ESRI Press | Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators, ArcGIS Desktop Edition

The ESRI Press Dictionary of GIS Terminology, edited by Heather Kennedy
ESRI Press, ©2001

GIS in Schools, by Richard Audet and Gail Ludwig
ESRI Press, ©2000

GIS for Everyone, Third Edition, by David E. Davis
ESRI Press, ©2003

Getting to Know ArcView GIS
ESRI Press, ©1996-1998

Don't Know Much about Geography, by Kenneth C. Davis
Avon Books, ©1990 (reprinted 1999)

Explore Your World: GIS in K-12 Education
ESRI, ©1995

Road Map to Using GIS in Schools and Libraries

GIS Day

Community Atlas Project

National Geographic Map Machine

KanGIS – A K-12 GIS Community

USGS Educational Resources

ESRI Schools and Libraries Home Page

Country-level information

Module 2:

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Volcano Cowboys: The Rocky Evolution of a Dangerous Science, by Dick Thompson
St. Martin Press, ©2000

Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens, by Patricia Lauber
Bradbury Press, ©1986

Vulcan's Fury: Man Against Volcano, by Alwyn Scarth
Yale University Press, ©1999

The Earthquake America Forgot: Two Thousands Trembles in Five Months and It Will Happen Again, by David Stewart, Ray Knox, Don Greenwood
Gutenberg Richter Publishers,©1995

NOVA: Earthquake
Vestron Video, ©1990

NOVA: Volcanoes of the Deep
WGBH Boston, ©1999

NOVA: Deadly Shadows of Vesuvius
WGBH Boston, ©1998

Lava Hunters
The Learning Channel

Volcano: Nature's Inferno
National Geographic, ©1990, 1997 video release, National Geographic

Born of Fire,
National Geographic, ©1983, 1997 video release, National Geographic

National Earthquake Information Center – Earthquake Search

Volcano World

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program – Earthquakes for Kids & Grown Ups

USGS Volcano Hazards Program

This Dynamic Earth – online text

PBS Nova – The Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius

National Geographic Map Machine

Volcano Cam – Mount St. Helens

Module 3:

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Elements of Physical Geography, by Arthur N. Strahler and Alan H. Strahler
New York: John Wiley and Sons, ©1987

Climates of southern and western Asia, edited by K. Takahashi and H. Arakawa
Amsterdam; New York : Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co., ©1981

General Climatology, by Howard J. Critchfield
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 4 rev. ed. ©1983

Contemporary Climatology, by Ann Henderson-Sellers and Peter J. Robinson
New York: John Wiley and Sons, ©1986

An Introduction to Physical Geography, by Robert W. Christopherson
New York: Macmillan, ©1994

Geography for Educators: Standards, Themes, and Concepts, by Susan Wiley Hardwick and Donald G. Holtgrieve
Prentice Hall, ©1996 pp.82-112

Geography: Regions and Concepts, 10th ed., by H. J. de Blij and Peter Muller
John Wiley and Sons, ©1992 Chapter 8

Consortium for International Earth Science Information

NOAA's climate page

National Weather Service

Online Climate Data from WorldClimate.com

Malaysian Meteorological Service

Module 4:

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Geography: Regions and Concepts, 10th ed., by H. J. de Blij and Peter Muller
John Wiley and Sons, ©1992 pp. 60-62

Geography for Educators: Standards, themes, and Concepts, by Susan Wiley Hardwick and Donald G. Holtgrieve
Prentice Hall, ©1996 pp.153-163

Population: A Lively Introduction, Population bulletin, Vol. 53, No. 3, by Joseph A. Mcfalls Jr.
Population Reference Bureau, ©1998

World Population: Towards the Next Century
Population Reference Bureau

Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census, by Tertius Chandler,
Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, ©1989

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

UNFPA Fast Facts

County & State Quickfacts from the U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Census Bureau

United Nations report, The World at Six Billion

United Nations Population Information Network

National Council for Science and the Environment

Module 5:

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Dictionary of human geography, 3rd.ed.rev., edited by R. J. Johnston, Derek Gregory, and David M. Smith
Oxford; Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Reference, ©1994

Geography and political power : the geography of nations and states, by Peter M. Slowe
London ; New York : Routledge, ©1990

Systematic Political Geography, by Martin J. Glassner and Harm J. de Blij
New York: John Wiley and Sons, 4 rev.ed., ©1989

Political Geography of the Twentieth Century: A Global Analysis, by Peter J. Taylor, ed.
London: Belhaven Press and New York: Halstead Press, ©1993

Geography: Regions and Concepts, 10th ed., by H. J. de Blij and Peter Muller
John Wiley and Sons, ©1992 pp. 548-549

Geography for Educators: Standards, themes, and Concepts, by Susan Wiley Hardwick and Donald G. Holtgrieve
Prentice Hall, ©1996 pp.174-187.

Nation, State, and Territory, by Roy E.H. Mellor
©1989

Political Geography links

United Nations

Saudi Geological Society

British Yemeni Society

Middle Eastern country information

Module 6:

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Human Geography: Landscapes of Human Activities, by Jerome Fellmann, Arthur Getis, and Judith Getis
Wm. C. Brown Publishers, ©1992

Geography: Regions and Concepts, by H.J. DeBlij and Peter O. Muller
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ©1992

World Geography: Building a Global Perspective (Global and Environmental Issues Enrichment Lesson Plan Book)
Prentice Hall, ©1998

Don't Know Much about Geography, by Kenneth C. Davis
Avon Books, ©1990 (reprinted 1999)

African Dilemma: A Photo Essay
The World Bank Group, ©1992

The Business of Service
The World Bank Group, ©1994

Companions on the Progress Road
The World Bank Group, ©1985

World Bank for Schools

Canada Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade - NAFTA
Presents clear and concise information on the history of NAFTA and continuing NAFTA issues as well as the full text of the NAFTA agreement.

Foreign Trade Information System
Foreign Trade Information System contains excellent information on NAFTA as well as on foreign trade in general.

United States Census Bureau Foreign Trade Statistics

Canadian Trade Data Online

INEGI – Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Geografia e Informatica

United States Bureau of Economic Analysis

United States Dept. of Labor – NAFTA TAA
The NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance (NAFTA-TAA) Program.

Module 7:

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Lonely Planet Antarctica, 2nd Edition, by Jeff Rubin
Lonely Planet Publishers, ©2000

Shackleton: The Antarctic Challenge
National Geographic Society, ©1999

Isaacs Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, by Erik Larson
Crown Publishers, ©1999

Hurricane Watch: Forecasting the Deadliest Storms on Earth, by Dr. Bob Sheets and Jack Williams
Vintage Books, ©2001

NOVA: Warnings from the Ice
WBGH Boston Video, ©1998

National Geographic: Antarctica: Life in the Freezer
National Geographic Society, ©1998

The History Channel: 20th Century with Mike Wallace - Hurricanes: Natural Born Killers
A&E Entertainment, ©1999