Chart of Maps and wars of Israel

This is a great picture for Israeli maps over the last 60 years!

Iraqi's view of War in Iraq

Afghanistan and Iraq Wars

Ny Times put together tons of lesson plans on these two wars over the course of the wars unfolding.

click here to the lesson plan that has TONS of links on the wars. 

North Korea Lesson, Pope Lesson

Ny Times has come up with some possibly good lessons that relate to World Civ/Geography.  I haven't gotten to look at these in depth but here are the links:

Decision Point: Understanding the U.S.’s Dilemma Over North Korea

Change Agent: Examining How and Why the Pope Can Make a Global Difference

Iraq War videos--10 years later

Dark Ages video on netflix.

Haven't watched it yet but looks like good stuff :)  Click here for the link. 

How you select a new pope

CNN video that breaks down how the conclave works and how cardinals select their pope. 

Was there a female pope? Pope Joan

CNN did a little video on Pope Joan and if there really was a female pope.

Whether or not there was, this gives a look into the Catholic Church, Middle Ages life and treatment of women historically.

North Korea ends 1953 armistice

Click here for the current event. 

Struggle for Jihad

I haven't watched this full video from NY Times, but it discusses the meaning of the word "jihad."

Could be interesting.

2011 HDI report (standard of living lesson!)

Click here to the website for a full list of countries' HDI and rankings!

Resources for Spanish Explorers Essay

Great DBQ analyzing Spanish motivations

Christopher Columbus' letter to King and Queen

China's Lost Girls--Documentaries

Netflix has this great documentary called "China's Lost Girls" by National Geographic that discusses the one child policy of China and the number of girls who are lost.  The movie follows American families who want to adopt China's girls.

In the first 7 minutes and 20 seconds, it discusses the one child policy, Mao Zedong and the preference for boys.

By around 11 minutes and 30 seconds they discuss how the boy preference is much more severe in the countryside.  They interview village men and ask "Why so many boys?"

Around 13 minutes, they interview a woman who had two kids and willingly paid the thousands of dollar fine for her second girl (she had a boy first).

At about 16 minutes, they talk about the problems of the boy and girl imbalance.