FlackCheck.org is the political literacy companion site to the award-winning FactCheck.org. We provide resources to help students recognize flaws in arguments in general and political ads in particular. Explore politics, science and health.

This site provides selections from John Locke's "Two Treatisies on Government." It contains evaluations on the sections 'Of the State of Nature' and 'Of Political of Civil Society.'

Open access journals are offered in all scholarly and scientific disciplines such as Biology and Life Sciences, History and Archaeology, and Physics and Astronomy. Site offers a search for new titles as well as archived journals....

Illustrate the significance of public opinion during political events by utilizing these reading resources.

Students explore the value of biodiversity, the impacts that humans are having on the Earth's biodiversity, and measures that can be taken to preserve biodiversity.

A part of the PBS series "Journey to Planet Earth," this section examines "how severe environmental problems can lead to political crises and increased hostilities around the world." Includes video clips and educational resources.

An article exploring the history of the spread of Islam as the Muslims emigrated from Mecca to Medina.

How did environmental issues enter into the world of politics and policy? Explore this impressive collection of resources to enhance lessons.

Present an impressive overview of pre-Communist through present day China with an outlook towards the future by including some of these resources.

Present an impressive overview of pre-Communist through present day China with an outlook towards the future by including some of these resources.

Presenting an overview of the history of Japan explore the optional enhancements provided by MIT.

Presenting an overview of the history of Japan explore the optional enhancements provided by MIT.

This site is useful because it offers a database of over 300,000 questions asked on surveys since the 1930s. Also contains Latin American and Japanese data bank retrieval system as well. Listing of general social surveys 1972-1998.

News, blogs, features, headlines, and media on environmental science and green politics and policy.

The media is relaying inaccurate information as to why an increasing number of beaches are being closed. Understand the scientific reasoning for the closures versus the political and economic motivated reasons.

An alphabetical list of all the European countries with short descriptions stating their capital, population, political system, currency, and languages spoken.

This page, maintained by the Political Science Department of Georgetown University, shows the chronology of Presidents of Costa Rica, from 1944 to this day.

Georgetown University Press homepage. The Press "publishes in the fields of: bioethics; languages and linguistics; political science and public policy; religion."

Thehistorymakers.com features the stories of African Americans who have succeeded and made achievements in the areas of art, business, education, law, politics, science, religion, and sports. There is a great timeline of African American...

Brief biographical profiles of famous Germans recognized worldwide in the arts, military, movies, politics, sciences, and sports.

Small but interesting site that focuses on Jewish science fiction, a small genre but one that exists. Lists various authors and books from this genre.

This collection from the University of Virginia provides quotes and information on Jefferson's writings about Agriculture.

This site from the University of Groningen provides the complete John Locke's "Second Treatise on Government." It discusses everything from slavery and property to civil government and its functions.

This site contains a paper, "A Survey of Mr. Hobbes His Leviathan" by Edward, Earl of Clarendon, written on Hobbes's "Leviathan" and game theory. After a lengthy and unreadable introduction, the author surveys Hobbes's work by chapter.