Freshman Humanities - Links
BEST 9
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Socrates Exchange

THE ENLIGHTENMENT

The Age of Enlightenment

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/enlightenment/context.html

http://mars.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/enlightenment.html

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/enlightenment.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment

Thomas Paine's Common Sense
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ELECTION MINI-UNIT

What is your philosophy:
- part 1
- part 2

Election Issues 2008

Background to the Electoral College

Interactive ELECTORAL COLLEGE Map

Electoral College Map

Political Parties in the U.S.

RECIPE FOR A REVOLUTION

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

French Revolution 1

French Revolution 2

French Revolution 3

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/frenchrev/context.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution

French Revolution scavenger hunt

Social Causes of the French Revolution

Four Periods of the French Revolution

Detailed Outline of the French Revolution

Declaration of the Rights of Man, 1789

Pictures of the French Revolution

The Origins of the French Revolution

French Revolution site

The French Revolution and Napoleon

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/russianrev/context.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution_of_1917

Russian Architecture

Everything About Russia and the former USSR

Russia: Then and Now

Map and Anthem of the Republics

POLITICAL CARTOONS

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/features/political_cartoon/cag.html

PROPAGANDA
techniques
propaganda slides
propaganda and history

TYPES OF GOVERNMENTS

http://www.stutzfamily.com/mrstutz/WorldAffairs/typesofgovt.html

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/socialstd/NSL/PPT2/sld001.htm

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

historical documentation

functions of U.S. government

http://www.thisnation.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/revolution/context.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/constitution/

Branches of Government

Thomas Paine's Common Sense
More on Thomas Paine's Common Sense

U.S. CONSTITUTION

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution

http://www.constitution.org/constit_.htm

LANDMARK CASES OF THE SUPREME COURT:

Landmark Cases

Supreme Court Decisions

The Supreme Court

Cornell University Law School - Supreme Court cases

CONSTITUTION QUIZZES:
Constitution Quiz 1
Constitution Quiz 2 - see #6, The U.S. Constitution
Constitution Quiz 3
Constitution Quiz 4
Constitution Quiz 5

INTERACTIVE IMMIGRATION MAP

ECONOMICS

Terms

http://www.sparknotes.com/economics/

What Kids Can Do

Discover your true beliefs HERE.

What are your views?

What is your political philosophy???

What is your political philosophy, part 2

Who is YOUR candidiate (compare your views!)

Election Overview and Self-Quiz

Is this a Republican or Democrat issue?

VoteMatch on the Issues!

Compare the Candidates

Interactive Electoral College Map

September 17 - CONSTITUTION DAY!!!

Mock Election

Poetry-Out-Loud!

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