15 Awesome Article Sites for Students: curated by Eric Curts

Annenberg Classroom - this site has a broad collection of websites and resources for research on policy issues such as civil rights, immigration, gun issues, and more.

World History Encyclopedia - "Our mission is to engage people with cultural heritage and to improve history education worldwide." This site includes statistics, maps, definitions and timelines to explore and learn more about places around the world.

Gapminder - "Our mission is to fight devastating ignorance with a fact-based worldview everyone can understand." This site includes charts, graphs, maps, and images that show data in unique and interesting ways.

The World Fact Book - Learn more about the history, people, government, economy, geography, environment and so much more for countries from around the world by exploring this site hosted by the CIA.