Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Democracy in Amer: Interest Groups: Organizing to Influence
This unit probes into the role political interest groups plays in both complicating and influencing public policy making in America. Offers video, readings, web resources, and activities.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Citizens' Groups and Lobbies
Overview of the role of political action committees (PAC), interest groups, and lobbies in the forming of public agenda and political processes.
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Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (Sigcse)
The main site for the ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Professinoal Sports: If You Build It, Will They Come?
Special interest groups are able to have a substantial impact on the political system. Such groups can provide valuable services to individuals and to elected officials. They also can generate substantial benefits to a small minority.
Other
Nation Master: Country Groups
An interesting site that has sorted countries into groups based on such things as religion, economic factors, common colonial history, or location. They were then compared on the basis of different categories, such as agriculture, crime,...
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Acm: Association for Computing Machinery
This is the site of the first society of computing and features a digital library, workshops, conferences, publications and special interest groups (SIGs).
Curated OER
U. Of Texas: Yemen: Distribution of Ethnoreligious Groups and Key Tribal Areas
An interesting map showing the distribution of the major religious groups, the tribal areas, and pie graphs showing the percentages of ethnic groups and religious sects. From the Perry-Castaneda Collection.
Curated OER
University of Texas: Vietnam: Ethnic Groups
An interesting map showing the distribution of the ethnic groups throughout Vietnam from the Perry Castenada Collection.
Curated OER
University of Texas: Nepal: Selected Ethnic Groups
An interesting map showing the several ethnic groups that make up Nepal. From the Perry-Castaneda Collection.
Other
Lixls Kinderseiten Im Netz: Youth Groups
Prof. Andreas Lixl's Kinderseiten Home Page offers links to youth groups, activities, schools, games, hobbies and interests for all ages. Easy to read for beginners.
Curated OER
University of Texas: Cambodia: Ethnic Groups
This interesting map shows where the several ethnic groups in Cambodia live. The map is from the Perry-Castaneda Collection.
Curated OER
University of Texas: Ethiopia: Ethnic Groups
An interesting map showing the areas where different ethnic groups are found in Kenya. From the Perry Castaneda Collection.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Public Opinion: Voice of the People
Examine public opinion and the various means in which to collect it as well as how the government uses the opinions collected. This resource offers video, readings, web resources, and activities.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Power Point: Linkage Institutions: u.s. Government
Tom Richey presents information on the political process and elections in the U.S. with specifics about how special interest groups and the media influence the political process.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Why and How Do Humans Group?: Lesson 2
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand causes and dynamics of group formation. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Why and How do Humans Group?."
Other
Soviet Union: The Big Problems of Small Ethnic Groups
An interesting article on the special problems of small ethnic groups in the former Soviet Union. Ethnic groups in the northern part of Russia are focused on.
Other
Sisd: Henderson Junior High Pages: Native American Groups in Texas [Pdf]
This chapter about Native American groups in Texas grabs the interest of students with colorful images and informative maps. Each section has exercises to help with understanding.
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Are We Headed for a Sixth Mass Extinction
Activity in which students analyze the information on biodiversity and extinction presented in the article and answer questions for discussion, then develop policy to meet modern environmental challenges. Individual and small group work.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Getting Started With Ti Navigator: Compound Interest
This lesson introduces students' to Activity Center. In this lesson, students will explore the effect of compound interest on the amount of an investment over time. Students will work in small groups (or individually) to calculate...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Status and Role in Groups: Lesson 2
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand how parties' perceptions of their status and role in a group may become interests within a conflict. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Status and Role in Groups."
NOAA
Noaa: Arctic Theme Page
Information on the Arctic for students, teachers, and other interested groups includes changes in the ecosystem and climate.
Other
The Association for Computational Linguistics
This site is devoted to the computational linguistics community and contains membership information, publications and journals, and special interest groups.
Curated OER
University of Texas: India: Languages and Minority Religions
This interesting map of India from the Perry-Castaneda Collection shows the three major language families in India along with the percentages of the minor religions in the country.
Other
Dong a Newspaper: Korean Children's Newspaper
Well-known Korean children's newspaper website. Articles match general interests of elementary to middle school students: reports on world news, movie stars, singers, sports, science, school news, cartoons, writing competition and study...
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