Lesson Links Social Studies Links is a site from a BC teacher that contains links for Social Studies research, maps, bibliographies and essay writing. There are also lesson plans for Comparative Civilizations and other subjects. Resources Artcyclopedia: The Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet contains links to 6 000 artists. You can conduct an Artist Search or Browse by movement, medium, subject, nationality, alphabetically, monthly top 30, art museums worldwide, and a picture search (links to 11 fine art, and image search engines). You will get links to artists' works contained in Museum and Art Galleries, and Other Web sites (biographies, etc.). David Thompson Socials Online: Comparative Civilizations Resources page contains a good collection of links on Early Humans, Monkey Trial, Greece, India, Mayan Civilization, Chinese Civilization, Silk Road, and Islamic Civilization. The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci is a simple site that contains 39 good quality images of da Vinci's drawings. Mr.Remmel's web site is a class site for a Social Studies teacher in the US. He teaches a class called World Civilizations, and if you go to that page there are a variety of topics such as Renaissance and Reformation, European Exploration and Colonization, Changed and Changing World, New Nations in Latin America, etc. that have class notes with links. There is a also Model United Nations page, but I didn't take a look at that. The course is not the same as Comparative Civilizations but there may be some comparable sections that you can use. World Cultures is a site from Washington State University that tries to combine the reading and course materials for two web-based World Cultures courses. The course is designed for freshmen-level students, but the texts, glossary and learning modules are intended for use by high school students also. The learning modules are Tradition and Memory: World Civilizations to 1500, and Culture, Conflict, and Modern World Civilizations after 1500 (under development). The Modules cover general topics such as "What is Culture?" and individual modules on the history and thought of particular cultures and eras. The categories of modules for World Civilizations to 1500 are: The Earliest Traditions, Africa, China, Europe and the European Traditions, Islam, India and Indian Traditions, Japan, and Native Americans. I took a look at the Renaissance module and it contained short articles about the Renaissance that are fairly straightforward and suitable for older high school students, resources containing a gallery, timeline, atlas, readings, glossary, and Internet links. The site is fairly easy to navigate and flexible enough that you can look directly at the Anthology of Readings, Glossary, Atlases, and Internet Resources pages. Both students and teachers should find this site useful. Please report any dead links.