Airplane Vocabulary (For ESL class/Nomen Global)

Scariest Airplane Landings 

Looking back at the Asiana Crash 

Plane Crashes at San Francisco

Links to WW2 Lesson Plans

Propaganda Lesson Plan

Analyzing WWII Photographs

Holocaust Fact Sheet

Letters from the Front Lines

Introduction to the Holocaust

Art and Propaganda

World War I Video Clips

WWI firsts





WWI Causes

 Treaty of Versailles

Bangladesh--International corporations

This link goes to a graphic and article that compares how much it costs to make a shirt in the U.S. vs. the a country in Asia.   Would be good for Asia unit.  This comes after a major garment factory collapsed and killed 400 people in Bangladesh.

Joseph Stalin--Biography.com Videos

Biography.com has three short videos on Joseph Stalin

United Nations Video Segment

Here is a clip of the United Nations passing a resolution for the Democratic Republic of the Congo on March 28th, 2013

Reformation DBQ

Click here for the DBQ

North Korea Propaganda

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