The best resources will be the databases supplied by the CHS Library. See Sirs Researcher  icon below on this page and every page on the web site. Current, up-to-date articles may be accessed once you decide on a topic. 

choices; teaching with the news - developed by Choices Program at Brown Univ's Watson Institute for International Studies.  

Current Global issues at Facing the Future: People and the Planet - a non-profit organization leads students to better understand the role and effects of human population on the world.  An "Issues in Depth" link will look closely at many issues facing us today.

Current Issues Site - "Justice Learning is an innovative, issue-based approach for engaging high school students in informed political discourse." The web site uses audio from the Justice Talking radio show and articles from The New York Times to teach students about reasoned debate and the often-conflicting values inherent in our democracy. The web site includes articles, editorials and oral debate from the nation's finest journalists and advocates

Current Issues posted by the BBC:  Religion and Ethics, Science and Nature Hot Topics

First Amendment Schools - First Amendment Schools: Educating for Freedom and Responsibility, co-sponsored by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and the First Amendment Center, is a national initiative designed to transform how schools teach and practice the rights and responsibilities of citizenship that frame civic life in our democracy.

From Front Lines to Headlines; explore how media shape our understanding of war - In this important campaign season, how the media portrays each candidate and the issues at large - including an Iraq war that has sharply divided Americans - will go a long way toward defining the outcome.  PBS raises our awareness of the pivotal role the media has played in shaping our understanding of war throughout the last hundred years. 

Frontline: A Class Divided - Deals with discrimination based on an experiment in a classroom in 1968 and how powerful it still is today.

Gallop Organization and Social Issues and Policy - Check here for articles on current issues and see what polls have been recently conducted and what results were obtained.

Global Connections - Produced by WGBH, this online resource can help you and your students learn more about two areas of the world currently making headline news, Liberia and the Middle East. Designed especially for high school classrooms, "Global Connections" draws from the extensive resources of PBS and NPR to offer visitors a deeper understanding of these regions and their relationships with the U.S.

Hot Topic  - One of the best sources on the net  to find a current issues and access current sites. The site is from O'Keefe Library. 

Internet Public Library Social Issues and Social Welfare Resources

Issue Guides from the N Y Times Learning Network - see the issues that are covered in the Nov. 2008 election.

Media and War - War, Propaganda and the Media - make sure to read about this website and the creator.  

Media Awareness Network - This highly-rated Canadian site acts as a clearinghouse of information and resources for media literacy and violence in the media. It also includes over 140 prepared and copyright cleared teacher units and discussion groups on current media related issues.

Multnomah County Library Homework Center - An excellent listing of  links which represent today's social issues.

National Issues Forum - NIF - nonpartisan, nationwide network of locally sponsored public forums for the consideration of public policy issues.

Neiman Watchdog - questions the press should ask

PopPlanet - Environment, population and health issues confronting the world today.

Popular Research Topics from Dallas High School Library - excellent links to articles, essays, reports and other research commonly used for research papers and speeches. The topics cover current issues in the news.

Public Agenda.org - Public Agenda's mission is to help: 1. American leaders better understand the public's point of view. 2. Citizens know more about critical policy issues so they can make thoughtful, informed decisions.

Voices of Youth (VOY) - A youth community site created by UNICEF.  Here, youth from around the world can explore, discuss, and partner on issues related to human rights and social change through e-discussion boards, guidelines, and news.

YouThink - learn about the issues that affect you in this world.- specifically for youth.

Check the Sociology link for current topics.

Individual Sites for Innovative Ideas:

Beyond the Fire; teen experiences in War - stories from 15 teens involved in a war zone.  Excellent listing of links under Resources.

Civil Rights Issues

Conversion Technology - The Company claims that this process can turn almost anything into oil. Plastic bottles, syringes, municiple liquid waste, tires, medical waste, turkey guts, etc.  Amazing. And it's actually eco-friendly. It's called Thermal Depolymerization.

Global Issues - Center for Strategic and International Studies - a site dedicated to providing world leaders with strategic insights on — and policy solutions to — current and emerging global issues.

GLSEN - teaching respect for all

Globalization links from Virtual Trade Mission.