Americas-Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/americas.htm

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: Washington Post news stories on the Americas are updated on this page often. There are also links to country information, special reports and a clickable map of the region. Standard 10.10.3

Resource Type: Compilation of Links.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 209

Elections Around the World

http://www.electionworld.org/

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: Search an alphabetical list of countries for the dates and results of elections held all over the world. Standard 10.10.2 and 12.9.8 civics

Comments: This page is useful for comparative government and parliamentary government studies.

Resource Type: Other.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 1065

Historic Text Archive: Mexico

http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=21

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: This set of primary resources on Mexico is divided into five sections for easier use.Section 1 has documents related to pre-Columbian Mexico. Section 2 has documents for the conquest and colonial period. Section 3 has nineteenth century resources. Section 4, on the twentieth century, is broken into units: the 1910-1917 revolution, the post-revolutionary period, the Salinas years, and modern times. Standard 7.7.0 , 10.10.0 , and 12.9.6 civics

Comments: View American foreign policy from the perspective of the other country at this rich site.

Resource Type: Primary Source Text.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 1559

Accion Zapatista

http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Cleaver/zapsincyber.html

Rating: 2, High!

Description: Accion Zapatista gathers and redistributes information about the Zapatistas and the struggle for democracy in Mexico. Includes the communiques of the rebels, plus related resources on the issues. Some information a bit old, but useful. Standards 10.10.3 and 12.9.8 civics

Resource Type: Primary Source Text.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 71

Aerial Photograph of Missiles in Cuba (1962)

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=94

Rating: 2, High!

Description: Throughout 1962, in the midst of the Cold War, the movement of Soviet personnel and equipment to Cuba had aroused suspicions in the American intelligence community. In response, U.S. ships and planes began photographing every Cuba-bound Soviet vessel, and U-2 spy planes began regular reconnaissance flights over Cuba. On September 13, Kennedy warned Soviet Premier Khrushchev: "If at any time the Communist build-up in Cuba were to endanger or interfere with our security in any way . . . or if Cuba should ever . . . become an offensive military base of significant capacity for the Soviet Union, then this country will do whatever must be done to protect its own security and that of its allies." These photographs showed that the Soviet Union was amassing offensive ballistic missiles in Cuba and precipitated the Cuban Missile Crisis. Standards 10.9.3 and 11.9.3

Comments: This Our Documents site has a facsimile of the original document, a transcription of it, and background information to help the reader put the document in context.

Resource Type: Primary Source Text.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 88

Argentina (From the Institute of Latin American Studies)

http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/argentina/

Rating: 2, High!

Description: A collection of links to data about the country of Argentina. Grouped into broad categories: economy, government, news, science and technology, travel, and other resources. Good place to browse for information about Argentina. Standard 10.10.3

Resource Type: Compilation of Links.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 298

Beyond Coffee and Bananas

http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/istep/costarica/abt_our_trip.htm

Rating: 2, High!

Description: Fifteen educators from the International Studies Education Project of San Diego (ISTEP) went on a field study in Central America for four weeks in July 1998. Follow their travels as they learned about Costa Rican geography, history, culture, politics, economics and more! Participants developed and posted curriculum projects to share. Standard 10.10.3

Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 378

Brazzil: International Magazine - News from Brazil

http://www.brazzil.com/

Rating: 2, High!

Description: Here is an excellent online, English language magazine about Brazil. Emphasis on social and political issues. Offers many articles about what is going on in today's Brazil (one of the most successful economies of the continent). Standard 10.10.3 and 12.6.1 economics

Resource Type: Secondary Text.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 436

CIA World Factbook: Argentina

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/ar.html

Rating: 2, High!

Description: This site has current information on Argentina provided by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. It gives social, political, geographic, cultural and other basic reference information including a map. Standard 10.10 all and Appendix A of the H-SS Framework

Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 667

CIA World Factbook: Brazil

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/br.html

Rating: 2, High!

Description: This site has both historical and current information on the Brazil provided by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. It gives social, political, geographic, cultural and other basic reference information and also includes a map. Standards 10.10 and 11.9.3

Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 669