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News

• The Baltimore Sun http://www.baltimoresun.com/
• CNN http://www.cnn.com/
• The Associated Press http://www.ap.org/
• Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/
• New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/
• Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/
• Time Magazine Archives www.time.com/time/archive
• Newsweek http://www.newsweek.com/
• World News http://wn.com/
• BBC  http://news.bbc.co.uk/
• The Guardian UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/
• Pravda http://english.pravda.ru/
• Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com
• MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
• Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/
• The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/home-page
• USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/
• L.A. Times www.latimes.com
• CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/
• ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/
• Reuters http://www.reuters.com/
• The Drudge Report http://www.drudgereport.com/
• The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

General

• PBS www.pbs.org
• Global Connections www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/
• NOVA www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
• Affluenza www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/home.html
• People Like Us www.pbs.org/peoplelikeus/
• PBS Guns, Germs and Steel http://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/
• Association of American Geographers www.aag.org/HDGC/Hands_On.html
• Centre for Statistics) www.geog.le.ac.uk/cti/hum.html
• National Geographic Society www.nationalgeographic.com
• Peace Corps World Wise Schools www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/
• National Council for Geographic Education http://ncge.org/
• BBC Schools Geography http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
• Frontline World http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/
• Geonet Geotopics www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk
• World Resources Institute http://www.wri.org/

Maps and Mapmaking

• NASA—MODIS Homepage http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/
• Africa—Climatographs http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/Lessons/Afri
• Map Projections http://personal.uncc.edu/lagaro/cwg/mapproj/
• Library of Congress Maps http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/
• National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/index.html
• Oddens Bookmarks http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.php
• Places and Regions http://www.colorado.edu/geography/COGA/
• World Maps http://es.rice.edu/projects/Poli378/Maps/
• GPS  http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/
• All About GPS http://www.trimble.com/gps/

Population

• Essays on Population Issues: http://www.globalissues.org/issue/198/human-population
• Excellent Population Clock:http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf
• Good tutorial on population growth over time:  http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/current/lectures/human_pop/
• 6 Billion Human Beings http://www-popexpo.ined.fr/english.html
• Age-Sex Pyramids http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/
• All 10 Million Europeans http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/nohumans.html
• Cartogram Construction  http://www-viz.tamu.edu/faculty/house/cartograms/1996Anim.html
• Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/
• World Population Trends http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/Papers/gkh1/chap1.htm
• Epidemic! http://www.pbs.org/fredfriendly/epidemic/
• UNEP- World Population http://www.grida.no/db/maps/prod/level3/id_1250.htm
• Census Population Change http://www.census.gov/prod/2/pop/p23/p23-193.pdf
• Population Trends in the UK http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-111.pdf
• IDB Population Pyramids http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html
• NOAA- Population Density http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html
• NOVA- World in the Balance http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/
• Population and Age Pyramids http://www.demog.berkeley.edu/~marcia/poppyr.html
• Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/Content/NavigationMenu/PRB/
• Census Bureau- Population Estimates http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php
• Population Index http://popindex.princeton.edu/index.html
• Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/
• Project GeoSim http://geosim.cs.vt.edu/
• UNFPA http://www.unfpa.org/swp/swpmain.htm
• Animated US Population Pyramid http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Animation/pyramid.html
• World Bank- Life Expectancy, etc. http://www.worldbank.org/data/maps/
• Yahoo! Population http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Issues_and_Causes/Population/

Migration

• PBS– Beyond the Border http://www.pbs.org/itvs/beyondtheborder/
• PBS—Dying to Leave http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/dying/index.html
• Forced Migration http://www.forcedmigration.org/
• Historical Census Data http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029/
• History Now http://www.historynow.org/03_2005/index.html
• Mexican Migration Project http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/
• Migration Information http://www.migrationinformation.org/
• POV—Borders http://www.pbs.org/pov/borders/index_flash.html
• POV http://www.pbs.org/pov/
• PBS—The Border http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/
• Wayfinders http://www.pbs.org/wayfinders/

Country Studies

• PBS—Africa http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/
• Liberia http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/liberia/index.html
• Global Tribe http://www.pbs.org/kcet/globaltribe/
• The Amazon http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/
• Altapedia http://www.atlapedia.com/
• CIA Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
• Infoplease http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html
• Lonely Planet http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/
• Canada http://www.statcan.ca/start.html
• World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/countrydata.html

Culture, Religion, Language etc.

• PBS—Australia http://www.pbs.org/wnet/australia/glossary.html
• Cajun Dictionary and Food http://www.pbs.org/tasteofla/bb_cajundict.html
• Do You Speak American? http://www.pbs.org/speak/
• Food for the Ancestors http://www.pbs.org/foodancestors/main.html
• PBS—Islam Empire of Faith http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/
• PBS–River of Song http://www.pbs.org/riverofsong/
• The Meaning of Food- Kosher http://www.pbs.org/opb/meaningoffood/food_and_culture/
• Pop vs Soda http://www.popvssoda.com/
• PBS—America Singing http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/
• Wideangle—Time for School http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/school/index.html
• PBS—Women Who Rock http://www.pbs.org/itvs/welcometotheclub/
• Religious Headlines from CNN: http://topics.cnn.com/topics/religion
• Wideangle—Young, Muslim… http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/france/index.html
• Mexican people—Retanet http://retanet.unm.edu/index.pl?section=1996LPs
• Maritime Culture http://www.abc.se/~m10354/publ/cult-land.htm

Ethnicity (except for the first link, all are PBS video websites)

• Summary on the difference between ethnicity & race: http://www.diffen.com/difference/Ethnicity_vs_Race
• American Family  (Mexican) http://www.pbs.org/americanfamily/
• Becoming American (Chinese) http://www.pbs.org/becomingamerican/
• Chinatown http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinatown/resourceguide/index.html
• Homeland (Native American) http://www.pbs.org/itvs/homeland/
• Matters of Race http://www.pbs.org/mattersofrace/
• Roots in the Sand  (India) http://www.pbs.org/rootsinthesand/
• Race—the Power of an Illusion http://www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm
• Searching for Asian America http://www.pbs.org/searching/

Politics & War

• Wideangle—Women in Rwanda http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/rwanda/index.html
• Wideangle—Bosnia http://www.pbs.org/wnet/cryfromthegrave/
• Is a Nation Always a Region? http://www.keene.edu/orgs/geogranite/lessons/X0109_321rtf.html
• Yahoo! Genocide http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Crime/Types_of_Crime/

Development, Industrialization & Economics

• Cities of Today and Tomorrow http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/habitat/index.asp
• Edge Cities http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa020700a.htm?once=true&
• Census—Metropolitan Areas http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metroarea.html
• Race Segregation http://members.aol.com/brownkevin/private/pia2193c.html
• Urban Sprawl http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/19980923_sprawl.htm
• Sprawl and Growth http://www.plannersweb.com/articles/sprawl-articles.html
• Primate Cities http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa092099.htm?once=true&
• Tokyo Train Map ` http://www.askasia.org/image/maps/i000272.htm
• Urban Sprawl http://geography.about.com/msub120.htm?once=true&
• Urban Sprawl http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/19980923_sprawl.htm
• Moscow Metro Map http://www.metro.ru/map/2005/
• Washintong DC Metro Map http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/systemmap.cfm
• Interstate Highway System http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa052499.htm?once=true&
• Burgess Land Use Model http://www.geog.umontreal.ca/geotrans/eng/ch6en/conc6en/burgess.html
• VonThunen’s Model http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa060297.htm
• Affluenza—Land Use Project http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/treat/tguide/tguide8.html
• Affluenza—The Impact of Stuff http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/treat/tguide/tguide9b.html
• Affluenza– World Consumption http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/treat/tguide/tguide7.html
• Bananas, Cairo and Retail http://www.es.mq.edu.au/humgeog/HSCmenu/
• PBS—Battle for World Economy http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/index.html
• Frontline—Walmart http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/
• PBS—Store Wars http://www.pbs.org/itvs/storewars/
• PBS—Death of Small Farms http://www.pbs.org/ktca/farmhouses/
• Wideangle—To Have & Have Not http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/china/index.html
• Service Sector Employees http://www.ombwatch.org/budget/1996/lowinc/inserv2.html
• Trends in Service Sector http://www.ombwatch.org/budget/1996/lowinc/servtren.html