World Studies Units

Who Came Before Columbus
Ancient Civilizations
Ancient Greece and Rome
The Renaissance, Reformation, & the Age of Exploration
Revolution: the Call to Battle
Russian Revolution
Religions of South & Southeast Asia
Gandhi vs. Jinnah
Ancient Africa
Countries in Transition
Early Kingdoms of East Asia
Egypt, Iran, Turkey

American Government
The Illinois Constitution
Three Branches of the Illinois Government

Citizen Joe Citizen Joe is the friendly, smart antidote to partisanship and spin. A multi-partisan organization - with conservatives, liberals and everything in between - Citizen Joe promotes open, fact-based dialogue both online and off.

THOMAS This site is published by the Library of Congress and contains a variety of legislative information including Bills, Laws, Senate Committees, House Committees, and roll call votes.

U.S. House of Representatives This is the official site of the House of Representatives. You can find links to individual members' Web sites, current legislation, roll call votes, and much more.

U.S. Senate This is the official site of the Senate. It contains links to individual Web sites, committees, current legislation, and an art and history section.

Write Your Representative If you would like to write to your Congressional Representative, this site helps you find out who your representative is and gives you all the information you need to write to him/her. If you don't know who your representative is, you will need your entire zip code (five numbers plus four numbers) to find his/her name.

C-Span
Presidential Elections 2008

United States History
FactCheck.org
Snopes.com
Without Sanctuary
World War Project

History of Chicago
Mayor’s Office
The official Web page of the Mayor Richard M. Daley.  Includes explanations of city programs.

U.S. Mayors
Biography of Mayor Daley that includes a summary of programs that he implemented.

CEOs for Cities
A biography of the mayor and a summary of his government programs.

Sociology
Prisons

Geography
Columbia Gazetteer of North America: With 50,000 entries, this most comprehensive encyclopedia of geographical places and covers every incorporated place and county in the United States, along with several thousand unincorporated places, special-purpose sites, and physical features, as well as Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.

WorldAtlas.com This world atlas includes maps, flags, and currency conversion.