www.ocss.org

www.ossrc.org

www.livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
A neat site that contains virtually every presidential TV campaign ad ever made.  A great primary source location for teaching and fun for reminiscing.

www.historychannel.com
The official website of the history channel that has teaching resources, fun stuff and a wide array of products available.

www.politicalcartoons.com
Literally hundreds of political cartoons from the nation's top artists updated daily.  A fantastic resource for current events.

www.cia.gov
The worldfactbook link contains seemingly limitless data (as you might expect from the CIA) about every nation on the planet.

www.politics1.com
A great site for tons of info about who the candidates are in every state, not just presidential campaigns and useful for finding out who's who in which office, their parties and so forth.  Check out this one

www.muredhawks.com and www.muohio.edu
Because I am a very loyal alum.  GO MIAMI!

Webcams across the world.  http://www.123cam.com/travel.php3?var=7214   
There is nothing like a real-time view of people walking down a street in Rome or Moscow , Shanghai or Capetown to make “over there” seem real. Plus time zones take on new meaning when kids see how dark it is in Tokyo while they are in school in Ohio .

World Press Review Library http://www.worldpress.org/edu.htm
Wonderful site for world news from many countries’ perspectives. Can se searched by theme or issue. Students can obtain primary sources, use a world atlas, and receive international perspectives on current events.

Exploring Africa !   http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/  
Excellent resources for teaching about African nations, their history, culture and more. Includes everything needed for five curriculum units.

Ask Asia http://www.askasia.org/  
I have spend hours on this site as it has an amazing number of topics and resources (timelines, maps, primary sources, images, articles) and lesson ideas. This is a huge site so bookmark anything you want to be able to return to.

Kids Web Japan http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/index.html  
Great for kids to explore and enjoy. Has everything from cartoon characters to cultural, historical, political, economical content, daily lives of Japanese school children, maps of Japan , and quizzes on Japan and Japanese culture.

Soundvision  http://www.soundvision.com/  
An American Muslim website to help Muslims living in the United States . Some sections are very relevant for helping Muslim students or teaching about Islam.  Links include 17 tips for presenting Ramadan to your child's class , A Sample Letter To Your Child’s Principal , A Sample Student Presentation , Fact Sheet For Teachers  

United Nations CyberSchoolBus http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.html
The UN CyberSchoolBus promotes teaching and learning about a wide variety of global issues and the United Nations. Kids love it.

International Education and Research Network (iEARN) http://www.iearn.org/ 
Connect your students to people across the planet. Includes global educational projects in creative/language arts, science/environment/math, and social studies).

Building Bridges: A Peace Corps Classroom Guide to Cross-Cultural Understanding http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/publications/  S
ee several publications with exercises for grades 6–12 to help students understand other cultures and promote tolerance and interest.  Culture Matters http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/publications/culture/index.cfm is another publication with content and lessons teachers find useful.

Child Labor  http://www.childlaborphotoproject.org/  
Photographs of workers across the world who are children. Why do we so rarely teach about this terrible reality?