Social+Studies+Resources

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News Resources
**For current events and recent news articles, visit Ms. Brown's** [|Pageflakes]  For a constantly changing news feed, visit [|Newsmap]  [|Student Daily News]  [|The Economist]  [|The New York Times]  [|The Wall Street Journal]

**General Social Studies Resources **
[|C.I.A. World Factbook] - Includes background information and national statistics for all countries.  [|The History Channel]  [|Hypertext on American History]  [|Modern History Sourcebook]  [|Smithsonian Institution]  [|Center for History and New Media]  [|LIFE Magazine Image Archives Online]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> The mapping tool below allows you to watch countries and states resize and reposition to represent data on a wide variety of topics:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">U.S. Map: [|Mapping - U.S.A.]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">World Map: [|Mapping - World]

<span style="color: #1232bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Civics and Government Resources**
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|American Bar Association] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|The American Presidency] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|Avalon Project at Yale Law School] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|C-SPAN in the Classroom] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|EASE History] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|Justice Learning: Civic Education in the Real World] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|Our Courts] - Created by Chief Justice O'Connor

<span style="color: #ef1feb; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Economics Resources
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|Federal Bank of Philadelphia] - Economic data on the regional economy. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|Bureau of Engraving and Printing] - Includes information on new U.S. currency. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|Congressional Budget Office] - Provides future budget projections and economic forecasts. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|CPI Inflation Calculator] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|Debt to the Penny] - Shows the total public debt outstanding. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|Economic Time Series Page] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|Federal Reserve] - Includes information on the Fed, Monetary Policy, interest rates, and much more! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia] - Research and data for our local economy <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|Federal Reserve Education] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|Financial Calculators] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|Living Wage Calculator] - Estimates the cost of living in any region/area of the U.S. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|NASDAQ] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|New York Stock Exchange] - Helpful resource for the Stock Market Research Project. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis] - Includes information in GDP. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics] - Includes data and statistics for unemployment, GDP, and inflation. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|U.S. Census Bureau] - Includes a Population Clock. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|Wall Street Journal Student Classroom] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|Yahoo! Finance] - Helpful resource for the Stock Market Research Project. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|Young Americans Center for Financial Education]