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- Hotlink for 07 to 14 January, 2001
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
The United States Geological Survey, a bureau of the US Department of
the Interior, sponsors this website which brings together materials about
the past, present and future of earthquakes. You can find information
about earthquake activity in history, at the moment, and prognostications
for the future. Under Earthquake Education, there are areas for students,
for teachers, and for parents: Earthquake ABC's, Earthquake facts, and
more.
- Hotlink for 14 to 21 January, 2001
Internet
Springboard
This site is based at the School of Nursing of The Flinders
University of South Australia in Adelaide. The site gives you a wealth of
ways to find the information you're looking for on the web -- searching,
software and software support, entertainment, graphics and multimedia,
online reference sources, web and internet resources, magazines, news,
Australian-specific sites, and a long list under "Miscellany".
Definitely worth bookmarking, a site you'll come back to often. Just to
give you an idea of how extensive this portal is, the category called
"Searching" has 100 or more links, subdivided into The Big Ones,
Meta/Parallel/Multiple, Australasia, Asia, The World, Software, Discussion
Formes, For Women, For Kids and Teens, Music, Sport, People.
- Hotlink for 21 to 28 January, 2001
The Visible Earth
Access over 1400 satellite different images of the earth at the NASA
Visible Earth site. The goal of Visible Earth is to provide a
consistently updated central catalog/collection point to the superset of
Earth science-related visualizations and images. Categories exist for
Agriculture, Atmosphere, Biosphere, Cryosphere, Human Dimensions,
Hydrosphere, Land Surface, Oceans, Radiance of Imagery, Solid Earth,
Satellites/Sensors. Under the Environmental Impacts for Human Dimensions
category there are images for Biomass Burning, Deforestation,
Eutrophication, Industrial Emissions, Oil Spills, and Urbanization. The
effective use of thumbnail images allows the user to view the image before
loading it. Images are accompanied by a description and information on
file size and format, usually .tiff and .jpeg.
- Hotlink for 28 January to 4 February, 2001
North American Numbering Plan Association
The NANPA Administers the North American Numbering Plan, which is the
numbering plan for Country Code 1, the Public Switched Telephone Network
in the United States and its territories, Canada, Bermuda, and many
Caribbean nations, including Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas,
Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican
Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia,
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks & Caicos.
NANP numbers are ten digits in length, and they are in the format:
NXX-NXX-XXXX Where N is any digit 2-9 and X is any digit 0-9. The first
three digits are called the numbering plan area (NPA) code, often called
simply the area code. The second three digits are called the central
office code or prefix. The final four digits are called the line number.
There is a good chunk of useful information here. Even if you're not
curious about NPA relief planning, or CO prefixes, this is at least a good
place to find out where all those new area codes are located.
- Hotlink for 4 to 11 February, 2001
TopoZone
A portal for recreational and professional Topographical Maps of the
US. They have plenty of proprietary services, but also many free
services, including a really intuitive topographical map of the entire US
which allows you to select the particular map you'd like to see based on
place name or lat/long, and then allows you to build a map with only those
features you require. An amazing resource.
- Hotlink for 11 to 18 February, 2001
The Population Reference Bureau
One of the very best sources for global population information, the
Population Reference Bureau maintains a site which is incredibly rich and
deep, with information about hundreds of population-related topics, easily
navigated and ready to use. From the top page, you can navigate to
regional information, or to information on a variety of topics. Be sure
to visit their Educators Forum, with
lesson plans, resource guides, and an amazing collection of facts, data,
and statistics.
- Hotlink for 18 to 25 February, 2001
The History of
Costume Index
From the Assyrians and Ancient Egyptians to late 19th century peoples
of Europe and Asia, this group of pages presents thumbnail pictures of
typical costumes; click on the thumbnail, and you get a large image. The
images are taken from a late 1800's book entitled "Historic Costume in
Pictures", by Braun and Schneider, which has been reprinted by Dover, and
which you can order from Amazon by clicking
here
- Hotlink for 25 February to 4 March, 2001
The Barbara Petchenik
Children's Map Collection
The Barbara Petchenik Award was initiated by the International
Cartographic Association in 1993. The biennial award is designed to help
teachers promote children's geographic literacy through creative
representation of the world. All maps submitted since 1993 are on display
here, with a search structure that allows you to examine just the winners,
or just the submissions from one particular year or country or age level.
- Hotlink for 4 to 11 March, 2001
Historical Atlas
of the Twentieth Century
This site has some amazing maps and data about US and World history
during the last century. The section on "systems of government" maps the
changing political landscape of the 20th century, tracking Monarchies,
Democracies, Juntas, and Single-Party States; there are maps of population
growth and density, of urban change, of war, of religion, and also maps of
changes in specific places in Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa, and
a long section on the changing fabric of international relations. The
last maps track information about disasters, Nobel Prizes, and the
Olympics. Not updated frequently, but enough to make the maps timely and
useful.
- Hotlink for 11 to 18 March, 2001
The Great Globe Gallery
On The World Wide Web
From the top page of this vast site, you can select from 176 pages of
maps and globes; some of the pages have a single image, such as number
104, "Political Map of the World"; others have many different images, such
as the first pages, which show dozens of projections. You can find a huge
amount of information here, from Digital Elevation Models to satellite
imagery to global thematic maps (temperature, rainfall, sunshine, and much
more). There are puzzles, fantasy globes, all kinds of rotating and
animated globes; near the end, link 175, "The latest view on Earth", is a
link to the latest GOES weather imagery. Not the easiest site to
quickly find exactly what you want, but worth visiting again and again.
- Hotlink for 18 to 25 March, 2001
ABC Quick Maps
ABC Maps of the World, of Regions, and of individual countries, plus
world and country data from the ABC World Fact Book. This page presents
a long list of choices; each link brings you to a page of maps and of
further links. Select a country, and you not only get several useful maps
of that country, but you also get links to information on the country's
flag, geography, people, government, economy, transportation,
communications, and defense. Select a region or continent, and you get a
variety of other choices. There is also a good selection of outline maps,
referred to here as "coloring maps". A rich and useful site.
- Hotlink for 25 March to 1 April, 2001
Directory of Islands Of The
World
The UN Environmental Program, based in Switzerland, maintains this
site, which lists and compares over 2000 islands worldwide. The list
includes only marine islands, not those found in bodies of fresh water,
but the list can be sorted and presented in several ways, by land area
(from four islands under 0.1 square kilometer to New Guinea at nearly
800,000 square kms.), by elevation, by ocean, by geologic type, by
ecology, economy, human impact, and by "islands at risk". A fascinating
page. Back up one level, to The
UNEP Islands Web Site Top Page and you can find many other useful
resources on islands from the UN and from several intergovernmental
organizations.
- Hotlink for 1 to 8 April, 2001
USGS Geographic Names Information
system
Approximately 2 million cultural and physical features with the US
are indexed here, by name, by location in state and county, and by
geographic coordinates. You can query the US and Antarctica Online Date
Bases directly, download datasets, or link from this page to gazetteers
and information servers for non-federal and foreign name servers of many
kinds. A rich source for geographic information for GIS, for classrooms,
and for fun.
- Hotlink for 8 to 15 April, 2001
The Natural History
Museum Interactive Online Exhibitions
The Natural History Museum, in London, maintains this very
entertaining and interesting site. Featured areas include "Antcast",
which lets you view their ant colony in streaming video; "Dino Directory"
which lets you search by dinosaur name, continent, or period; "Eclipse",
which uses the Flash plug-in to present a wide range of information about
eclipses; "Earth Lab Datasite" is the on-line version of the geology
exhibit; "Quest" lets you choose an object to explore; "Seasons" gives you
a chance to explore seasonal rhythms; and there is much more, including a
VR section.
- Hotlink for 15 to 22 April, 2001
Balifolder
A richly packed site, full of information about the history,
geography, culture, arts, people, languages, and special areas of Bali, as
well as travel hints, a "what's on" section detailing special events, and
a "what's cooking" section about Balinese and indonesian cuisine. The
"features" section includes an interactive map of Bali, a virtual
exploration of the island, plus folklore, news, and a section for learning
and practicing your Bahassa Indonesia.
- Hotlink for 22 to 29 April, 2001
USGS Map Projections Page
This is one page within the Mapping Applications Center Directory of
the massive USGS site. This page has a lengthy and detailed explanation
of 18 of the most common map projections; for each one, there is imagery,
an explanation of how it is drawn, a summary of advantages and
shortcomings, etc. At the end of the page, a table helps compare the
suitability of different projections for different purposes. A vast
amount of other maps and mapping information can be found at the MAC main page, and at the USGS National Mapping Information Home
Page.
- Hotlink for 29 April to 6 May, 2001
How Volcanoes Work
Dr. Vic Camp, at San Diego State, constructed this site; its purpose
is to create an educational resource that explains and describes volcanoes
and volcanic processes. You can see images and explanations of Eruption
Dynamics, Volcano Landforms, Eruption Products, Eruption Types, and
Historical Eruptions, plus volcanoes on other worlds, and a section of
volcano crosswords and links to other sites. Among the highlights of the
site are the Quicktime animations -- the dynamics of an eruption, and a
fly-by of an eruption.
- Hotlink for 6 to 13 May, 2001
NIX -- NASA Image eXchange
The NASA Image eXchange gives you access to over 300,000 of NASA's
online images and photos. NIX returns thumbnail sized images, textual
descriptions, image numbers, links to higher resolution images, links to
more information, and links to the NASA Center that stores each image.
Images vary greatly in quality and detail, (some are just handheld
pictures taken out of a shuttle portal while others are extremely high-res
graphics of distant planets, aerial shots of US and World sites, etc.
The very powerful search routine makes this a good place to find imagery
on a specific location or topic. Use the "Browse" tab to browse a
pre-selected set of images in each of several hundred categories; the
"Options" menu gives you direct access to several specific databases.
- Hotlink for 13 to 20 May, 2001
The Peace Corps World Wise Schools
Program
This information-packed addition to the Peace Corps site offers many
resources for educators and students. Educators can set up correspondence
between their students and a volunteer, or access lesson plans on
countries and cultures; students can view country information and maps, or
use a workbook to learn about cultures, or access folktales, letters,
stories, videos, and a section called "A Day In The Life". There is also
a section of facts about the Peace Corps, and help in contacting returned
volunteers for class projects or information.
- Hotlink for 20 to 27 May, 2001
The Medieval Technology
Pages
No, Medieval Technology is not an oxymoron. These remarkable Medieval
Technology Pages at NYU are an attempt to provide accurate, referenced
information on technological innovation and related subjects in western
Europe during the Middle Ages, everything from Agricultural Tools and
Arabic Numerals to Windmills and the Wine Press. There are several ways to
access this information. The most direct method is through the Subject
Index which provides direct access to all the technology pages. Many of
the articles are also present in a historical Timeline. And material can
be found by examining the References which back-reference all articles
through the sources used.
- Hotlink for 27 May to 3 June, 2001
Online Map
Collections, US Library of Congress
The Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress holds more
than 4.5 million items of which only a small number have been converted to
digital form. The focus here is Americana and Cartographic Treasures. The
images are mostly restricted to older items, not covered by copyright
protection. The directory is organized according to seven major
categories; a map will usually be assigned to only one category, so
searching will provide the most complete results since the indexes for all
categories are searched simultaneously. Maps can be downloaded.
- Hotlink for 3 to 10 June, 2001
London Walks -- Other Links
Page
One of the best methods for learning your way around a city is to
walk it, especially to walk it with somebody who knows it well. London Walks is one of the oldest and
best-known "city walk" companies, and their website has lots of
information about what they do, where they go, etc. But their "links"
page is also very useful -- links to walking tours in 20 other cities,
hotel and home-exchange links for the UK, and a lot of very useful tourism
links for many parts of Europe. If you're one of the millions heading for
Europe this Summer, this page is probably worth a visit.
- Hotlink for 10 to 17 June, 2001
Virtual
Museum -- Canada
A very deep and complex site that allows visitors to taste some of
the richness of "the stories and treasures held in trust by Canada's
museums". "VMC Exhibits" includes several multimedia productions that use
materials and exhibits from Canada's museums. There are also several
other subdirectories: the "Image Gallery" can be searched by object or
artist; "Fun and Games" includes interactive activities about Canada's
peoples and history and geography; "Teachers' Centre" offers lessons,
exercises, games, exhibits, and more; you can also find a museum for your
particular interest, or see what's on in different museums this week, or
purchase museum souvenirs and replicas in the CyberBoutique. Finally, and
possibly most interesting, is "MY Personal Museum", which allows you to
create a museum around themes and artifacts of your own choosing,
specifying layouts and more.
- Hotlink for 17 to 24 June, 2001
Crowding The Rim
Natural Hazards (volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes, and more) around
the Pacific Rim are making a lot of news as they stress and endanger the
region's growing population and developing economies. An international
partnership, of public and private participants, has been formed by
Stanford University, the American Red Cross, the U.S. Geological Survey,
and others. They are planning an international, multi-disciplinary summit
in August, plus the development of educational modules and a GIS database,
and workshops throughout the Pacific Basin. Take a look at this site to
see what they're doing, and how to participate.
- Hotlink for 24 June to 1 July, 2001
Current Value of Old Money
A very interesting hotlist created by a science librarian at the
University of Exeter; not a tool by itself, but a list of links to online
tools which teachers and students can use to compare inflation, costs of
living, and more for many different periods in history. Ancient Rome,
Medieval Britain, and Colonial America are some of the periods featured.
Many links to explore, linking geography, money, and history.
- Hotlink for 1 to 8 July, 2001
Online Anthropology Exhibits
The California Academy of Science sponsors this interesting
site; don't miss the "History of Eating Utensils," with its explanations
of how knives, forks, spoons and chopsticks came to be used commonly for
the consumption of food. Look a little farther, and you will find online
exhibits that can supplement many areas of your geography or social
studies curriculum, such as "The Pacific Voyages of Rollo Beck," "Native
Alaskan Graphic Arts," and "Ceramics of the Persian Empire." There are
also very useful links to other areas of the Academy's work.
- Hotlink for 8 to 15 July, 2001
In addition to introductory GIS packages like ArcVoyager, folks
interested in doing some simple interactive mapping should try some of the
horde of interactive mapping sites on the web today. It's quite compelling
stuff, especially if you have reasonably fast internet connection! Here's
a starter sample, with "world on down" and "US only" options.
- Hotlink for 15 to 22 July, 2001
Waypoint Databank
A very large collection of "waypoints" for GPS use. A waypoint is
the latitude and longitude of a location, which you can enter into your
GPS to plan a route between different locations. But, if you're looking
for the latitude and longitude of almost any kind of significant location
(airports, historic sites, important buildings, etc), you can find it
here, even if you don't happen to have a GPS unit.
- Hotlink for 22 to 29 July, 2001
Earth Trends, The Environmental
Education Portal
This is the World Resources Institute's new interactive website. It
is intended to be a portal for timely and accurate global environmental
and sustainable development information. There are five ways to explore
the site: a searchable database, maps, country profiles, text and graphics
"features" pieces, and pre-formatted datatables. You can use these tools
to access information in ten topic areas: coastal and marine ecosystems;
forests and grasslands; water resources and freshwater systems;
agriculture and food; climate and atmosphere; population, health, and
human well-being; economics and business; energy; biodiversity and
protected areas; and environmental governance.
- Hotlink for 29 July to 5 August, 2001
The Buddha
An unbelievably beautiful multimedia demo on Buddhism. It could be
useful as an in-class teaching demo or for out of class homework
assignments in cultural geography. As the page loads (over 600K!, but
worth every second of the wait), try moving your cursor around on it to
see what happens; after the preface, you get an introduction that runs by
itself, and then a "menu" which is structured as 7 water lilies -- "taking
refuge", "five precepts", "noble truths", "eightfold path", "loving
kindness", "merits", and "last words". An astounding piece of work,
hosted on a Malaysian site.
- Hotlink for 5 to 12 August, 2001
Six
Friends
Six Friends is a site designed as a compilation of "Resources for
Christian Families Living With a Visual Impairment", and there is a
definite Christian bias in the links chosen here, but the author is
very careful to be respectful of different doctrinal and moral viewpoints.
The reason I have listed the site here is this spectacular page, "Books
(and Other Materials) in Alternative Formats"; this is a portal to
websites about, and materials by, authors from Aesop to T.S. Eliot,
including Hawthorne, Melville, Thoreau, St. Augustine, Mark Twain, and
more. It also includes links to libraries that have been digitized, folk
songs from around the world, newspapers from around the world, and all
sorts of assistive and adaptive technologies. Worth a visit.
- Hotlink for 12 to 19 August, 2001
Teaching Time
A site to bookmark and refer to whenever you find yourself having to
teach about time, and specifically about analog and digital clocks, and
how to tell time. A software developer in the UK created this site to
support teachers as they teach about time; it uses both analog and digital
clocks. Initial teaching can be done using the whole class clock, where
the teacher can manipulate the time shown and ask students "What time is
it now?", "What time will it be in...?" Worksheets are available for
individual or group work (you can easily print different worksheets for
each child in your class), and when students are ready for a proficiency
challenge, there are interactive games for the five years of primary
school, all with clocks, increasingly challenging through the years.
- Hotlink for 19 to 26 August, 2001
World Resources Institute
Earthtrends Portal
The World Resources Institute in Washington, DC has a new online
environmental almanac packed with facts and figures. Data covers more
than 140 countries plus regional and global trends. Energy, human
population, agriculture, food, climate, ecoregions, preservation, and
species are just some or the topics included. And you may also be amazed
at the very sophisticated use of java.
- Hotlink for 26 August to 2 September, 2001
Great Images in NASA
A new NASA collection; over 1000 images, chosen for their historical
interest, which can be browsed by subject, NASA Center, or Keyword.
These are high-resolution images, so some of them are extraordinarily
large and consequently slow to download, but they are remarkable images
highlighting events and discoveries throughout NASA's history, and
valuable in a number of classroom settings.
- Hotlink for 2 to 9 September, 2001
Powers of 10
Charles and Ray Eames developed a film called "Powers of 10", on the
relative sizes of things in the universe. Kees Boeke, in The Netherlands,
created a book that told the same story. Now, there is a javascript
version. This site is actually all about optics, but this particular
segment has great utility for geography teaching, particularly about
scale. Rather than zooming in on the hand of the person lounging on the
Lake Michigan beach in Chicago like the movie did, this one zooms in on a
single leaf in south-central USA. The WWW just doesn't get any better than
this. (Take a look at the details of the original film, and order it if
you're interested, by Clicking Here.
- Hotlink for 9 to 16 September, 2001
Images of Early Maps on
the Web
This page is maintained by Tony Campbell at the British Library; it
is a very comprehensive listing of early maps that are available on the
Web. The sites are indexed by region as well as by theme, and there is a
large first section of "general and miscellaneous" sites. Be sure to
click on "About This Listing", which explains how to find your way around,
the best ways to view maps online, how to use search engines and
directories to find what you want, and includes a very useful section on
technical matters such as image quality and how to cite electronic images
in derivative works. A user-friendly and useful page. Campbell's main
page, Gateway To The History of Cartography, can be found at http://www.ihrinfo.ac.uk/maps/.
- Hotlink for 16 to 23 September, 2001
NASA's Planetary
Photojournal
A collaboration between NASA's Planetary Data System Imaging Node,
the Solar System Visualization Project, and JPL's Media Relations Office,
the site give you easy access to all the public documents available from
the various Solar System exploration programs. Nearly 3000 images, of
everything from the Sun to Pluto, plus planetary moons, various comets and
several asteroids.
- Hotlink for 23 to 30 September, 2001
Permanent Missions to
the United Nations
The UN sponsors this website. It has many useful subdirectories,
including links to the websites of all the Permanent Missions, (which
themselves have links to information about their respective countries,
governments, cultures, etc.). There is also a search engine which allows
you to search all the web sites of all the Permanent Missions, so you can
easily compare what each one has to say about monetary policy or refugees
(or whatever). You can also link directly to UN.ORG resources, which
suggests that you might be interested to note that this site uses the new
top-level domain name "int", or "international", and not un.org.
- Hotlink for 30 September to 7 October, 2001
The European Union On-Line
A huge amount of information can be found here, about the European
Union and about its member states. After selecting your language of
choice (the site is available in 11 languages), you can read "News", with
good discussions of key issues, or read about the "Activities" of the EU,
in 28 areas ranging from Agriculture to Transport, or you can learn about
the different institutions of the EU, read its official documents, or you
can learn, in the "ABC" section, all about EU history, symbols, and
treaties. At European
Governments On-Line you can see the official government sites of EU
members, and of non-member European states.
- Hotlink for 7 to 14 October, 2001
Live Weather Images
A very extensive privately-run weather data site. The main weather
page includes current images, forecast maps, satellite imagery, doppler
radars, plus surf and aviation information. Also includes an "interactive
page" at which you can calculate sunrise and sunset, heat and wind chill
indices, and tides, and wide selection of weathercams.
- Hotlink for 14 to 21 October, 2001
World
History Maps from HRW
Holt, Rinehart and Winston have published on the web a very useful
and wide-ranging collection of maps. This page is the directory for their
World History maps -- with subdirectories of maps covering everything from
"The Beginnings of Civilization" to "The World Since 1945". There is also
a nice collection of outline maps, useful in a variety of ways (including
as tools for the" Mapping The World By Heart" curriculum). You might also
find their American
History Maps Section useful.
- Hotlink for 21 to 28 October, 2001
Action-Dignite-Humaine
A huge and complex site dedicated to human dignity and global
understanding. On this page, "The World and More...", a world map allows
you to select a region, and each region brings up a list of countries (and
other entities) within that region, which you can select, and this opens a
page of information and links about that country. Other main headings
include "Acting Positively", "The World of Employment", "The Juridical
World", "Life Surroundings", "Useful Information", "The Humane World",
"The World of Health", and "The World of Disability". The English
translations are imperfect ("usefull informations"), but clear.
- Hotlink for 28 October to 4 November, 2001
The Trail Database
A phenomenal database, organized for browsing or for searching, that
catalogues the world's hiking trails. Hiking trails from Samoa to
Finland, from Bhutan to the Cape Verde, are listed, described, mapped, and
explained. The site manager, Henk, has his own collection of "Henk's
Hikes", while many hikes and locations are submitted by others. The page
begins with a useful set of links on safety and health and maps and
weather and lodging.
- Hotlink for 4 to 11 November, 2001
Kindergarten
Resources
Pages specifically for Kindergarten are not usually chosen for our
weekly hotlink, but this is a well-conceived and broadly applicable list
for educators at many levels. It's not a site, it's just a one-page
"Internet Hotlist" compiled by a "tech integrator" in Ottawa. There are
links to the Ontario Curriculum (worth a visit even if you're not teaching
in Ontario), but also lots of very useful and even remarkable links on
language arts, broad themes, learning-center ideas, and more.
- Hotlink for 11 to 18 November, 2001
Earth Calendar
A fascinating site, presenting a vast worldwide "holiday" database in
selectable ways. For example, "Holidays By Religion" gives you holiday
listings for several of the world's major religions, and also for
Zoroastrianism, Wiccan & Witchcraft, and Stregherian. Among the nicest
feature: select "holidays by country", and you're given a list of
countries; when you pass your cursor over the name of a country, its
national flag is shown. Be aware that the word "Holiday" is interpreted
quite broadly -- not only will you find well-known and important days --
days of independence and other national and regional celebration days,
but, for example, you will also find listed in the U.S. section such
"holidays" as "Elvis's Birthday" and "National Clean Off Your Desk
Day". Still, an impressive and thoughtful compilation, worth bookmarking.
- Hotlink for 18 to 25 November, 2001
ESRI Map Book Gallery
Every year, GIS users from around the world bring samples of their
work to the ESRI User Conference. ESRI selects a sample and produce a
mapbook, which is released at the following year's conference. These maps
and stories show how hundreds of thousands of people across the world are
using GIS to analyze data and solve problems. The 16th map book, prepared
for the 2001 User Conference, is now online. Special care went into making
this volume accessible to educators with a range of Internet access
speeds. You'll see examples from agriculture, business, cartography,
conservation, disaster planning, electric & gas, environmental, geology,
government, health & human services, law enforcement, local government,
military, natural resources, oceans & seas, petroleum, pipeline, planning,
public safety, telecommunications, tourism, transportation, and water &
wastewater.
- Hotlink for 25 November to 2 December, 2001
WWW Virtual Library: International
Affairs Resources
Thousands of links in a huge range of topics related to international
affairs. There are media sources -- International TV and radio listings,
journals and magazines; there are listings of and links to
every imaginable organization -- NGO's, IGO's, the UN, EU, and US, and
research organizations; and there are detailed listings by region and
country, as well as by topic.
- Hotlink for 2 to 9 December, 2001
The Canadian
West
A lovely little site, full of useful information, centered on the
question: How did Westward expansion play out in what is now the Canadian
provinces? The first section, "Anticipation" allows you to access early
maps that show European cartographers' best guesses at the western lands.
Under "Contact", learn how the fur trade and scientific expeditions
impacted the future of the land and the peoples living there; finally,
under "Accommodation", you can witness the urbanization and
industrialization of Canada in the 1920s.
- Hotlink for 9 to 16 December, 2001
Kidon Media Link
If you're looking for a media website from anwywhere in the world,
this is a very powerful place to begin. Select a region, or a specific
country, and the site returns links to TV, Web, Press, and Magazine sites
for that region or country. Quickly find and read the latest Afghan news
from newspapers throughout South Asia; see what European newspapers are
saying about events in the US. You can also see what's on TV tonight in
Islamabad, or read local news in local languages around the world.
- Hotlink for 16 to 23 December, 2001
mesoamerican Ballgame
Take me out to the ballgame, as played in Mesoamerica, the
subtropical area between present-day countries of Mexico and El Salvador.
Learn about the eight major cultures found in this area between 1500 BC
and 1519 AD, as well as the effect of the Spanish conquest in this region.
Then, explore the architecture of the court, as well as the the balance
between sport and religion within the game. Offline activities include
creation of masks, clay effigies, headresses and clay ballgame figurines.
- Hotlink for 23 to 30 December, 2001
The Euro
On New Years Day, "E-Day," the citizens of 12 European countries --
Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Greece,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain -- will start using a
single currency, the "euro." You can find EVERYTHING you could possibly
want to know about the euro at this site; there's still more information
at The Euro Press
Kit Page. If you want to see what the new euro notes and coins look
like, take a look at Euro Banknotes and Coins. To see exchange rates, check The Euro
Conversion Page . Daily news can also be gleaned from Yahoo's Euro page. Finally, check the UK Yahoo page which covers the
debate about whether the UK should, or should not, join the European
Monetary Union: Yahoo's Euro-debate page.
- Hotlink for 30 December, 2001 to 6 January, 2002
The United Nations
Redeisgned and extensive, the United Nations website provides all
kinds of information on programs, issues, member nations, and more; also
worth a visit: The UN Wire Website.
The United Nations Foundation redesigned the site and it offers an
improved look, along with greatly enhanced functionality. It continues to
feature the most current information on UN and international events.
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