Useful URLs: February 2, 2009
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FOR “LOSING JOBS,” P. 4
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (T)
bls.gov
- Afghanistan: Surviving in the Mountains/photo gallery (T/S/P)
foto8.com/issue02/afghan1.html - Afghanistan and the War on Terror chronology (T/S/P)
pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/asia/afghanistan/timeline - Cool Planet: Afghanistan (T/S)
oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/world/afghan - Understanding Afghanistan: Land in Crisis (T)
nationalgeographic.com/landincrisis - Who Are the Taleban [sic]? (T)
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1549285.stm
- The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden (T/S/P)
americanhistory.si.edu/PRESIDENCY - American Presidency Project (T)
presidency.ucsb.edu - Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branch salaries (T/S)
ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=23
house.gov/daily/salaries.htm - United States Secret Service (T/S)
secretservice.gov/protection.shtml
FOR “WHO IS BARACK OBAMA?,” P. 11
- Barack Obama Biography (T/S/P)
biography.com/featured-biography/barack-obama - Barack Obama Photo Gallery (T/S/P)
biography.com/featured-biography/barack-obama/photogallery.jsp - Barack Obama: A Photo History (T/S/P)
rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/19066990/barack_obama_a_photo_history
FOR “WHY DOES THE PRESIDENT HAVE A CABINET?” PP. 14-15
- Ben’s Guide: The President’s Cabinet (T/S)
bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/government/national/cabinet.html - Cabinet Job Descriptions (T/S)
gsb.iastate.edu/cabinet/jobs.php - Executive Nomination Process (T)
www.ll.georgetown.edu/guides/executivenominationprocess.cfm - The Obama Cabinet (T/S)
whitehouse.gov/administration/cabinet - The President’s Cabinet (T/S/P)
usgovinfo.about.com/blcababout.htm
- Inside the Real West Wing (T)
media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/graphics/WhiteHouseMap_0204.gif - President’s Children Through the Years (T/S)
chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-081106-white-house-kids-photogallery,0,6499984.photogallery - The White House (official site) (T/S/P)
whitehouse.gov/about - White House Museum (T/S)
whitehousemuseum.org
FOR “ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S TEAM OF RIVALS,” PP. 19-21
- Abraham Lincoln (T)
whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln - Abraham Lincoln Biography (T/S)
biography.com/search/article.do?id=9382540 - Lincoln: Setting the Record Straight (T/S)
snopes.com/glurge/lincoln.asp
