Country Information
Bibliography format for 7th grade Country Reports
Coming of Age Novels by Country

by continent/region or area - good country sites

Country profiles and information -
more @ country megasite list, all, plus some on each country (Multnomah PL)

  • Altapedia brief country information
  • Country Briefings (forecasts, economic and political profiles, core statistics, essential recent articles and in-depth surveys from The Economist)
  • Country Profile - brief overview with interesting audio/video clips from BBC News, focus on media, TV,and political leaders
  • Cultural Profiles Project Canadian based, "what life is like", an overview with sections on work, food, holidays, family life, spirituality, communication, education, sports and recreation, landscape and climate, history, health care, and arts and literature
  • History of the World by country, links from About.com
  • INCORE internet resources on conflict and ethnicity in each country/region
  • NationalGeographic online index only, but we have magazines for pictures
  • Statistical Resources on the Net A directory of statistical resources in many areas and subjects
  • World Bank Countries and Regions regional overviews, economics and statistics for "borrowing countries" - with links to country sites

Governments and politics

Current Events/News

Flags

Food - see also Grolier's Lands and Peoples and under country click RECIPES

  • African Cookbook - menus, recipes, culture by country
  • Cultural Profiles Project Canadian based, "what life is like", an overview with sections on work, food, holidays, family life, spirituality, communication, education, sports and recreation, landscape and climate, history, health care, and arts and literature
  • Global GourmetBrowse international recipes and cooking traditions by country or region. The recipes database is also searchable.
  • International Food links links to food sites for most of the world
  • World Cuisine Click on the flag for a list of recipes - most countries

Holidays

Landmarks

Languages

Maps

Money

Pictures

Travel Information

Interesting Information

  • Homelands Listings of countries or groups of people worldwide who are trying to recover their homelands. The site includes information about the countries as well as publications, media and links having to do with their struggle
  • Multicultural Calendar Holidays around the world. Search by month, holiday, country, or keywords. Many include recipes, crafts, history of holiday
  • US Dept. of State Background notes Organized by region and country or international organization, there's a lot more information here than the basic statistical and geographic information located in almanacs. History, government and political conditions
  • World Health Organization health issues around world
  • YourNation.com "the site that lets you discover just how different the world is"- compares and ranks countries

 

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