SLMC Geography Links Choose here for Geography Research links on Current Events--India for Spring 2008:

Sheldon Library Virtual SLMC map Reference Class Connections Staff Connections Reading & Authors Online News Magazines & Newspapers Other Libraries Sheldon High School

The FOLLOWING URL's are DIRECT links to the questions students will be researching. Numbers should match up with questions, if not check with your teacher. 1.) Education: Educating India’s Poor 2.) Education: Vigyan Ashram 3.) Health/Business: The Struggle for Palm Oil 4.) Health/Environment: The Struggle for Water 5.) Health/Environment: India’s Sanitation Struggle 6.) City Profile: Bombay Dreams 7.) City Profile: Mangalore Grows Up 8.) City Profile/Environment: India, Old and New (Gurgaon, New Delhi) 9.) Government/People: Gujarat’s Nomad Voters 10.) Sports/Religion/Lifestyle: Calcutta’s Woman Boxer 11.) Sports/Religion: India Cricket Craze, Fans’ Prayers 12.) Lifestyle/Geography: India Tea Workers 13.) Lifestyle/Agriculture: Indian Family, A Small Plot 14.) Lifestyle/Geography: Surviving in the Heat and Dust 15.) Government/Lifestyle: Indian Postman 16.) People: India’s African Communities 17.) Terrorism: Bombings in Bombay 18.) Globalization: Hope and Toil at India’s Call-Centers (Click “View Individual Images and Captions” in the lower right-hand corner) 19.) Economy: For Richer or Poorer (If the screen turns to an advertisement, look at the upper right of the screen for the “Skip Ad” button) 20.) Travel/Economy: A Touch of France in Pondicherry 21.) Migration/Human Rights Issues: The Phenomenon of Displacement—India 22.) Abuses of Power/Human Rights Issues: Protecting the Killers The following websites provide major links to the subjects studied. Use each link to look for your assigned topic Education: Educating India’s Poor NY Times slide shows about India Topics include: Education, Health, Business, Environment, City Profiles, Travel and Economy Education: Vigyan Ashram BBC News Picture Gallery Topics include: Education, Health, Environment, Government, Sports, Religion, Lifestyle, Geography and Agriculture City Profile: Bombay Dreams NY Times Photo Essays 2006 Topics include: City Profiles, Terrorism, Economy Globalization: Hope and Toil at India’s Call-Centers Washington Post Photo Essays Topics include: Globalization Migration/Human Rights Issues: The Phenomenon of Displacement—India Asia Source's Photo Essay of India Topics include: Travel and Economy Abuses of Power/Human Rights Issues: Protecting the Killers Human Rights Isues Topics include: Human Rights Issues and Abuse of Power .

April 18, 2008