Useful URLs: October 11, 2010
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NOTE TO TEACHERS: The following Web links relate to the main features in the October 11, 2010, issue of Junior Scholastic. Please prescreen sites before sharing any URLs with your students. Although all may serve as background information for teaching, some will be too complex or otherwise unsuitable for your students.
FOR "A MESSAGE FROM MOTHER NATURE?" PP. 6-8
- Climate Change: Environmental Protection Agency
epa.gov/climatechange - Global Warming: Environmental Defense Fund
edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=35215 - Global Warming: New York Times
topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming
FOR "CUBA AT A CROSSROADS," PP. 10-15
- Fidel Castro
nndb.com/people/118/000023049 - A Biography of Fidel Castro
biography.com/articles/Fidel-Castro-9241487 - Fidel Castro Biography: video
biography.com/articles/Fidel-Castro-9241487
FOR "FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM," pp. 16-19
- History of Slavery in America
infoplease.com/timelines/slavery.html#axzz0yU36xSOW - The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (full text)
history.hanover.edu/texts/equiano/equiano_contents.html - Learn About Slavery
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/slavery/index.cfm
FOR "THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION," PP. 20-21
- About.com's Guide to Ancient Mesopotamia
archaeology.about.com/od/mterms/qt/mesopotamia.htm - Ancient Scripts: Sumerian
ancientscripts.com/sumerian.html - Mesopotamia: The British Museum
mesopotamia.co.uk

