International
 
          www.heritage.org (Policy Research and Analysis)

          www.garp.com (Financial Risk Management)
    
          www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/worldguide/countrycompare.html  (Country Comparison Tool)

          www.worldbank.org (International Finance)

          www.nationsencyclopedia.com (General statistics)

          www.cia.gov (Secret international information provided by our government)

          www.economist.com

          www.federalreserve.gov (our policies impact other nations)

          www.inflationdata.com (Consumer Price Index – many nations)

           www.ifpri.org (Food Policy Research)

           www.historycentral.com/NationbyNation/index.html (General Information)

           www.countrystudies.us (Historical Demographical information)

           www.unicef.org (International Current Events)

           www.cgdev.org (Global Development)

           www.imf.org (Economic and Financial Development)

           www.nationmaster.com (Country information and comparison)

           unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/SelectionCountry.asp  (Information on GDP)
 
           http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/currency_table.html  (Currencies of the world)

           www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html (Excellent global information)

           www.pbs.org (Programs and Lessons)

           www.indexmundi.com (Country Profiles)

           www.wto.org (World Trade)

           www.bea.gov (Economic analysis)

           www.bls.gov (Labor statistics)

           www.msnbc.com (International news)

           www.esri.ie (Economic and Social Research - Ireland)

           www.geographia.com (General Information)

           www.state.gov (International news)

           www.travelblog.org (Travel information)

           www.earthtrends.wri.org (World environment information)

           www.ncpa.org (Policy information)

           www.historycentral.com (Country Information)

          www.fas.org (Development of Resources)

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 National Economy Group  -  Mr.  Majewski
                             (5/10)      

 U.S. Treasury - Currency and Coins Topics
          http://www.treas.gov/topics/currency/
 Currency Processing and Destruction
          http://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/fedpoint/fed11.html
 How Currency Gets Into Circulation
          http://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/fedpoint/fed01.html
 Small Change
           http://minneapolisfed.org/pubs/region/92-03/reg923c.cfm
 The World's Goldkeeper
           http://minneapolisfed.org/pubs/region/91-12/reg9112b.cfm
 U.S. Banknotes
           http://www.bep.treas.gov/section.cfm/4/26
 Assessing the Euro...
          http://minneapolisfed.org/pubs/region/01-12/schwartz.cfm
 Interview with Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
          http://minneapolisfed.org/pubs/region/01-12/padoa-schioppa.cfm
 Anti-Counterfeiting
          http://www.bep.treas.gov/section.cfm/7/35
 Counterfeit Protection
          http://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/fedpoint/fed11.html

          http://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/fedpoint/fed01.html

          http://minneapolisfed.org/pubs/region/92-03/reg923c.cfm

          http://minneapolisfed.org/pubs/region/91-12/reg9112b.cfm

          http://www.bep.treas.gov/section.cfm/4/26

          http://www.frbatlanta.org/invoke.cfm?objectid=83FD41F3-9AF0-11D5-  898400508BB89A83&method=display_body

          http://www.bep.treas.gov/section.cfm/7/35

          http://www.singleglobalcurrency.org/

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  Peanuts & Crackerjacks: Economics of Pro Team Sports  -  Mr. Majewski
            (5/10)
           
          http://www.bos.frb.org/peanuts/leadpgs/intro.htm

 Investor Role Assessment - Mr. Majewski
         (12/09)
         
         http://finance.yahoo.com

       http://morningstar.com/Cover/Stocks.html

       http://investorguide.com/

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My Economic Future -  Mr. Ferguson
          (1/10)
Personal budgeting tips
     http://money.cnn.com/pf/101/lessons/2/index.html
     http://www.personalbudgeting.com/tips/tips.html
College years
     http://www.collegeboard.com/article/0,3868,6-29-0-482,00.html
   
 
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 History of New York City
  
 NYC Research
          (3/09)

 Premier Sites:

     The Triangle Factory Fire - 100 Years Later
          www.ilrcornell.edi/trianglefire/

     New York Public Library
         http://www.nypl.org/
         
     New York City History Web Resources
          http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/lhg/nyc2.cfm#4

          http://www.nypl.org/branch/manhattan/

          http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=2&sub=43

     Manhattan on the Web
          http://www.nypl.org/branch/manhattan/index2.cfm?Trg=1&d1=865

    Staten Island on the Web
          http://www.nypl.org/branch/staten/index2.cfm?d1=962

      Bronx on the Web
          http://www.nypl.org/branch/bronx/index2.cfm?Trg=1&d1=765

     Queens on the Web
             http://www.nypl.org/links/index.cfm?Trg=1&d1=1454&d3=Queens

       Maps
          http://www.nypl.org/blogs/subject/maps/?page_id=37
  
     Columbia University   - In the search box type:  New York City history
          http://www.columbia.edu/help/search.html

     The New York Historical Society
          http://www.nyhistory.org

     Museum of the City of New York
          http://www.mcny.org

     100 Years of NYC History Created by the New York Times
          http://www.nytimes.com/specials/nyc100/

     American Social History Project  -  Much of the material deals with NYC
             http://www.ashp.cuny.edu

             http://www.tenement.org

             http://www.vny.cuny.edu/resources.html

       Primary documents
     1841 - 1902 full text edition of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
          http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/eagle/

     Photos of lampposts, advertisements, bridges, buildings,, signs, and other things you   
       pass every day in the street
          http://www.forgotten-ny.com

 Geology
      Geology / Maps
          http://www.dukelabs.com/Abstracts%20and%20Papers/1CManual0209.htm

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 What Was the Five Points Really Like?
                         (3/10)
  
 The Five Points Site
          http://r2.gsa.gov/fivept/fphome.htm
 National Geographic News:  "Gangs of New York": Fact vs. Fiction
          http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0320_030320_oscars_gangs.html
 Gotham Gazette:  "Is Gangs of New York Historically Accurate?"
          http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/feature-commentary/20021223/202/162
 History, First Hand:  "New York Challenged"
          http://www.gothamcenter.org/k12/history1hand/HistoryFirstHand/course1.html
 Urbanography: "Where 'The Gangs" Lived"
          http://urbanography.com/5_points/index.html
 Urbanpgraphy: "1857 - A Year to Forget"
          http://urbanography.com/1857/index.html

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 Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution - Ms. Clark
                            (5/10)
 
 General Sites - varied information
          http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/PHIL.HTM 
          http://www.iun.edu/~hisdcl/h114_2002/enlightenment2.htm
 The Scientific Revolution
          http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/rhatch/pages/03-Sci-Rev/SCI-REV-Home/
 Information about Descartes
          http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/DESCARTE.HTM
          http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/descartes.html
  Information about Voltaire
          http://www.visitvoltaire.com/
          http://history-world.org/voltaire.htm
  Information about Locke
          http://history-world.org/locke.htm
  Information about Newton
          http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/lectures/newton.html
          http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rhatch/pages/01-Courses/current-courses/08sr-newton.htm
 Information about Bacon
          http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/bacon.html
          http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/francis-bacon/
  Information about Copernicus
          http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/copernicus/
  Information about Hobbes
          http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/hobbes.html
  Information about Mary Wollstonecraft
         http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/marywoll.html  
 Information about Rousseau 
          http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/ROUSSEAU.HTM
          http://history-world.org/rousseau.htm
          http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/Rousseau-soccon.html

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Supreme Court of the United States  
           http://www.supremecourtus.gov
New York State Unified Court System  
           www.courts.state.ny.us
New York State Bar Association  
           www.nysba.org
Federal Bureau of Investigation  
           www.fbi.gov
Corrections Connection  
           www.corrections.com
Cornell Law School  
           www.law.cornell.edu
FindLaw  
           www.findlaw.com
Megalaw
           http://www.megalaw.com
American Bar Association  
           www.abanet.org
American Civil Liberties Union  
           www.aclu.org
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U.S. History and Government

General Sites for American History
                        (10/09)

 American Memory    "... gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and  culture of the U. S." 
          http://memory.loc.gov/
 American Women's History - A Research Guide
          http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html
 American Civil War Page
          http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
 Internet Public Library - American History
          http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum30.55.85/

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Ms. Weimer's Bill of Rights Project
                   (10/09)
 Bill of Rights Court Cases


 Mr. Greco's House of History
                   (11/09)
           
             http://users.freshpond.net/g/grecjhs/historygreco.html


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 Progressive Era     -      Mr. Ferguson
          (2/09)
 
A few general sites to investigate -
     The American Memory Collection - a good starting place: women's suffrage, immigration, 
       conservation, urbanization...
     http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/progress/progress.html
     A large collection of government documents.  Click on the yellow search button.  Filter your search to ONLY
       include archives of digitized materials.
       http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/index.html
     Great, detailed overview with excerpts of a range of documents
       http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/e-gov/e-politicalarchive-Progressive.htm

Gilded Age & Progressive Era Links
     http://bss.sfsu.edu/cherny/gapesites.htm
The U.S. in the Progressive Era
     http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/rbannis1/Progs/
Public History Resource Center
     http://www.publichistory.org/reviews/view_issue.asp?IssueNumber=9
Progressive Era History Resources
      http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/progressive.html
Jane Addams and Hull House
     http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/urbanexp/contents.htm
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
     http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire
Lewis Hine - Photographs
     http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html  
More Lewis Hine Photographs
     http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/hine-photos/
Museum of the City of New York
     http://www.mcny.org
Jacob Riis
     http://www.masters-of-photography.com/R/riis/riis.html
Short Films on Westinghouse - a 'model' company
     http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/west/westhome.html
Women's Suffrage
     http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/woman-suffrage/
History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida Tarbell - the masterpiece - check out the Table of
    Contents first.
     http://www.history.rochester.edu/fuels/tarbell/MAIN.HTM
Coal Miners
     http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/kerr6/courses/History563/A%20Coal%20Miner's%20Work.htm

Ray Stannard Baker - A muckraker.
     http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/rbannis1/Baker/index.html

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1920's Research - Mr.Ferguson
                 (3/09)

 Possible starter/general web sites:
 
        Best of History Web Sites: Roaring 20s
                 http://besthistorysites.net/USHistory_Roaring20s.shtml
 
 General:
        Clash of Cultures in the 1910's and 1920's
                 http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture15.html
        

1920's Multimedia Sites - Mr. Greco
         (3/09)

      http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1920s.html

     http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?timePeriod=1900-1929

     http://www.history.com/

 
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