked that before you and your members render a decision in your
district, each affected group present its position. You have received petitions
from these groups wishing a time to speak at the next school board meeting.
Author: David MacDonald
Land Use Competition
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/land_competition/
The city of Rancho Cucamonga has been given
the task of developing a 4 square mile area into a productive venture.
The area in question is located between Rochester and the 15 freeway, bordered
on the south by Highland. There is freeway access and an active railroad
line (cargo only). Sewer lines and various other services must be added.
Your plan should be able to cover the cost of these additions, and you
must convince the community and the planning commission why you represent
the best use for the area. A lender must be found that will allow you maximum
flexibility and sufficient funds. Your time frame to submit a plan is 10
days.
Author: Michael Arenas
Vietnam: Do We Need a Mural?
http://students.itec.sfsu.edu/
itec815/mcmullin/index.html
The mayor of your town has announced a plan
to hire a local artist to paint a large mural commemorating the Vietnam
War on the side of the downtown public library. But the plan for a mural
is causing a lot of controversy in your town. Some citizens don't want
the mural at all. Other citizens have different opinions about what the
mural should look like.
Author: Gerald McMullin
Water Activities
http://www.beesinc.org/
resource/actwater.htm
This is a fun activity to help you measure
how much water you use. Students can find out how much the homes in their
whole town would use by doing some arithmetic. How might this knowledge
influence local planning?
Author: Building Environmental Education Solutions
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1. Explain how conflicts between levels of
government and branches of government are resolved.
2. Identify the major responsibilities and
sources of revenue for state and local
governments.
3. Discuss reserved powers and concurrent powers
of state governments.
4. Discuss the Ninth and Tenth Amendments and
interpretations of the extent of the federal governmentís power.
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