Please see pages for resources on specific research projects or units. Below are more general resources for World History and World Geography:
Avalon Project - Digital documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government. A project of the Yale University Law Library.
Macrohistory and World Report - Trends across the ages, empirical history with maps, book summaries, country profiles, and a timeline from 60,000 BCE to selected news items one or two days old.
"Follow in the footsteps of migrants and refugees as they face the hardships of months on the road. Choose your route and make tough decisions in this interactive video story, featuring real footage from extraordinary journeys made this year."
World Development Indicators - Comprehensive selection of economic, social and environmental indicators, drawing on data from the World Bank and more than 30 partner agencies. The database covers more than 900 indicators for 210 economies with data back to 1960.
Human Development Reports (UN) - Research and data designed to assess long term well-being. An independent publication commissioned by UN Development Programme (UNDP). Coverage: 1990-present.
UNdata - Search across over 14 UN statistical databases through a single portal.
Voter Turnout Database - Global collection of political participation statistics. Regularly updated voter turnout figures for national presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945.
World Bank Open Data Catalog - Free download access to over 2,000 indicators from World Bank data sets.
Think Tanks & Policy Centers - Compiled by the Lehman Social Sciences Library, Columbia University.
Think Tanks Directory - Compiled by the Kennedy School of Government Library, Harvard University.
WWWVirtual Library: International Affairs Resources - An Internet directory of over 2000 annotated links to high-quality English-language sources of information and analysis in a wide range of international affairs, international studies, and international relations topics.
Freedom House - Freedom House's reports and ratings provide a comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties.
Human Development Reports (UN) - Research and data designed to assess long term well-being. An independent publication commissioned by UN Development Programme (UNDP). Coverage: 1990-present.
International Relations and Security Network (ISN) - The Digital Library is an open access information service for international relations (IR) and security professionals. Browse and search by subject and region.
Strategic Studies Institute (United States Army WarCollege) - SSI publishes national security and strategic research and analysis which serves to influence policy debate and bridge the gap between military and academia.
FIRST:Facts on International Relations and Security Trends - Data includes armed forces, arms production and trade, country indicators and statistics, human rights and security, conflicts and peace-keeping activities, military expenditures, conventional and nuclear weapons, and ballistic missiles.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository - World Bank resources include reports, academic books, journals and working papers.
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Index of Economic Freedom - This site provides an annual guide to raise awareness of economic freedom and opportunity in countries world-wide based on ten measures or "freedoms:" Business, Trade, Fiscal, Monetary, Investment, Financial, Property, Freedom from Corruption, and Government Spending.
Old Maps Online - This site offers digitized versions of old world maps provided by various participating institutions.
"The Refugee Project is a narrative, temporal map of refugee migrations since 1975. We've used UN data to visualize refugee volumes over time and added a layer of historical content to help explain the events that caused some of the largest refugee movements of the last four decades."
Social Studies Resources Network
Atlapedia Online - Provides full-color maps and information about countries of the world.
Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR) - Online archive for archaeological information, hosted at Arizona State University. Resource types include documents, images, coding sheets, data sets, 3D/sensory data, ontologies, and projects.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository - World Bank resources include reports, academic books, journals and working papers.
City Mayors - The City Mayors Foundation, an international think tank dedicated to urban affairs, consists of professionals working together in Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Africa to promote strong and prosperous cities as well as good local government.
GeoGuessr - A Game using StreetView images that drops the player in a random location and challenges them to work out where they are.