Society

Society - Free and Open Source Educational Software

The Study of Society and the Environment

Definitions

"A society is a population of humans characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals that share a distinctive culture and/or institutions. More broadly, a society is an economic, social and industrial infrastructure in which a varied multitude of people or peoples are a part. Members of a society may be from different ethnic groups."
- Wikipedia Society 22 October 2008
"The natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is a term that encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof."
- Wikipedia Natural Environment 22 October 2008

History

Australian History from National Library of Australia http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/histsite.html
Australian History from Australian Government site http://www.australia.gov.au/48
Australian Museum Online http://www.amonline.net.au
Australia You're Standing In It http://www.virtualteacher.com.au/australia.html
Canada History http://www.cyber-north.com/canada/history.html
Canada The History os a People http://www.canadahistory.com/
Canada The History of http://www.linksnorth.com/canada-history/
Canada History from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Canada
New Zealand History online from NZ Government http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/
New Zealand in History by Robbie Whitmore http://history-nz.org/
New Zealand Ancient and Modern History http://www.enzed.com/hist.html
UK History from BBC TV and radio http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
UK History for schools http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/
UK History from Institute of Historical Research online web site http://www.history.ac.uk/search/
US History from US Department of State http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/histryotln/
US History from Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia http://www.ushistory.org/
US History from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States
The Online Books Page http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=Icsubc&key=history
Classic Book Library - History http://classicbook.info/genres/history.html
Free Online Courses & Resouces - History at Free-Ed.Net http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/SocialScience/History/

History of the Web

Hobbes Internet Timeline http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/
Origins and Nature of the Internet in Australia http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/II/OzI04.html
Roads and Crossroads of Internet History http://www.internetvalley.com/intval.html
A Brief History of the Internet, by those who created it http://www.isoc.org/internet-history/brief.shtml
The History of the Computers and the Internet http://www.imagescape.com/helpweb/history/background.html
Chronology of Personal Computers http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/comphist/
Early Computer Security Papers, Part I http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/history/index.html
A Little History of the World Wide Web http://www.w3.org/History.html
History of the Internet, Internet for Historians (and just about everyone else) http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/ivh/frame_theorie.html

Geography

seterra - geography quiz program (Windows) http://www.wartoft.nu/software/seterra/ (Free)
World_Wind - NASA geography software requires .NET (Windows) http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov (NASA Open Source License)

KGeography - geography learning tool (Linux)

geography-quiz program. (GPL)

Google Earth - Explore, Search and Discover http://earth.google.com/
Test your Geography Knowledge http://www.mccollam.com/fun/geoquiz/
Test your knowledge of world geography http://www.geosense.net/
About.com: Geography http://geography.about.com/
EDNA browse - School Education / Curriculum Resource / Society & Environment / Senior Secondary Society and Environment resources / Geography http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/resources/browse
FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory - geography http://directory.fsf.org/science/geography/
Australian Bureau of Statistics http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/cashome.nsf/Home/Entry%20Page.es
24TimeZones - Australia Time Map http://24timezones.com/au_map/australia_time.htm

Government Sites

Australian Government http://www.australia.gov.au/
Queensland Government http://www.qld.gov.au/
New South Wales Government http://www.nsw.gov.au/
Victoria Government http://www.vic.gov.au/
South Australia Government http://www.sa.gov.au/
Western Australia Government http://wa.gov.au/
Northern Territory Government http://www.nt.gov.au/
Tasmania Government http://www.tas.gov.au/
Australian Capital Territory http://www.act.gov.au/
More Governments
Canadian Government http://canada.gc.ca/
New Zealand Governement http://newzealand.govt.nz/
United Kingdom Government http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm
United States Government http://www.usa.gov/index.shtml
Free Online Courses & Resouces - American Government at Free-Ed.Net http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/SocialScience/Government/

Environment

Australian Government Environment Education http://www.environment.gov.au/education/
CSIRO Environment http://www.csiro.au/science/Environment.html
Environment Protection Agency Queensland http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/
Environment Protection Agency New South Wales http://www.envionment.nsw.gov.au/
Environment Protection Agency Victoria http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/
Environment Protection Agency South Australia http://www.epa.sa.gov.au/
Environment Protection Agency Western Australia http://www.epa.wa.gov.au/
Environment Protection Agency Northern Territory http://www.epa.nt.gov.au/
Environment Protection Agency Tasmania http://www.epa.tas.gov.au/
Environment Canada http://www.ec.gc.ca/
Ministry for the Environment New Zealand http://www.mfe.govt.nz/
Environment Agency United Kingdom http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
Environment Protection Agency United States http://www.epa.gov/
ABC News Online Environment http://abc.net.au/news/environment/
US Geological Survey Environment http://www.usgs.gov/themes/environ.html
GreenFacts - Facts on Health and the Environment http://www.greenfacts.org/glossary/ghi/isse.htm

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