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News from around the world

BBC

CNN

CNN Student News

The Boston Globe

The Guardian

The New York Times

Time 

The Washington Post

Times On Line (limited access)

National Geographic News

Reference and homework help

Dictionaries

Encyclopedias, etc.

Cambridge Dictionaries Online

Student Dictionary

Merriam-Webster Dicionary

OneLook Dictionary Search

V2 Vocabulary Building Dictionary

The World Factbook 

Ethnologue

BBC Languages

United Nations Cyber Schoolbus

BBC Learning

Learning English

Learn English with the BBC

The Phrasal Verb Page 

Phrasal Verb Dictionary with exercises

Interactive Grammar Exercises by Glenys Hanson.

The English language:

    The Origin and History of the English Language

    Words Borrowed from Other Languages

Phonetic symbols and their sounds:

   The Phonetic Chart

   The Sounds of English

Ordinal Numbers 

Reading numbers  

Present continuous

Jobs 

Telling time 

Clothes 

Basic number Pronunciation

Number Comprehension

Pronunciation of names and place-names

History

The History Channel

United States History Map 

American History - Growth of a Nation

American Memory Timeline at the Library of Congress

Native American Shelters

Native American Houses

African-American History Timeline

African American World Timeline

Understanding Slavery - Discovery Education

Holocaust Encyclopedia - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Interactive map - Celts and Romans

Organizations

Canada's Office of Consumer Affairs

Ethical Consumer

FAO-Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Greenpeace

Habitat for Humanity

Office of Fair Trading (UK)

Sierra Club

Stopglobalwarming.org

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Hunger Site - One click will help feed the hungry

WWF 

Miscellaneous

Chocolate: The Exhibition at The Field Museum, Chicago

Urban Legends Reference Pages (Snopes)

Guinness World Records

Countries, cities, places

Holidays and Celebrations