01 July 2005

Internet Resources

Selected Web sites on teenage life in the United States

AFS-USA: Intercultural Student Exchange Programs
http://usa.afs.org/

America’s Promise — The Alliance for Youth
http://www.americaspromise.org/

ASNE High School Journalism (American Society of Newspaper Editors)
http://www.highschooljournalism.org/

D.C. United (Professional Football Team)
http://www.dcunited.com

Education Commission of the States: Homeschooling
http://www.ecs.org/ecsmain.asp?page=/html/issues.asp

Helping America’s Youth
http://www.whitehouse.gov/firstlady/helping-youth.html

High School Hub: The Online Learning Center for High School Students
http://www.highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm

InfoPlease Almanac: Sports
http://www.infoplease.com/sports.html

International Student Exchange and Study Abroad Resource Center
http://www.internationalstudent.com/

Job Interview Strategies for Teens
Quintessential Careers
http://www.quintcareers.com/teen_job_strategies.html

Merlyn’s Pen: Fiction, Essays and Poems by America’s Teens
http://www.merlynspen.org/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/29624/search/true

National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc.
http://www.nats.org/

National Home Education Network
http://www.nhen.org/

National Teacher of the Year
Council of Chief State School Officers
http://www.ccsso.org/projects/National_Teacher_of_the_Year/

Peterson’s Summer Opportunities for Kids & Teenagers
www.petersons.com/summerop/ssector.html

President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
http://www.fitness.gov/

Private Schools Database
National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/

Public Schools Database
National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/

Students Against Violence Everywhere
http://www.nationalsave.org/

Teenreads.com
http://www.teenreads.com/index.asp

TeenSpace: Internet Public Library for Teens
http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/
Includes sections on Sports, Entertainment, and Arts; Clubs and Organizations; Money and Work; and Technology.

U.S. Department of Education
Especially for Students
http://www.ed.gov/students/landing.jhtml

U.S. Department of Labor
Youth and Labor: Resources for Young Workers
http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/youthlabor/StudentWorkers.htm#doltopics

U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Youth Programs Division
http://exchanges.state.gov/education/citizens/students/

U.S. Soccer
http://www.ussoccer.com/

USA Roller Sports: Figure Skating http://www.usarollersports.org/content/index/4579

Voice of America
America’s Global College Forum
Profiles of Foreign Students at U.S. Colleges http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/global_college_forum.cfm

Walt Whitman Archive
http://www.whitmanarchive.org/

What Kids Can Do: Voices and Work from the Next Generation
http://www.whatkidscando.org/

Youth for Understanding USA
http://www.yfu-usa.org/

Youth Service America
http://www.ysa.org/

Youth Radio
http://www.youthradio.org/

The U.S. Department of State assumes no responsibility for the content and availability of the resources listed above, all of which were active as of July 2005.