eLibrary of Minnesota (ELM)
Britannica School -- This is a good starting point to get background.
Gale In Context - Begin searching with a solid reference source, like Student Resources in Context.
Proquest Global Newstream - Coverage, updated daily, of local, state, regional, national, and international newspapers is available, including full-text access to 27 major newspapers: the Star Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Barron's, and USA Today, to name just a few.
Websites
CIA World Factbook - Information on geography, people and society, government, communications, transportation and more for each country of the world.
Gapminder - Fighting devastating ignorance with fact-based worldviews everyone can understand. "Gapminder is a non-profit venture – a modern “museum” on the Internet – promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals."
People Movin - Migration flows across the world.
Population Pyramids - Population Pyramids of the World from 1950 to 2100
PRB - Population Reference Bureau
Ted Talks - Search for broad categories like climate change, world hunger, overpopulation and deforestation
Additional Capstone Project Resources
Educational Sites - Here you will find different educational websites related to population and progress.
Research - Fascinating and relevant collections of information to population and progress.
Resources - General resources including audio clips, articles, books, films, podcasts and videos relating to population and progress.
Interactive Tools - Interactive tools that allow students to visualize population growth in a variety of ways.
Organizations that Address World Issues.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - We see equal value in all lives. And so we are dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals around the world
CARE - CARE works in 90 countries around the world to support over 880 poverty-fighting development and emergency projects.
Give Us Wings - A local organization rebuilding villages and restoring hope in Kenya and Uganda
Impact Lives - An organization with a mission to transform individuals into leaders while performing acts of service and social justice locally and around the world.
Relief Web - ReliefWeb has been the leading source for reliable and timely humanitarian information on global crises and disasters since 1996.
Unicef - UNICEF works to give a fair chance in life to every child, everywhere, especially the most disadvantaged.