CPIN - Research Library

CPIN Image Map - (Text links at end of document)

Various Other Resources

This Research Library is designed to help students prepare for the CPIN simulation. These resources will help you research your assigned country as well as the issues which you will be negotiating. Please remember, however, that using the Internet requires you to carefully evaluate the sources that you have chosen to use.

    Atlas of the World
    CIA Factbook
    Ethnologue: Languages of the World
    International Constitutional Law
    Electronic Embassy
    On-Line Intelligence Project
    Materials Targeted at High Schools
    State Department Background Notes
Project ICONS, University of Maryland
International Studies Association (ISA) Network
International Affairs Resources - Elizabethtown College
Cyber School Bus - A United Nations Project
    International Affairs Resources- Central and Eastern European Studies International Studies Association (CEEISA) Server
    Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)

The Federal Resources for Educational Excellence site has resources in the arts, science, & social studies. Below are some new sites that have just been listed and may be of use to you. FREE makes it easy for teachers, parents, students, & others to find teaching & learning resources from more than 40 federal organizations.

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Science

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"Bugscope" offers magnified images of specimens of beetles,

spiders, & other insects & anthropods viewed through an electron

microscope. (National Science Foundation)

http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu

"For Kids Only: Earth Science Enterprise" helps students learn

about aerosols, ozone, air pressure, tropical rainfall &

hurricanes, plate tectonics, earth science careers, & more. (National Aeronautics & Space Administration)

http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/

"From A Distance" features more than 50 lessons that rely on remote

sensing to help students follow a whale or the life of a star,

observe population density on a map, participate in a scavenger

hunt from space, & more. The lessons, developed by teachers, are

organized by grade clusters: K-4, 5-8, & 9-12. (National Aeronautics & Space Administration)

http://education.ssc.nasa.gov/ltp/

"NASA Oceanography: Learning" provides online field trips; remote

sensing tools for monitoring ocean changes; information about

reefs, carbon, & phytoplankton; & other resources. This website is

based on NASA research & satellite missions focused on global ocean

science. (NASA)

http://oceans.nasa.gov/learn/index.html

"Teaching Earth Science" describes earth science education programs

& resources across NASA for elementary grades through college. The

website lists products recommended by NASA as outstanding for

teaching earth science. It also offers past issues of "ESE

Education Reports" -- an email update on NASA earth science

research & education activities. (National Aeronautics & Space Administration)

http://earth.nasa.gov/education/index.html

"TOPEX/Poseidon: Educational Resources" presents activities for

learning about oceans, oceanography, earth science, & related

topics. This is the education website of a partnership between the

U.S. & France to monitor global ocean circulation, discover ties

between the oceans & atmosphere, & improve global climate

predictions. (National Aeronautics & Space Administration)

http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/education.html

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Social studies

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"Edward S. Curtis's North American Indian" is one of the most

significant & controversial representations of American Indian

culture ever produced. Issued in a limited edition from 1907-1930,

the publication continues to influence the image of Indians in

popular culture. In over 2000 photos & narrative, Curtis portrayed

the traditional customs & lifeways of 80 Indian tribes. (Library of Congress)

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html

"The Empire That Was Russia" shows photographs of a lost world --

the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I & the coming

revolution. Medieval churches & monasteries, railroads &

factories, & daily life & work of Russia's diverse population are

among the subjects. The photos were taken by Sergei Mikhailovich

Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944), who, in the early 1900s, formulated a

plan for a photographic survey of the Russian Empire that won the

support of Nicholas II. Between 1909-1912, & again in 1915, he

completed surveys of 11 regions, traveling in a specially equipped

railroad car provided by the Ministry of Transportation. (Library of Congress)

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/

"History Firsthand" is designed to help elementary students

understand primary sources. Students learn how archival

collections are organized, how to interpret artifacts & documents,

how to use primary sources to tell a story, & how to do online

research. (Library of Congress)

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/firsthand/main.html

"History & Politics Out Loud" offers a collection of audio

materials -- some available for the first time -- capturing

significant political & historical events & personalities of the

20th century. Materials range from formal speeches to private

phone conversations conducted from the White House. Speakers

include Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson,

Martin Luther King, Richard Nixon, & others. (National Endowment for the Humanities/National Science Foundation)

http://www.hpol.org/

"The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project,

1935-1939" includes photographs, stage & costume designs, &

notebooks pertaining to productions of "Macbeth," "The Tragical

History of Dr. Faustus," & "Power," a topical drama of the period.

Full scripts for 68 other plays are also available, along with

administrative records of the Federal Theatre Project. (Library of Congress)

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/collections/stage/ndintro.html