A wonderful website for exploring the history of childhood. Includes children in antiquity, children in the middle ages, children in colonial times, texts on the social histories of childhood, children in Victorian period, and information about many web resources on related topics. (
http://www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc/index2.html
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A great Internet source for information about a wide range of children's issues. Includes extensive links to education, safety, the media, health, parenting, children around the world, and many other topics. (
http://www.childrennow.org/links.html
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Extensive connections to a variety of prevention programs for improving the lives of children, including community programs, the Children's Defense Fund, delinquency programs, strengthening America's families, and others. (
http://www.fsu.edu/~crimdo/jjclearinghouse/jj19.html
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Provides extensive connections to information about a wide range of education topics. AskERIC gives you access to the Search ERIC database where you can obtain information about many articles in various areas of education. (
http://ericir.syr.edu/
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Created by the U.S. Government, these resource directories include catalogs and collections of information on a wide range of programs, events, and organizational sources. Examples include: Educational Programs that Work, Achieving the Goals (consists of volumes across a number of years), The Educational Resource Organizations Directory, and the Computer Accessibility Technology Project. (
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/resdir.html
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Access to information about cultural issues, Asian American children, African American children, Latino children, Native American children, and gender. (
http://www.diversityweb.org
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Extensive information about many trends related to children and adolescents, such as living in poverty neighborhoods, mortality, and education and achievement. (
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/hsp/97trends/intro-web.htm
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An important voice for children, this organization uses research and the mass media to make the well-being of children a top national priority. At this website, you can enter your email address and receive a free monthly newsletter about children's issues. (
http://www.childrennow.org/
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The web site of the Action Alliance for Children, which publishes the Children's Advocate newsmagazine. You can read the current and back issues to 1997 at this website. Web links are provided to other information about current trends and policy issues affecting children and families. (
http://www.4children.org/
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