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Mariner Books. ISBN 978-0618001903 (0618001905)
    Reprint, Oct 1999, Trade Paperback. $15

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Nation Information:  draft list (5/2/08)
This information will be for the second portion of the test.
www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

Background notes for the following nations:
Angola
Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)
Kenya
South Africa Zimbabwe

Additional Helpful Web Sites: draft list (5/2/08)

• World Bank Sub-Saharan Africa section of the World Bank website
  http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/0,,menuPK:258649~pagePK:158889~piPK:146815~theSitePK:258644,00.html
• United Nations AIDS information
  http://www.unaids.org/en/CountryResponses/Regions/SubSaharanAfrica.asp
• UN report on the progress report on declaration of commitments on HIV and AIDS
  http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2008/south_africa_2008_country_progress_report_en.pdf 
• Interactive map
  http://www.worldmap.org/region.php?region=Sub-Saharan%20Africa
• Political map
  http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/africapol.pdf 
• Countries map
  http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/africaa.htm
• Blank outline map
  http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/afoutl.htm
• Major landforms map
  http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/aflnd.htm
• Countries with capital cities
  http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/maps/africa.htm
• CIA World Fact Book information regarding specific nations
  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html
• The following link provides interactive links to various regions of Africa with general information about specific nations
  http://africanhistory.about.com/od/eraindependence/l/bl-AtlasOfIndependence.htm
• The following is an interesting bit of information about the recent history of Africa from an African perspective
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/
• General information related to the specific nations as well as continental issues
  http://www.infoplease.com/
• Link to the PBS special regarding Congo by Bill Moyers
  http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04042008/profile2.html

2007-08 TOPIC: The Supreme Court

Primary Reading Selection:  THE SUPREME COURT by William H. Rehnquist.

Vintage. ISBN 978-0-375-70861-9 (0-375-70861-8)
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Supreme Court Cases

• Barron v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, 32 U.S. 243 (1833)
  
• Brown v. Board of Education, 349 U.S. 294 (1954, 1955)
  
• Dred Scott v. Sandford, (1857)
  
• Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947)
  
• Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
  
• Gitlow v. New York, 268 U.S. 652 (1925)
  
• Hazelwood School Dist. v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988)
  
• Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
  
• Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961)
  
• Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803)
  
• McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819)
  
• Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436
  
• Near v. Minnesota, 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
  
• New Jersey v. T.L.O., (1985)
  
• Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
  
• Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
  
• Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
  
• Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290 (2000)
  
• School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963)
  
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Dist., 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
  
• Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989)

Sources of related information

• The Supreme Court ⋅ For Educators ⋅ Resources | PBS    [added 7/16/07]
  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/educators/resources.html
• History of the Supreme Court
  http://usgovinfo.about.com/blcthistory.htm
• General information and descriptions of major court decisions
  http://www.historicaldocuments.com/SupremeCourtDecisions.htm
• Information about the history of the court under each of the chief justices
  http://www.supremecourthistory.org/
• The “official” Supreme Court website, contains general information as well as more detailed material related to the current court
  http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
• Provides brief information about any case ever heard by the Court and also has links to brief biographies of former justices
  http://www.oyez.org/
• Historical information
  http://www.findlaw.com/10fedgov/judicial/supreme_court/index.html
• List of categories of court cases
  http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm
• Contains information about cases and links to biographic information related to Supreme Court Justices
  http://www.michaelariens.com/
• General information including access to court cases
  http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html
• Access to all Supreme Court decisions
  http://supreme.justia.com
• Sources of definitions:
  http://www.answers.com
  http://www.lectlaw.com/def/e038.htm
• Excellent source of information from the New York Times
  http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/s/supreme_court/index.html

RUBRIC for the Social Studies Essay