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| HyperHistory Online | ||
| HyperHistory Online present interconnected timelines — a useful tool for visual learners — as well as short summaries of events, hisotircal figures, cultural changes, music, art, and literature. ( http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html ) | ||
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| Citation and Style Guides from Concordia University Library | ||
| Concordia University Libraries maintains a page titled “Citation and Style Guides” that offers writing guidelines based on a number of style guides, with links to articles on how to avoid plagiarism. ( http://www.library.concordia.ca/help/howto/citations.html ) | ||
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| Mad Cow in Canada: The Science and the Story | ||
| This CBC News In Depth feature, “Mad Cow in Canada: The Science and the Story,” offers background information and links to other sites dealing with this problem. ( http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/madcow/ ) | ||
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| 100-Mile Diet | ||
| The 100-Mile Diet organization was founded in response to concerns about globalization and the environmental impacts of transporting food over great distances. ( http://www.100milediet.org/ ) | ||
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| John Ralston Saul | ||
| John Ralston Saul (see p. 218, Exploring Globalization) has written and spoken extensively on globalization and its impact on democracy, culture, and the future of Canada. His prose can be dense and difficult for most students, but the site may be useful as enrichment or background for teachers. ( http://www.gg.ca/gg/fgg/bios/03/jrs_e.asp ) | ||
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| Treaty of Versailles | ||
| This BBC web page offers an interactive map showing the main clauses of the Treaty of Versailles. ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir1/thetreatyrev2.shtml ) | ||
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| The Contentious Legacy of Dieppe | ||
| “The Contentious Legacy of Dieppe” is a CBC Archives collection of radio and television broadcasts about the raid on Dieppe. The collection includes reports from the day of the raid and the days that followed, when the scale of the disaster became known. ( http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-71-2359/conflict_war/dieppe/ ) | ||
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| The Canadian Virtual War Memorial | ||
| The Canadian Virtual War Memorial offers extensive archival material on Canadian’s service in World War I and World War II. ( www.virtualmemorial.gc.ca ) | ||
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| Images of a Forgotten War | ||
| The National Film Board site offers “Images of a Forgotten War: Films of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War,” with more than 120 archival films from World War I. ( http://www.nfb.ca/enclasse/ww1/index.html ) | ||
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| Economic Concepts | ||
| The Canadian federal government site offers “Economic Concepts,” which provides numberous definitions, as well as information about the impact on the Canadian economy of each of the terms defined, examples, and links to additional information. ( http://www.canadianeconomy.gc.ca/english/economy/concepts.html ) | ||
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| Structural Adjustment — A Major Cause of Poverty | ||
| Anup Shah’s Global Issues site offers an article titled “Structural Adjustment — A Major Cause of Poverty.” ( http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/SAP.asp ) | ||
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| Keynes versus Hayek: The Rise of the Chicago School of Economics | ||
| This U.S. National Council on Economic Education web site provides a lesson titled “Keynes versus Hayek: The Rise of the Chicago School of Economics.” ( http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=em593&page=teacher ) | ||
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| Commanding Heights: the Battle for the World Economy | ||
| “Commanding Heights: the Battle for the World Economy” is a PBS site based on a six-hour television special that includes analysis of the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes, Frederich Von Hayek, and Milton Friedman. ( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/index.html ) | ||
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| A Race Against Time | ||
| This web site presents an audio clip of the first of the Massey Lectures given by Stephen Lewis in 2005. The lecture, titled “A Race Against Time,” and a book of the same title talk about Lewis’s time as the United Nations special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. ( http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/massey/massey2005.html ) | ||
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| World Trade Organization | ||
| The World Trade Organization’s web site for students contains a wide range of short articles with engaging illustrations. The site argues that the WTO is necessary for global economic stability. ( http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/students_e/students_e.htm ) | ||
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| International Monetary Fund | ||
| The International Monetary Fund’s web site for students provides online exercises that lead students through international money issues and the importance of trade. The site argues that the IMF is necessary for global economic stability. ( http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/st/eng/index.htm ) | ||
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| World Bank | ||
| The World Bank offers fewer resources specifically designed for students, but its site provides students with the bank’s perspective on global economic issues. ( http://www.worldbank.org/ ) | ||
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| China Rises | ||
| The interactive web site for a four-part television series on modern China titled China Rises. Produced by the CBC and international partners, the series explored China’s economy, the challenges posed by pollution and a rising population, preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games, and a profile of Shanghai. ( http://www.cbc.ca/chinarises/intro/index.html ) | ||
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| China from the Inside | ||
| “China from the Inside” is based on the PBS television series. The site includes excellent material on modern China, with video clips, lessons and activities, and maps, including an interactive soundscape. ( http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinainside/educators.html ) | ||
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| Human Rights Watch | ||
| This Human Rights Watch report details continuing human rights abuses in China. Human Rights Watch is one of the largest and most respected independent groups monitoring human rights issues around the world. ( http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/01/18/china12270.htm ) | ||
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| The China Internet Information Center | ||
| The China Internet Information Center is the authorized government portal. The site gives the official Chinese government position on news and related issues. ( http://www.china.org.cn/english/index.htm ) | ||
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