Insights Vol. 2, No. 3: Media Specialist's Corner: Web Sites

Media Specialist's Corner

Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks | General Resources | Organizations

September 11 Terrorist Attacks
American Bar Association: Dialogue on Freedom
Program bringing lawyers and judges into high schools to discuss American society and democratic values in the wake of September 11; conceived by Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy.

ABA Division for Public Education: Conversations on Law and Liberty in Times of Crisis
Conversation starters, discussion questions, and resources to enhance community and classroom conversations on topics ranging from "Prosecuting Terrorism at Home and Abroad" to "Democracy and Debate."

ABA Young Lawyers Division: Tolerance Through Education Program
Brings lawyers into schools to work directly with students on concepts of tolerance, diversity and understanding.

American Library Association: Encouraging Dialogue Through Cultural Programming: A Response to September 11
Features descriptions of cultural programming being developed in response to September 11 by state humanities councils, libraries, and others nationwide.

American Library Association: Online Books and Resources
Publications to help teens, teachers, and parents deal with terrorism and the tragic events of September 11, 2001.

Amnesty International
Press release concerning the U.S. Department of Defense's guidelines for military tribunals, issued March 22, 2002.

Chronicle of Higher Education: Reflections on September 11, 2001, and Its Aftermath
Reflections from more than forty leading scholars from different disciplines on the September 11 attacks.

Constitutional Rights Foundation: America Responds to Terrorism
Set of online lessons and resources for classroom use, organized under the following categories: terrorism, reactions to tragedy, information and disinformation, civil liberties in wartime, Islamic issues, international law and organizations, and resource links.

Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute Backgrounder on National Security Law and Counter-Terrorism
Demonstrates how U.S. government powers are coordinated; includes references and suggested readings.

Findlaw Legal News Special Coverage: War on Terrorism
Features news coverage from around the world related to the war on terrorism as well as cases, documents, legal commentary, and other related information.

Jurist Terrorism Law and Policy Site
Regularly updated resource site on terrorism law and policy; includes resource directory organized under civil liberties, terrorism and terrorists, counterterrorism policy, bibliography, commentary, and other categories.

National Security Archive Online Readers on Terrorism, Intelligence and the Next War
Includes six online sourcebooks related to September 11, including volumes focusing on terrorism and U.S. policy and the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

Pew Global Attitudes Project: Multinational Survey of Opinion Leaders on War on Terrorism
November/December 2001 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center with the International Herald Tribune.

PBS NewsHour Online Forum: Security vs. Civil Rights?
Discussion by legal experts regarding how the government will balance protecting citizens against future attacks with a commitment to protect their civil rights; includes links to NewsHour resources on terrorism.

Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.
Not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the practice of risk management; includes hundreds of articles on terrorism-related risk and related insurance issues.

U.S. Department of Justice Response to Terrorist Attacks
Includes statements, legal documents, FBI alerts, press releases, and other terrorism-related materials.

U.S. Department of State Response to Terrorism
Part of Department of State's International Information Programs, features national security issues.

General Resources
American Experience Online
Includes more than fifty companion sites to the PBS television series, which features stories of the people and events that have shaped our country.

American Society of International Law; American Journal of International Law
Presents at least one article from each journal issue from 1997 to the present, as well as symposium papers; also provides a free e-newsletter with analytical abstracts of significant documents relevant to international law.

Globalization and Culture Resource Site
Features more than twenty-five essays and articles on issues related to culture and globalization.

"Homefront USA" Episode of Vietnam: A Television History
Part of the thirteen-part documentary American Experience film series produced for public television.

Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University
Online resources include a weekly downloadable essay, Essays in Public Policy series, newsletter, and other publications.

International Criminal Court
Links to numerous International Criminal Court resources.

International Peace Bureau
Web site of the oldest international peace federation (1892) that supports UN peace work, with 240 member organizations; includes links to resources including peace curriculum.

International Risk Management Institute, Inc.
Current articles and practical information about risk management insurance, including items specific to September 11 losses.

Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies (University of Notre Dame)
Occasional Papers available for downloading, plus links to other resources.

LLRX.COM
Free Web journal that provides legal and library professionals with the most up-to-date information on a wide range of Internet research and technology-related issues, applications, resources, and tools.

Nobel e-Museum
Biographical information about the Nobel Peace Prize laureates, topical articles, and audio clips of Nobel lectures; other resources include a virtual tour of the Nobel Institute in Norway.

Norman Rockwell Posters Illustrating FDR's Four Freedoms
Includes real audio of President Roosevelt's speech; part of the "National Archives' Powers of Persuasion Poster Art from World War II" exhibit.

On Common Ground: A Guide for Teachers
Investigates the new U.S. multireligious reality; by Diana Heck of Harvard University, director of the Pluralism Project.

Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II
Features thirty-three posters designed to rally public support for the war.

Risk & Insurance
Daily risk, insurance, and benefits news; searchable databases; legislative updates; public record searches.

Spartacus Educational
British educational Web site on the history of the United States, United Kingdom, and other countries and subjects; includes pages on the civil rights movement, the emancipation of women, U.S. Civil War, and World Wars I and II.

Uncle Sam's World in Political Cartoons
Part of online collection of political cartoons and cartoonists edited by Jim Zwick; features images of Uncle Sam from around the world, covering the twenty years between the Spanish-American War in 1898 until World War I.

United States Institute of Peace
Online briefing papers and special reports, as well as links to news and other media reports; also see newsletter PeaceWatch.

Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University
Provides online resources, including materials developed as part of its "Building Democracy After War" project; Occasional Papers Series may also be downloaded from this site.

Organizations
ABA Taskforce on Terrorism and the Law (.pdf)
Includes the task force's "Report and Recommendations on Military Commissions."

Bureau of Intelligence and Research

CARE

Central Intelligence Agency

Congressional Budget Office

Defense Intelligence Agency

Department of Homeland Security

Department of Homeland Security/Latest Developments

Director of Central Intelligence

Directorate of Intelligence

Federal Bureau of Investigation

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence