Favorite+Links

[|**http://www.maps.com/FunFacts.aspx?nav=FF**] **Maps.com – geography by region**
 * HOT Favorite Links **
 * Geography Games **

[|**http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/index.html**] **Lizardpoint – all world regions**

[|**http://www.quia.com/dir/geo/**] **Quia Games, including geography (teacher-created games)**

[|**http://jeopardylabs.com/**] **create your own online jeopardy games for reviews, etc

Atlases ** [|**http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/world.htm**] **Holt, Rinehart, and Winston**

[|**http://www.atlapedia.com/online/country_index.htm**] **Atlapedia**

[|**http://www.worldatlas.com/**] **World Atlas**

[|**http://www.mapsofwar.com/**] **Maps of War (Animated Maps on Subjects from Religion to Middle East History)

Flags ** [|**http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/iso3166.html**] **Flags and detailed information about flag

Research ** [|**https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/**] **CIA statistical data, maps, flags**

[|**http://researcher.hrw.com/search.jsp**] **Research site, all categories**

[|**http://www.utexas.edu/cola/orgs/hemispheres/resources/**] **UT Hemispheres Curiculum Resources**

[|**http://www.choices.edu/resources/index.php**] **Brown University Choices Program/ Teaching with the News

http://www.ncge.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3403 National Geography Standards

Photos ** [|**http://www.lonelyplanet.com/**] **great travel research site; beautiful photos**

[|**https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/**] **CIA WorldFactbook – copyright free**

[|**www.google.com**] **click on image search ( user beware - verify authenticity/accuracy)**

[|**http://www.fotosearch.com/**] **royalty free photos (guidelines posted on the site)

Music ** [|**www.freeplaymusic.com**] **Freeplay Music – no royalty; choose your own instrumental tone, etc.** [|**http://www.wat.tv/video/have-been-everywhere-1j5nt_1j5nu_.html**] **I Have Been Everywhere video

News ** [|**http://www.cnn.com/**] **CNN News**

[|**http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/**] **Time Magazine for Kids News**

[|**http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/**] **Newspaper world headlines**

[|**http://nytimes.com/**] **New York Times**

[|**http://izzit.org/events/index/**]

[|**http://www.bbc.co.uk/**] **News by region**

[|**http://www.reuters.com**] **World News

Cultural/Geographic Excellence **

[|**http://dsc.discovery.com/**] **Discovery Channel**

[|**http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/**] **National Geographic**

[|**http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/**] **Nat’l. Geo. Lessons, Activities**

[|**http://educationalsimulations.com/**] **Real Lives Simulation

Tools/Skills ** [|**http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist**] **Distance calculator**

[|**http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/**] **Creates graphs**

[|**http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/**] **Timeline maker (scroll to bottom of page)**

[|**http://www.microsoft.com/Education/CreateTimeline.aspx**] **Timeline maker with Microsoft Excel**

[|**http://www.freetranslation.com/**] **language translation tool**

[|**http://www.omniglot.com/links/yournamein.htm**] **writing in different languages**

[|**http://www.eyelid.co.uk/e-name.htm**] **Write in hieroglyphs**

[|**http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=curc&&&&dchg=&&zz=1017783400580&http://**]**Currency calculator**

[|**http://www.worldtimeserver.com/?locationid=AU-TAS**] **World Time Zones**

[|**http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/pyramids.html**] **create pop pyramids for any country – past and future projections**

[|**http://www.geographyalltheway.com/ib_geography/ib_population/ib_demographic_transition_model.htm**] **animated transition models and pop pyramids with explanations**

[|**http://www.googlelittrips.org/**] **use google earth to take a "trip" through a book - makes a great project

Favorite Historical Websites ** [|**http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html**] **British Museum – Ancient Egypt**

[|**http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.preamble.html**] **U.S. Constitution**

[|**http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html**]

[|**http://www.learnoutloud.com**] **Famous Speeches/Audio on important Speeches**


 * TAKS Practice **
 * [] Glencoe TAKS Practice**


 * Rubric Maker **
 * [] Make and print rubrics in 5 min. or less.**

=GPS/GIS= [|**http://www.earthcache.org/**] **earth caches, plus a teachers guide with instructions and lessons**

[|**http://www.geocaching.com/**] **hide and seek with GPS**

=Streaming Video= [|**http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/**] **PBS Nova Streaming Videos on Topics from Climate Change to Aztec History** [|**http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/**] **PBS Frontline Steaming Videons on Topics from Public Health to Elections in Iran** [|**http://www.learner.org/resources/series180.html**] **Annenberg Foundation Streaming Videos on Thematic Topics using Regional Examples**