Some of these sites are focused on news or current events, while others
might be units about war or about the Middle East. Explore them all and find
the materials you need. Many of the News sites also have teacher guides and
resources you can use in the classroom.

You might want to check out these Seven Strategies for Watching the News (for students):
http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/watchnews.html

• ChannelOne - http://www.channelone.com/
• CNN Student News - http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/index.html
• Iraq Maps (CNN) - http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/maps/index.html
• War in Iraq: Online Lessons and Links -
  http://www.crf-usa.org/Iraqwar_html/iraqwar_home.html
• NY Times Learning Network: Standoff with Iraq - http://www.nytimes.com/learning/issues_in_depth/20030129.html
• NewsHour Extra: Iraq - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/iraq/
• NewsHour Extra: Top Stories - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/iraq/
• Newsweek Education Program - http://school.newsweek.com/
• PBS Parents: Talking with Kids about War and Violence - http://www.pbs.org/parents/issuesadvice/war/
• Teen Newsweek Front Page -
  http://www.msnbc.com/news/NW-TEENNEWSWEEK_Front.asp?cp1=1
• The War on the Web: Sites to see on the road to Baghdad - http://slate.msn.com/id/2080407/
• Time for Kids Online - http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
• Time for Kids: America at War - http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/iraq
• Time.com: Classroom - http://www.time.com/time/classroom/
• Usnews.com: Background Information - http://www.time.com/time/classroom/
• Yahooligans News - http://www.yahooligans.com/content/news/
• Yahooligans: War in Iraq - http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc3/yahooligans/middleeast/
• Afghanistan Resources - http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/afghanweb/Default.htm
• Conflicts in the Middle East - http://www.mrdowling.com/608conflicts.html
• Iraq Military History and Institutions - http://www.regiments.org/milhist/mideast/iraq.htm
• White House: Operation Iraqi Freedom -
  • http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/
  • www.whitehousekids.com:
• On the Homefront - http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/onthehomefront.html
• US Department of State: Iraq Update - http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/
• CBBC Newsround - http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/default.stm
• Kidsnewsroom.org - http://www.kidsnewsroom.com/
• Weekly Reader Web Site - http://www.weeklyreader.com/homepage.asp
• Teen World News - http://www.teenworldnews.com/
• Student News Service - http://www.snsnews.net/iraq/
• Conflict in Iraq - http://www.teachersfirst.com/iraq.html
• NewsHour Extra Teacher Resources - http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/watchnews.html
• Crisis with Iraq - http://66.40.219.233/twtn.cfm?id=6
• Essential Questions about the War with Iraq - http://www.esrnational.org/sp/we/uw/iraqquestions.htm
• Iraq: A Country Study - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iqtoc.html
• Educators for Social Responsibility - http://www.esrnational.org/
• War in Iraq: Online Lessons and Links -
  http://www.crf-usa.org/Iraqwar_html/iraqwar_home.html
• Maps of the Middle East - http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/me.htm
• Talking with Elementary Children about the War - http://www.cmionline.org/pdf/GuidelinesWarElem.pdf
  (This downloads a pdf file.)
• Talking to Children when the Talking Gets Tough -
  http://www.caringteachers.com/html/deeper-meanings.html
• Helping Children Cope - http://www.naspcenter.org/safe_schools/coping.html
• Conflict with Iraq - http://www.surfnetkids.com/iraq.htm
• Scholastic News - http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/war-iraq/
• USA Today - http://www.usatoday.com/

The following is a list of sites for sending messages or care packages to the military:

• Operation Military Support - http://www.operationmilitarysupport.com/
• Send a Message to the Troops - http://AnyServiceMember.Navy.mil/nav4/MessageSend.html
• Operation USO Care Package - http://www.usocares.org/USOCares.htm

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