// The purpose of this Flash-based map is to help students visualize spheres of influence & empires. This is a work in progress. Click on England, Spain, France and Russia for their colonial empires.

This is an collection of useful links that I use in my teaching. Its development is ongoing.

// The purpose of this Flash-based map is to help students visualize social problems in the United States. Helpful Links: Obesity: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html Poverty: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/ Reading Ability: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d08/tables/dt08_121.asp Unemployment: http://www.bls.gov/web/laumstrk.htm

This is a simple Flash timeline of major figures in classical sociological theory, and some historical events to help contextualize that development. My goal is to make a couple of these Flash timelines (as well as maps and slideshows) for future implementation into my online courses.