SOCIALS 11

Alternate Energy

Ms. Iverson's Alternate Energy Project
Practical solutions
 Clean Energy Basics: What is renewable energy?
 How Hybrid's Work
 The Secret Lives of Energy - The Energy Solution - Conserving Electricity
Energy Sources - US Department of Energy
Comprehensive site- the story of all kinds of energy
Renewable Energy
Alternative Fuel Cars
Green Energy
Transalta Wind
NEF Green Energy website
Energy Alternatives - BC

Canada's Parliament

Legislative Chambers: Unicameral or Bicameral?
The Canadian Senate in Focus
Welcome to Canada's Parliament - Click on "Members of Parliament (current)"
Introduction to the Famous Five
The Famous Five and the "Persons" Case
Members of the Legislative Assembly, BC - click on "List of Members with photos" or "MLA finder"
Prime Ministers
First Among Equals: The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics web site

Cold War

The Cold War- CNN- A comprehensive, interactive site, with images and links to many topics. Be prepared to spend some time at this site.
ColdWar.org- Cold war divided by decades- ignore advertising.
Cold War International History Project- A scholarly site from the Woodrow Wilson Centre, with links to primary sources. High level reading required.
Cold War History- A BBC site with links to Cold War topics.
Cold War- Spartacus school net-Many links to the people and events of the Cold War.
Yahoo search results on the Cold War.- Ignore the advertising.

Development Levels

CIA -- The World Factbook 2006
NMSU Library--Languages and Linguistics - links to international development issues
Human Development Reports (UN) 2005
Development indicators
The World Bank Group
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
 

Elections

Canada Info - info on federal parties, ridings, MP's names, major election issues
CBC Canada Votes 2008 - updated daily election news and access to archives
Election Central - a great blog operated by the Tyee newspaper
Elections Canada for Young Voters - great information on past and present elections
List of promises - by the top four Conservative, Liberal, NDP, Green plus more CTV info
Nodice - parties and leaders, polls, predictions, popular vote past results, party standings
Rabble.ca - group election Blog by notable and alternativecolumnists; valid opinion site
The Tyee - alternative election news from Vancouver's notable independent paper
YouTube Elections08 - various connections to opinion items

Globalization Issues

Endangered Species on EE-Link: Endangered Species - Main Page
Environment Canada's Green Lane
Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
IPEC: International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour- A UN/ILO initiative: Home Page
Poverty Main Page
EcoFuture (TM) Population and Sustainability
United Nations Home Page
United Nations Cyberschoolbus
 n o l o g o . o r g
Genetically modified food : Human Genome Project
Socials 11 Web Links - Contents : from Open School BC

The Great Depression

The Great Depression (1929-1939)  
On to Ottawa Trek
The Depression - Tracking Time - Canada, by Train
Canadian Encyclopedia: The Great Depression
Roaring 20's and the Great Depression - numerous links
The 1920s and 1930s:The Depression and the New Deal - history in song
Great Depression of Canada

World War I

In the Trenches- global overview of WWI
The First World War
The First World War - Veterans Affairs Canada Follow the links through Canada & the First World War to The War of Attrition
First World War.com - Encyclopaedia of World War I - P

WWI Newspaper Project

First World War: Veterans' Affairs Canada
Canada and the First World War - from Libraries and Archives Canada
The Great War (PBS site)
BBC History WWI
American Posters of WWI
British Posters of WWI

World War II

GI -- World War II Commemoration
The Second World War - Veterans Affairs Canada
Today in History: December 7 : Air raid on Pearl Harbor
The Avalon Project : World War II : Documents
The Battle of Britain - Home Page
THE CANADIAN LETTERS AND IMAGES PROJECT - a site depicting the personal side of war by Stephen Davies, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo
World War II German Advertising
Canadian War Posters
Japanese Canadians and the Political Left
Japanese Internment Camps in Canada