Susan J. Oldfather
Professor of World Geography and History

Welcome to my 
Geography and History class Webpage.

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This page is being remodeled,in the meantime feel free to use the links.

  Office:  56/216
         Office Hours:         12:30 - 1:30
   Phone:954-201-2434
  e-mail:soldfath@broward.edu

 














 

AMH 2010
American  History
American History 
Links
 EUH 1000
Western Civilization
Western Civilization 
Links
World Regional Geography
Open College (Summer)
Geography 
Links
 IDH 2121
HONORS INTERDISCIPLINARY
View Environmental Change Maps 
from USGS and Other Sources


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

OPEN COLLEGE
WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
GEA  2000

COURSE PACKET
COURSE INFORMATION
GORDON RULE REQUIREMENTS
STUDY GUIDES 1, 2, 3, 4

  FOR MAPS AND OTHER PRINTABLE
MATERIALS SCROLL DOWN


LINK FOR POWER OF PLACE VIDEOS
http://www.learner.org/resources/series180.html


 
 
 



 

World Geography
            GEA 2000

GEOGRAPHY
LINKS

Course Outline (daytime class)

Gordon Rule Writing Credit Instructions

Study Guides
1,2, 3, 4
 
Map Work-
sheets

World
Europe
Russian Realm
North America
Japan
West Pacific Rim
Middle America
East Asia - China
Southeast Asia
South America
N Africa/SW Asia
Subsaharan Africa
South Asia

Map Places to Know

World
Europe
Russian Realm
North America
Japan
West Pacific Rim
Middle America
East Asia - China
Southeast Asia
South America
N Africa/SW Asia
Subsaharan Africa
South Asia

GEOGRAPHY LINKS

CNN EDUCATION
http://researcher.hrw.com/index.jsp

        Point of View (PBS site)        http://www.pbs.org/pov/

Energy Information Association

World Choke Points
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/security/choke.html#BAB

British Petroleum
http://www.bp.com/genericsection.do?
categoryId=931&contentId=2016995

Perry- Castaneda Library
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/

Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/

United Nations Educational, Scientific, 
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
http://www.unesco.org

Famine Early Warning System
http://www.fews.net/

BBC World  News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/





















 

DeBlij, World Regions Textbook
Webpage
http://www.wiley.com/college/
deblij/0471407755/wave_s.html

Geo map self-quiz
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz
http://www.mccollam.com/fun/geoquiz/

United States 
Geological Survey (USGS)
http://www.usgs.gov/
USGS Earthshots 
Environmental Change
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/
slow/tableofcontents
Nasa Space Center, (great maps)
http://www.nasa.gov
The Virtual Geography
Department
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/
virtdept/contents.html
The Geo-information Gateway,
United Kingdom
http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/cti/info.html
National Geographic Society
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
The Library of Congress
Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/
cshome.html
The Lonely Planet
http://www.lonelyplanet.com
Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/
factbook/index.html

Earthquake information
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/
qed/qed.html
Earthquake information
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/
bulletin/bulletin.html
International River Network
http://www.irn.org
The Nature Conservancy
http://nature.org/wherewework/fieldguide/
United States Parks Information
http://www.usparks.about.com
The Economist (World News)
http://www.economist.com
Middle East (PBS)
Middle East PBS site
Frontline
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/

Environmental Literacy
http://www.enviroliteracy.org/


 
 
 


 
 

INTERDISCIPLINARY GLOBAL ISSUES
HONORS IDH 2121

Course Outline Guidelines to Presenters
Group Presentation Topics
Individual Presentation Topics


 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 

American History
AMH 2010
Links
Course Outline

Gordon Rule Writing Credit Instructions

Course information

Study Guides
1,2,3,4,5,6
 

Carnes, Garraty, American Destiny.
 

The White House
History/Biographies
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
history/

History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com

American History 
Documents
http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/
amdocs_index.html
 

Spy Letters of the American Revolution
http://www.si.umich.edu/
spies/

Brief History of Money
in North America
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/
arian/northamerica.html
 
 
 
 

 


 
 
 















































































































































Western Civilization
EUH 1000
Links
Course Outline

Gordon Rule Writing Credit Instructions

Course information

Study Guides
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 
 
 
 


 
 

 

Hunt, Lynn et al.
The Making of the West 
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/huntconcise

Coffin, Judith G., et al
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/wciv/index/index.htm

Mythology
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/
mythology/mythology.html

Hammurabi's Law Code
http://eawc.evansville.edu/anthology/hammurabi.htm
or
http://www.phillipmartin.info/hammurabi/

World History from Ancient Mesopotamia 
to WW II
http://ragz-international.com/
index.htm

Library of Congress 
Vatican Exhibit
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican
.exhibit/exhibit/Main_Hall.html

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook 
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html

Short Biographies of Roman Emperors
http://www.roman-emperors.org/impindex.htm
 
 

 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

Environmental Changes Around the World, Maps

Europe 
Danube River or
Ijsselmeer, Netherlands
Russian Federation- 
Aral Sea
North America 
Great Salt Lake 
East Asia - China
CNN Three Gorges Dam Project, pros & cons
Southeast Asia 
Cambodia Irrigation
North Africa/ SW Asia
Tigrus/Euphrates River 
Iraq - Kuwait
Satallite image of burning oil fields 1991
South America -
Pantanal Wetland, Brazil


 
 
 
 
 
















































































































































































































American History Question

Which president of the United States
never voted in a national election
-and when he did -
he voted for himself
and won?

send answer to:
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Western Civilization History Question


 
 


Send answer to:
soldfath@broward.edu

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Geography question:

Where is this?
Click to see picture
Picture from National Geographic

Send answer to:
soldfath@broward.edu


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Interdisciplinary Honors Study of the Middle East
IDH 2121
Course Outline
Links
Project List  Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
Gordon Rule Requirements Crone, Patricia Meccan Trade
Map - Middle East Middle East and Jewish Studies, Columbia University
Map - Assignment Encyclopedia of the Orient
Suggested Readings Perry Castaneda Map Collection
Middle East Web Maps
LINKS
BBC News Page Middle East
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/mideast/ CIA FACTBOOK
http://www.mideastweb.org/history.htm
CNN Middle East  http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/mideast/ Middle East Review of International Affairs   - http://meria.idc.ac.il/
Arab History and Biography
Middle East Forum http://www.meforum.org/
Middle East Research and Information Project