Sites/Resources

These are sites that we will use at different points throughout the year. We will be using some of these sites in class, but it will be very helpful to explore these on your own time. You will probably be very familiar with many of these websites.

World Cultures Research Sites

• Swampscott Library Website

• Library Database (Encyclopedias & Current Events) 

• Country Reports (Username: truboff@swampscott.k12.ma.us
                                            Password: counties)

• CIA World Factbook

• Newsela (Current Events, login with your google account)

• Junior Scholastic (Login: Student, Password: Bigblue)

• True Size of (Countries)

• Population Pyramids

• Ancient Greece Mythology History Channel

• Myths and Legends Story Site
  
  

General Websites

• Quizlet 

• Gimkit

• Edpuzzle

• Google Tour Builder

• BrainPop (Login: with GOOGLE ACCOUNT)

• Mcgraw Hill TExtbook Login

• Blooket

• Google Earth

Global Awareness Sites

• The Refugee Project

• Global Radio Broadcasts (Listen to Radio from Around the World)

• Global Climate Change

• Global Inequality

• Water Insecurity 

• ICBL (Internation Campaign to Ban Landmines)

• Global Conflict Tracker

• United Nations 

• Global Passport Strength

• CNN 10

• Foods From Around the World

• Peter Menzel Hungry Planet

• World Music Network

• World Religions Map

• Citation Machine (Bibliography Generator)

YouTube Channels

• TED ED

• Now This World

• Geography Now

• World Ahoy History

• Crash Course History

• Hip Hughes World History

• CNN 10 Youtube Channel