Here are our recommended Web sites and other resources for your school assignment on terrorism.

There have been various definitions of the term “terrorism.”  The U.S. Government has used this definition since 1983:

According to the U.S. Code Title 22 of the United States Code, Section 2656f(d):

• The term "terrorism" means premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant* targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience.
• The term "international terrorism" means terrorism involving citizens or the territory of more than one country.
• The term "terrorist group" means any group practicing, or that has significant subgroups that practice, international terrorism.

* http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2000/2419.htm

Web Sites (High School)

U.S. Government sites:

• US Central Intelligence Agency Counterterrorism - "War on Terror"
  https://www.cia.gov/news-information/cia-the-war-on-terrorism/index.html
  
• Terrorist Group Profiles
  http://www.nps.edu/Library/Research/SubjectGuides/SpecialTopics/TerroristProfile/TerroristGroupProfiles.html
• US Department of State - Counterterrorism Office
  http://www.state.gov/s/ct/
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - Terrorism and Counterterrorism
  http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/counterrorism/waronterrorhome.htm
• Department of Homeland Security
  http://www.dhs.gov/files/counterterrorism.shtm

Non-governmental U. S. research organizations and contractors:

• Rand Corporation – Terrorism and Homeland Security Research
  http://www.rand.org/research_areas/terrorism/
• Brookings Institution
  http://www.brookings.edu/search.aspx?doQuery=1&q=terrorism

Web Sites (Elementary School)

U.S. Government sites:

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - What is terrorism?
  http://www.fema.gov/kids/nse/
• Department of Homeland Security - ReadyKids
  http://www.ready.gov/kids/

Databases (Middle and High School)

Suggested search terms to enter in the databases:

• Biological Warfare
• Chemical Warfare
• Nuclear terrorism
• Political violence
• Terrorism
• Terrorists
• Trials (terrorism)

• CQ Researcher
• EbscoHost
• Student Research Center
• eLibrary
• Gale Group
• Student Edition
• Grolier Online

Databases (Elementary School)

Suggested search terms to enter in the databases:

• Biological Warfare
• Chemical Warfare
• Nuclear terrorism
• Political violence
• Terrorism
• Terrorists
• Trials (terrorism)

• EbscoHost
• Searchasaurus
• Kid's Search
• Gale Group
• Junior Edition
• Kids Edition

Library Catalog Search

• Biological Warfare
• Chemical Warfare
• Political Violence
• Radicalism
• Terrorism
• Terrorists
• Victims of terrorism

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