Contemporary+World+Cultures

=General Resources=

[|National Geographic Xpeditions] A great website you'll refer to again and again, with lesson plans, activities, and resources.

[|netTrekker.com] HISD Library Services has subscribed to this educational search engine with up-to-date materials for social studies courses. Register to gain access -- your "school" is HISD Library Services.

[|Country Profiles] World Resources Institute - Population, Health, and Human Well-being Country Profiles

[|Time for Kids - Around the World]

= = =Lesson Support=

__Cycle I__
Learning Focus 1.2 Being a Geographer LF 1.2 Being a Geographer**
 * Learning Focus 1.1 Our World LF 1.1 Our World

__Cycle II__
Learning Focus 2.2 East Asia LF 2.2 East Asia**
 * Learning Focus 2.1 North Africa/Southwest Asia LF 2.1 No. Africa - SW Asia

__Cycle III__
Learning Focus 3.2 The SHAPE of Europe LF 3.2 Europe**
 * Learning Focus 3.1 The SHAPE of South and Southeast Asia LF 3.1 S and SE Asia

__Cycle IV__
==Learning Focus 4.1 Russia and the Eurasian Republics LF 4.1 Russia & the Eurasian Republics  == **Learning Focus 4.2 Africa South of the Sahara LF 4.2 Africa South of the Sahara** == == == ==

__Cycle V: February 23, 2009 - April 9, 2009__
Learning Focus 5.2 South America LF 5.2 South America ** 
 * Learning Focus 5.1 North America and the Caribbean LF 5.1 North America and the Caribbean


==**Learning Focus 6.1 Australia, Oceania, and the Pacific Rim LF 6.1 Australia, Oceania, and the Pacific Rim Learning Focus 6.2 21st Century World -- Case Studies** **LF 6.2 21st Century World** ==