RESOURCES+for+SOCIAL+STUDIES

Current Events
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 * [|CNNfyi] - Daily news for students from CNN.
 * [|Yahoo! News] - Top news stories of the day.

Geography

 * Countries and Regions
 * [|The CIA World Factbook] - Lots of information on countries of the world. Good for reports.
 * [|World Reference Desk] - Facts, maps and graphs about the countries of the world. This is another site that is good for country reports.
 * [|The Cultural Profiles Project] - This is a great site if you have been assigned a report on a country and need to find information on family life, health, education, holidays, food, religion, etc.
 * [|How Far is It?] - Use this site to calculate the distance between two cities. This site will also give you a map showing the locations of the two cities.
 * [|The United Nations Cyber Schoolbus] - The Resource Source has information on countries of the world and information on the UN.
 * [|Do It Carribean] - There are fact sheets and links to more information for each country in the Carribean.
 * [|East and Southeast Asia: An Annotated list of Internet Resources] - Excellent collection of links to these countries and also to Asian-American web sites.
 * [|Glacier] - Take a virtual visit to the continent of Antarctica.
 * [|RiverResource] - Links to information about rivers in general and about specific rivers and canals.
 * [|Geography World] - Lots of links to geographical information.
 * [|People to People International - Student Ambassador Program] - A great way to travel to other countries.