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Revolutions

Arab Spring

http://www.bbc.co.uk
Search the BBC for Arab Spring provides Editors' Choice of articles, a timeline of events, and analysis of the key areas and event in each country. 

http://www.guardian.co.uk
The online Guardian Newspaper has a good timeline of events.

Open Democracy
http://opendemocracy.net

Scroll down on the right side of the home page for a section on the Arab Revolution.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/freeform-tags/arab-revolutions

Note: The Arab Spring is also known as The Arab Awakening and The Arab Revolution.

Newsademic

American Revolution

Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.school.eb.co.uk
Search term American Revolution

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution

http://www.theamericanrevolution.com

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/revolutionary_war/american_revolution.htm

http://www.harlingen.isd.tenet.edu/coakhist/amrev.html

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/revolution/revolution_menu.cfm

French Revolution

Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.school.eb.co.uk
Search term French Revolution

http://victorianweb.org/history/hist7.html

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/

http://history-world.org/french_revolution.htm

http://www.historywiz.com/oldregime.htm

http://curiosity.discovery.com/topic/world-history/french-revolution-pictures1.htm

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/browse/images/#

Russian Revolution

Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.school.eb.co.uk
Search term Russian Revolution

http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/russiaandukraine/a/rrevstimeline1.htm

http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/westn/russrev.html

http://history-world.org/russian_revolution.htm

http://web.mit.edu/Russia1917/
An interactive timeline of the Revolution. Click on a dot on the timeline to read about the event.


Reformation

BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk
At the top of the page, click More, and History, then Select British History. Search terms: Civil War (includes the Reformation), Tudors

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl2.org
Search by Subject using Reformation.

http://www.school.eb.co.uk
Search for the topic Reformation

Earth Science

Books on Biomes
577 DAV Biomes and Ecosystems
REF UXL Encyclopaedia of Biomes
NASA Biomes
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/plantindex.php
See also links

Electricity

Physics4Kids
http://www.physics4kids.com/files/elec_intro.html
A simple explanation of charges, current, voltage and much more.

LLL: Lois Lowry Live

NPR Interview with Lois Lowry, author of The Giver. The Act of Giving. December 19, 2000
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1115711
Radio interview with the author. You may need to download Real Media to listen to this.

Revolutions: American, France

Brazil

Books: Don't forget Atlases!

(REF 909.83) Guide to the State of the World.
(REF 909.82) Atlas of 20th Century History. p. 132,133.
918.104 CLE Rough Guide to Brazil
981 DIC Countries of the World: Brazil
981 FOL The Amazon
577.8 Biosphere Reserves: Special Places for People and Nature. p.160,161.

See Tab: Country Studies/Geography

InfoPlease!
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0857007.html#axzz0yMciOXYI
Brazil article: LAND.

4kids Youthink! Created by The World Bank
http://youthink.worldbank.org/4kids/
Click on Issues for facts on climate change, conflict, corruption, debt relief.

IBGE: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/

The World Bank: Health
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/health

SEDLAC: Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean
http://sedlac.econo.unlp.edu.ar/eng/index.php

Brazil Poverty Map
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/LACEXT/EXTLACREGTOPPOVANA/0,,contentMDK:22416581~pagePK:34004173~piPK:34003707~theSitePK:841175,00.html

International Human Development Indicators
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/BRA.html#top