"Well-behaved women rarely make history.
-Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Elaine Waters
McDowell High School
9th Grade Academy
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Glencoe World History Text book
The Glencoe World History text book is online and can be found at the following link:
You will be able to access the textbook online to complete readings and assignments.
Crash Course to World History
John Green teaches you the History of the World in 42 episodes!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9
(Yes, he wrote The Fault in Our Stars.)
Current Events: World News Websites
Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/
New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html
National Public Radio: http://www.npr.org/sections/world/ and http://www.npr.org/sections/news/
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/
MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507/
ABC: http://abcnews.go.com/WN/
CBS: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/world/main202.shtml
Yahoo: http://news.yahoo.com/world
World News: http://wn.com/world
Associated Press: http://www.ap.org/
Reuters: http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/topNews
Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/?joinow=1&ref=aolnews
World History Resources
These are some of the resources we will be using in World History class this year. Please bookmark them in Chrome to make access easier for you.
http://www.studentsfriend.com/sf/downsf.html
A guide to World History and Geography that we will be using in class.
From this link you may view the Student's Friend online or download the Student's Friend in pdf or Microsoft Word formats. It will make a very good study guide for your World History MSL.
Student's Friend
Mankind, The Story of All of Us
This 12 episode series will share a global understanding of how the human race came to be where we are today. Through studying a series of Keys, you will be able apply the Key knowledge to cultures and situations across history and the globe.
Mankind, The Story of All of Us YouTube series
