U. S. Government Web Pages CIA World FactBook
Updated in November 2005, this source is a good for quick facts and statistics.
[To scan the long pages for specific facts, use the find function. Press down the ctrl key, hold it down while also pressing down the "f" key. In the box that appears, type in the keyword, then press the "find next" button.]
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html Background Notes
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ Country Studies
Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ Peace Corps
Countries
http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=learn.wherepc Peace Corps
Destinations Videos
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/students/video/index.html Service
Radio Free Europe
http://www.rferl.org/ Country Analysis Briefs
Energy Information Administration
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html |
Links to Governments' Web Pages Web sites of Permanent Missions to the United Nations
http://www.un.org/en/members/index.shtml Foreign Embassies of Washington D. C.
http://www.embassy.org/embassies/
Directory & Search Engine of Every Nation's Embassies & Consulates
Embassy World
http://www.embassyworld.com/ |
Web Pages of International OrganizationsWorld Health Organization (WHO)
http://www.who.int/countries/en/ The United Nations World Food Program
http://www.wfp.org/students-and-teachers
Includes a world hunger map, information on individual contries, and descriptions of World Hunger Program activities.
Countries and Regions
World Bank
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/0,,pagePK:180619~theSitePK:136917,00.html
State of the Environment:
United Nations Environment Programme
http://www.grida.no/enrin/index.cfm
Historic Sites
World Heritage Committee
UNESCO
http://whc.unesco.org/en/254 World Hunger:
World Food Program
http://www.wfp.org/country_brief/index.asp?region=7 At a Glance:
UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html
Cool Planet
OxFam
http://www.oxfam.org.ni/coolplanet/kidsweb/world/index.htm
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Online Databases and e-Books Grolier Online [Scroll down to Grolier.]
(Ms. Averill will supply the username and password in class or log onto Moodle McGee and go to http://moodle.mcgee.berlinschools.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=570 to see the user names and passwords to online resources that McGee provides for you.)
http://mcgee.berlinschools.org/on_line_resources
Countries and Cultures [an iCONN resource and e-Book with extensive and detailed articles on many countries.
If you use it at home, you will need your public library card barcode number to access it.
To find your country, use the e-Book index and click on the links to your country.]
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE|9780028658964&v=2.1&u=s0003&it=aboutBook&p=GVRL&sw=w
Encyclopedia of World Cultures [an iCONN resource and e-Book with extensive and detailed articles about the cultural groups in many countries.
If you use it at home, you will need your public library card barcode number to access it.
To find your country, use the e-Book index and click on the links to your country.]
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE|9780028660868&v=2.1&u=s0003&it=aboutBook&p=GVRL&sw=w
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On-Line Newspapers/Magazines from Countries Links to Newspapers from many different countries
Be sure to choose English-language editions!
Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/news/ |
Maps National Geographic MapMachine
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/ Holt Rinehart and Winston (HRW) Atlas
http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/world.htm |
Currency Universal Currency Converter
http://www.xe.com/ucc/
Gallery of Bank Notes
http://www.banknotes.com/images.htm
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Food Ethnic and Regional Recipes (Webliography)
Yahoo Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Food_and_Drink/Cooking/Recipes/Ethnic_and_Regional/ |
Mrs. Orabi's French Exploratory Project Description
Mrs. Hamad's African Geography Summit Project Description
Mr. Cormack's Common Interdisciplinary PowerPoint Project Description (Log onto Moodle McGee, and scroll down to section 3.)
Updated 24 February 2010 L. Averill
