Each month, our SIRS® WebSelect and SIRS® Discoverer editorial teams scour the Internet for top-quality sites that help teachers teach and students learn. Although no Internet site can supplant a quality research database from ProQuest, these vetted resources offer unique resources that are sure to be of interest.
"For 4000 years, a legal wall has separated humans from the rest of the animal world... but now some are trying to tear that wall down. Given that they share 99 percent DNA with humans, should chimpanzees be treated as people with basic rights? What would that mean for medicine? For science? ...for zoos and circuses? Should the U.S. constitution say 'we the people, and other animals?'" (ANNENBERG CLASSROOM) Visitors to this site can listen to a National Public Radio (NPR) program that includes a debate on this issue.
