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College and Careers

Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://wwwl.bls.gov/oco/

“The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.”

Oklahoma Higher Education
http://www.okhighered.org

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

Princeton Review
http://www.princetonreview.com/

“The Princeton Review helps students achieve ‘Better scores. Better schools.’ The Princeton Review now helps millions of students each year to navigate standardized tests and the college and graduate school admissions process through its courses, books, software and Web sites.”

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Child Labor

By the Sweat and Toil of Children
http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/media/reports/iclp/sweat6/
sweat6_html/sweat6_chap_1.html

From the US Department of Labor, this site presents its report on international child labor and the US' commitment to eliminate it.

Beyond Child Labour: Affirming Rights
http://www.unicef.org/pubsgen/beyond-child-labour/

This UNICEF site contains official documents, links to other sites about child labor and children's rights.

mpanies your remarks.

Child Labor in America
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/

Photo essay by Lewis W. Hines plus links to more info

Children in the Fields
http://www.afop.org/children/children.cfm

From the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, this site provides facts about children in the fields and information about eliminating child labor.

Triangle Factory Fire
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/

"The fire at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 young immigrant workers, is one of the worst disasters since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. This incident has had great significance to this day because it highlights the inhumane working conditions to which industrial workers can be subjected."

Youth & Labor
http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/youthlabor/index.htm

From the US Department of Labor, this site presents the federal guidelines for young people to work. The site includes child labor statistics.

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Civil Rights

American Civil Rights Institute
http://www.acri.org/

This civil rights organization site provides information to educate about racial and gender issues.

Civil Rights Division: Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/

U.S. government's site covers historic and recent civil rights issues.

Civil Rights.org
http://www.civilrights.org

Highlights vital issues in civil rights now.

National Civil Rights Museum: Virtual Tour
http://www.mecca.org/~crights/cyber.html

Arranged in chronological order, this tour leads you through historic American civil rights moments.

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Drugs and Drug Abuse

DARE
http://www.dare-america.com/index2.htm

The latest drug statistics from the DEA.

DEA: Drug Enforcement Administration
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/

Check out drug statistics and facts and more here.

Drug Abuse Trends
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/factsht/druguse/index.html

The Office of National Drug Control Policy presents statistics on trends in drug-related crimes and looks at drug use trends by individual drug.

Drugs of Concern
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/concern.htm

The latest drug statistics from the DEA.

Drug-Free Resource Net
http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/

From Partnership for a Drug-Free America, this site provides FAQs about drugs, and an information database about individual drugs. Includes images of what the drugs look like.

Get it Straight: The Facts About Drugs
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/straight/cover.htm

This DEA drug prevention book online provides a lot of information about prevention and why.

A Guide for Teens
http://www.health.org/govpubs/PHD688/

"Does your friend have an alcohol or other drug problem? What can you do to help?"

Straight Facts about Drugs and Alcohol
http://www.health.org/govpubs/rpo884/

The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information gives the facts about drugs and alcohol and how they effect you physically and mentally.

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Drunk Driving

Alcohol Alert: Drinking and Driving
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa31.htm

From the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Drinking & Driving
http://www2.potsdam.edu/SOC/hansondj/DrinkDrive/DrinkingDriving.html

Statistics and other information about drinking and driving.

Drinking and Driving Data
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/kids/research/drinking/index.cfm

From the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. See how many car crashes were related to alcohol in your state at this site. Also provided, the legal blood alcohol content for each state, number of alcohol-related deaths and the percentage of deaths related to alcohol for each state.

Impaired Driving
http://www.ncadd.org/facts/fyidui.html

From the National Institute on Alcohol and Drug Dependence.

MADD: Mothers Against Drunk Driving
http://www.madd.org/

Includes current news and information about drunk driving as well as detailed drunk driving statistics for youth and deaths. Check out the "Under 21" page for more information about alcohol-related information for teenage boys and girls.

MADD: Youth in Action
http://www.madd.org/madd_programs/0,1056,2044,00.html

A movement of MADD, this site "features eight new anti-drinking programs for and by youth under the 21 legal drinking age."

National Commission Against Drunk Driving
http://www.ncadd.com/

"A non-profit organization of private and public sector leaders who are dedicated to minimizing the human and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes by working to make driving impaired a socially unacceptable act."

Public Policy: Rating the States
http://www.madd.org/stats/0,1056,2424,00.html

From MADD, this site presents "a Report Card on the Nation's Attention to the Problem of Alcohol- and Other Drug-Impaired Driving." Choose a state from the clickable map and learn the total fatalities in a state compared to the US statistic, and the costs involved in drink driving fatalities and injuries.

SADD Online: Students Against Destructive Decisions
http://www.saddonline.com/default.htm

Find daily updated bulletins and "interaction between SADD Members and Administrators, Educators, and SADD Partners."

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Gangs

Juvenile Justice Facts & Figures: Gangs
http://www.ncjrs.org/html/ojjdp/97_ygs/contents.html

This site includes each year's National Youth Gang Survey and includes a summary of gang trends from 1996 to 2000.

Combating Street Gangs
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/pubs/reform/ch2_e.html

National Juvenile Justice Reform Initiatives.

The Coroner's Report
http://www.gangwar.com/

A commercial site produced by a gang researcher and educator. Contains a useful overview of gang history and dynamics.

Gang-Related Legislation: National Youth Gang Center
http://www.iir.com/nygc/task2_3.htm

Gang-related legislation organized by subject and by state.

National Youth Gang Center
http://www.iir.com/nygc/

Statistics, analysis, legislation, gang program strategies and more.

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Tobacco

Children and Tobacco Compliance Checker
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/oc/cftobacco/search.cfm

The FDA present this searchable database to see if any local area businesses have sold tobacco to minors.

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Fairy Tales & Legends

Native American Lore Index Page
http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html

Native stories online.

Fairy Tales from Around the World
http://www.darsie.net/talesofwonder/

“The stories in this collection represent a small sampling of the rich storytelling art that is the common heritage of humanity.”