Links

Current events
[|CNN] [|PBS] [|FOX News] [|New York Times] [|LA Times] [|Wall Street Journal] [|Orange County Register] [|National Geographic News]
 * [|New York Times Science News]
 * [|Nat Geo Environment]

Additional Sources for World History

 * [|Modern World History Info and Quizzes]
 * [|British social and economic history]
 * [|The Inventors of the Industrial Revolution]
 * World War I - BBC
 * World War I - PBS
 * World War I - additional sources
 * WW II Links to Investigation
 * Battle of the Bulge
 * Cold War Museum
 * Bay of Pigs
 * Gulf of Tonkin
 * U2 Incident
 * Cuban Missile Crisis
 * SALT Talks
 * [|Antebellum Overview]
 * [|Antebellum Quiz]
 * [|Constitution Quiz]


 * __Helpful sites to prepare you to read and understand your textbook__**
 * **__[|Helpful videos for things like test taking to active reading]__**
 * **[|Handouts for active reading]**
 * [|How to read a textbook]
 * [|Textbook reading strategies]
 * [|Reading academic texts critically]


 * [|Helpful US History sites - Elections, War, and a brief textbook]

Elections, Help finding YOUR representatives in government

 * Find your US House Member
 * Find your California Legislative Members by address
 * **Orange County Sample Ballot finder**
 * Optional Sample Ballot Look-up
 * Official Voter Information Guide
 * Quick Guide to Propositions and Candidates
 * California Election Website - Secretary of State Debra Brown
 * Measures on the General Election Ballot 2012
 * Election Results Archive
 * Quick Guide to Propositions and Candidates
 * California Election Website - Secretary of State Debra Brown
 * Measures on the General Election Ballot 2012
 * Election Results Archive
 * Measures on the General Election Ballot 2012
 * Election Results Archive
 * Election Results Archive

Branches of Government
> [|Fact Monster - 3 branches]
 * [|House of Representatives positions]
 * [|Congress for kids]
 * [|Lots of links to Congress for Kids]
 * [|Ben Franklin's Guide to Government]
 * Executive Branch for kids