The United States needed to ensure that France and Spain would help them in their struggle against Great Britain. The Model Treaty was a starting point for negotiations and served as a model for future alliances.

An image of "Alliance Coat of Arms of the Durer and Holper Families", created by Albrecht Durer in 1490 (Oil on panel, 47 x 39 cm).

An image of "The Alliance of Jacob and Laban", created by Pietro Da Cortona from 1630-35 (Oil on canvas, 197 x 176 cm).

The National Alfalfa Alliance offers information on varieties and performance, free online publications, and information related to the organizations efforts to promote alfalfa use and improvement.

Included in this database are lessons from the GeoLiteracy project. For all the materials you'll need to use a lesson, click a grade level and then on the lesson's name.

This article provides an easily understandable description of the 1967 U.S Supreme Court case involving Gerald Gault.

Water pollution, sedimentation, coastal development, destructive fishing practices, are but a few of the threats to coral reefs addressed on this thorough site.

A resource for information on illnesses of the motor neuron.

This resource is a website targeting teens who want to live a healthy lifestyle. Tips about good nutrition, ways to improve food offerings at school, and stories about teens who have made a difference. Free registration is required for...

This resource includes anti-piracy information, piracy case examples and piracy research.

Of all coral reefs, 27% have been destroyed or severely damaged. This thorough site provides a wealth of ideas regarding what can be done to preserve coral reefs in the future.

BSA's study estimates the volume and value of unlicensed software installed on personal computers across more than 110 national and regional economies.

A series of teacher lesson plans for various grade levels. Topics pertain to insulation (among other things) and other energy conservation and energy efficiency topics. Can be easily adapted for a student project or lab investigation.

This article discusses the uneasy alliance maintained by Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II and the implications of this alliance on the development of the Cold War.

This article lays out the probable founding of the city of Rome, rather than the legendary one. Three tribes, occupying three different hills, make an alliance and unite as one city-state, eventually becoming the city of Rome.

By the end of the Roman monarchy, Rome had incorporated many cities into the Latin League, a military alliance. This was the beginning of Roman expansion into all of Italy.

View the complete text of the New England Articles of Confederation 1643, an alliance of the English colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven.

The University of Pennsylvania provides extensive discussions of the Gupta Empire's approach to imperialism through agrarian measures and built political alliances and the downfall of the Gupta's imperialism.

Learn about the long history of Choctaw tribal members working in alliance with the United States military.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness presents this article from the Journal of School Health. It discusses the importance of screening students in schools for mental health problems.

This lesson focuses on how the Bay of Pigs invasion influenced the attitude of Fidel Castro towards Kennedy and the United States. Includes role play, discussion, and research. Students then write a letter from Nikita Krushchev to Fidel...

Keep up to date with the everchanging Middle East Region. The Middle East has been a tangled web of alliances since WWI. These maps attempt to make sense out of the this often confusing area. The 7 maps show the relationships among...

Organization that serves as a link between NATO and the parliaments of its member nations. The role of this group is to help "build parliamentary and public consensus in support of Alliance policies".

An account of the rise of Somalia's Islamic Al-Shabab who have been added to the United States' list of "foreign terrorist organizations". First appearing as a youth and military group in 2006, they are performing militant attacks and...