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Also see general history sites at the History page
Also see sites for help on researching and writing papers
at the Grammar, Research
and Writing page
Political Systems, Legislative and Executive Branches of Government
General Political Science Links pages
Political Science resources - good general starting
place for links to all sorts of political science online
resources, from the University of Florida
http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/cm//polisci/polisci.html
PoliSci.Com - another general links page to all sorts of online resources on politics. There is advertising on the left. Look for links in the middle of the page and to the right. http://www.polisci.com
Access to the U.S. Government pages
FedWorld - the government's own links site. For an
easier site to use, however, try the University of
Michigan site below
http://www.fedworld.gov/
Federal Government Resources on the Web - links to
wide variety of federal government information; easier to
navigate than the government site, particularly if you
use the frame to the left
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/federal.html
Federal Government Agencies - links to websites of
government agencies, compiled by LSU
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
Government Printing Office - access to documents
such as the Congressional Record, the Federal Register,
the U.S. Code.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/
Constitution of the United States
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html
Welcome to the White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html
Politics 1 - The Presidency - incredibly detailed
page with helpful links
http://www.politics1.com/p2000.htm
Presidents of the United States - with biographies,
information, and links, this is the first page you should
see when working on the presidents.
http://www.presidentsusa.net/
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/
Selected US Federal Government Documents
http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/gov.html
Congress
Your Congress - an entertaining page that, although
it tries to be silly, has a lot of good information,
including how a bill really becomes a law, what happens
when you write or call your representative, Congressional
craziness, even the daily Senate prayer
http://www.yourcongress.com/
Congress.org - a comprehensive and searchable links
page to issues, people, and legislation
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/
Congressional E-mail Directory
http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html
House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
Senate
http://www.senate.gov/
THOMAS - Thomas is the number one source for
information about legislation. It has full texts of
legislation, information about the legislative process,
full text of recent Congressional Record, the latest
Congressional Directory information, with keyword search
for legislation and the Congressional Record
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Political Activities and Political Thought
E-the People - a terrific national forum where
internet users can start polls and petitions or vote in
polls and sign petitions of others addressed to public
officials on issues of interest
http://www.e-thepeople.com/
Association of American Editorial Cartoonists -
home-based in Raleigh
http://pc99.detnews.com/aaec/
Modern Political Theory - Machiavelli to the
Present - links to internet sites that discuss political
theories and some discussion of various political
movements
http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfcjh/wiu/web/modern/modtoc.htm
Political Insider - daily description of the
political news with links to the newspapers, journals,
and magazines that are covering or breaking the stories;
coverage of upcoming elections
http://politicalinsider.com
Political Leanings of Selected Cartoon Characters -
a small entertaining page
http://www.unknown.nu/cartoon/
The Hill - a newspaper for and about Congress
http://www.thehill.com/
Politics in the World
The United Nations
http://www.un.org/
Political Resources on the Net - lists of and links
to political sites around the world, accessible by region
and country, discussing government, political parties,
and issues
http://www.politicalresources.net/
Political Leaders of the World 1945 to the Present
- incredible site, where you click on a country or an
international organization, and the site displays the
leaders over the past half century. Generally, the
information is more detailed for countries in the news
but it is always a great place to start
http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/00index.htm
Election Guide - a list of the upcoming legislative
and executive branch elections around the world and
results of recent elections
http://www.ifes.org/eguide/elecguide.htm
Politics in the States and Cities
State Government and Politics - links page from the
University of Michigan, largely to state government
websites, including executive, legislative, and judicial,
plus other information about the states
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/state.html
Politics1 - incredibly detailed page that has
immense amount of information about state governments,
accessible by state. It also has information about the
federal government and about upcoming campaigns.
http://www.politics1.com/states.htm
Political Parties
Democratic Party
http://www.democrats.org
Green Party
http://www.greenpartyus.org/
Libertarian Party
:>http://www.lp.org/
Natural Law Party
http://www.natural-law.org/
Reform Party
http://www.reformparty.org
Republican Party
http://www.rnc.org/
D.C.'s Political Report - links to what are
described as Minor Political Parties
http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/PartyLink.htm
Libertarian Party of North Carolina
http://www.lpnc.org/
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Natural Law Party of North Carolina
http://www.natural-law.org/states/North_Carolina.html
North Carolina American Reform Party - The American
Reform Party is a splinter group of the Reform Party. The
North Carolina Reform Party website is inactive. This is
the N.C. American Reform website on which, among other
things, a high school student expresses his political
position
http://www.americanreform.org/ARP-State-Affiliates/north-carolina.html
North Carolina Democratic Party
http://www.ncdp.org/
North Carolina Green Party
http://www.greens.org/nc/
North Carolina Republican Party
http://www.ncgop.org/
Legal Systems
U.S. Courts - the government web page for the court
system, with explanations of what each level of court
does
http://www.uscourts.gov/
Court TV Home Page - information about high profile
current cases
http://www.courttv.com
Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court - since 1990.
The search engine only searches for words that are in the
syllabus (summary) of the case, not all the words in the
opinions.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/
Duhaime's Law Dictionary
http://www.duhaime.org/dictionary/diction.htm
Findlaw - comprehensive site with links to courts,
a variety of news sources, law schools and research sites
http://www.findlaw.com/index.html
LawGuru - the legal research search engine is free
and helpful, although sometimes too advanced
http://www.lawguru.com
The Legal Link Home Page - links to numerous law
related sites on the Net; includes search tools to find
information related to law, people, addresses, phone
numbers, news, travel, web sites, and a multitude of
topics
http://www.coolthings.org/lawlinks
National Teen Courts
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/nationalteencourts/
National Mock Trial Competition - web page for the
high school competition
http://www.nationalmocktrial.org/
Wade Edwards Mock Trial Competition - the North
Carolina high school mock trial competition sponsored by
the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
http://www.ncatl.org/?p=15288
Nolo - describes itself as a website for people who
want to handle their legal matters without an attorney;
the site contains some useful links and explanations of
legal transactions. The legal dictionary is particularly
helpful.
http://www.nolo.com/
U.S. House of Representative s Internet Law Library
- links to federal, state, and international laws, and
federal regulations
http://law.house.gov
U.S. Federal Judiciary Home Page - features
articles on understanding the court system and selected
articles from The Third Branch newsletter
http://www.uscourts.gov/
Economics
General Economics Resources
AmosWeb Economics Glossorama - this is a web
dictionary of 1800 economics terms. It is easy to use and
pretty easy to understand. The site wants you to sign up
for tutoring in economics, but you can use the glossary
for free
http://www.amosweb.com/gls/
EcEdWeb - economics education web page - links to
resources in economics at all educational levels; it is
somewhat difficult to navigate. Look at the top of the
page for grades 6-12 on the K-12 page. On the drop-down
menu, click on concepts. There will be a chart with
different economics concepts on it. Click on the "US
Standards" number or numbers and that will bring you
to pages defining the concept and linking to longer
discussions of the concept. It is harder to get here than
with other pages, but the information is tailored to
middle and high school students and teachers, so it is
worth it
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/
StreetEYE - click on the index page from the list
on the left of the homepage, and you will go to a links
page with lots of financial resources
http://www.streeteye.com/
WebEc - fantastic links site, well-organized with
access to a wide variety of economics resources on the
internet
http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc
Jokes About Economists and Economy
http://netec.wustl.edu/JokEc.html
Stock Exchanges and Stock Market
American Stock Exchange
http://www.amex.com/
Nasdaq
http://www.nasdaq.com/
New York Stock Exchange - click on glossary at the
bottom of the page for a glossary of words relevant to
financial markets and economics
http://www.nyse.com/
Interactive Stock Market Learning Project - aimed
for 7th -9th grades
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/RSE/RSEyellow/gnb.html
Invest-O-Rama! educational information on
investing-articles range from understandable to difficult
- this site has been acquired by another company, and it
is being re-packaged. It is unclear whether this will
continue to be a worthwhile resource
http://www.investorama.com
Investing for Kids - student constructed site aimed
at middle and high school students to teach principles of
saving and investing. Includes an interactive financial
quiz, a stock game, a stock learning center, a message
board, and areas for various levels of investors
http://library.advanced.org/3096/
Lycos Financial - real time stock quotes and
business information
http://fast.quote.com/fq/iadigital/quote
Briefing.com - what happened in financial markets
recently and why
http://www.briefing.com
Hoovers, Inc. - stock market, company and job
information
http://www.hoovers.com/
SEC EDGAR DB - Securities & Exchange Commission
financial data for public and private companies. Annual
reports free in SEC format.
http://www.sec.gov/edaux/searches.htm
Business
Idea Cafe - The Small Business Channel-interesting
site about starting your own business
http://www.ideacafe.com
Economy, the Budget and Money
New York Times Learning Network - terrific site
with lesson (and paper) ideas for middle and high school
students dealing with key issues in economics, including
links with each problem to relevant online resources -
choose "economics" from the topic search menu
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/economics.html
National Budget Simulation - lets you balance the
budget
http://www.budgetsim.org/nbs/
Money: What It Is and How It Works - a simple web
page with a lot of information, ranging from the basics
to complicated monetary issues. Be sure to check out the
fun section, and find the picture of the $100,000 bill
http://wfhummel.cnchost.com/
Where's George? The Great American Dollar Bill
Locator - this is just a fun idea. You can enter a bill
denomination and serial number on this site, and if you
are registered, you can see if anyone else has entered
the bill before, where it has been, and where it went
after you spent it
http://www.wheresgeorge.com/