RESEARCH+for+SOCIAL+STUDIES

Current Events

 * [|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.


 * ===Maps===
 * [|All the World's Maps] - Huge directory of maps of countries and cities from Embassy World.
 * [|National Geographic Map Machine] - Political and physical maps of the countries of the world. There are also photographs of the earth from weather satellites.
 * [|National Atlas on Schoolnet] - Great resource for learning about Canadian geography. Also there are some good world maps here that you might use for school projects.
 * [|The National Atlas of Canada]
 * [|Maps and References] - Maps of countries, states, and cities plus interactive maps and java enhanced maps.
 * [|Perry - Castenada Map Collection] - Big collection of state and country maps from the University of Texas.
 * [|City Maps] - Maps of the cities of the world.
 * ===Flags and National Anthems===
 * [|Flags of All Countries] - This is an extensive collection of flags.
 * [|International Civic Arms] - Coats of Arms for cities and provinces of countries.
 * [|Anthems and Flags of the Nations of the World]

Ancient History

 * [|ArchNet] - This site covers all phases of archaeology and has links to web sites by location or subject matter.
 * [|Archaeology on the Net] - An excellent collection of resources dealing with the science of archaeology.
 * [|Anthropology in the News] - Links to current news stories in anthropology and archaeology.
 * [|World Atlas of Archaeology on the Web] - Search for archaeological information by country. From About.Com.
 * [|Exploring Ancient World Cultures] - An excellent starting point for exploring the ancient cultures of Europe, the Middle East and the Far East.
 * [|The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]
 * [|The Ancient World] - visit ice mummies, the Mayan kings, ancient tombs and more. From Web Exhibits.
 * [|The Ancient World Web Index] - Extensive collection of links to ancient history sites.
 * [|Mr. Donn's Ancient History Page] - Information and activities for many ancient cultures such as Egypt, Greece, Italy, China and India. There are things here for both teachers and students.
 * [|Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations] - Find out about everyday life in ancient China, India, Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
 * [|Forum Antiquum] - Links to hundreds of internet sites dealing with the ancient Mediterrean world.
 * [|Prehistoric Cultures] - Web sites for cultures which predate the written word.
 * [|The Life and Times of Early Man] - A good introduction to the development of early man from 3 million BC to 25,000 BC.
 * [|Stone Age Reference Collection] - Learn how stone tools were made.
 * [|Ancient Egypt on the Web]
 * [|Egyptian Mythology Gallery] - Information on Egyptian gods.
 * [|Mummies of Ancient Egypt]
 * [|Hieroglyphs!] - Links to just about everything on the web about Hieroglyphs.
 * [|Ancient Egypt Map]
 * [|Egypt Map and Information Page]
 * [|Ancient Egyptian Culture]
 * [|Ancient Egyptian Social Life]
 * [|Pyramids, Mummies and Daily Life]
 * [|Life in Egypt]
 * [|Mummies of Ancient Egypt]
 * [|Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Egyptian Mummies]
 * [|Clickable Mummy]
 * [|Virtual Mummy]
 * [|How to Make a Mummy Mask]
 * [|The Mummy Page]
 * [|Mummy Making Projects]
 * [|National Geographic: Egypt Pyramids]
 * [|The Great Pyramid: Building the Pyramids]
 * [|Explore the Pyramids]