Country Report Websites

Here are some links to some websites that may be helpful to you as you work on your country reports.

COUNTRY WEBPAGES:

Country Reports
      See your teacher for the login and password to use this
Factmonster
      Clear information with basic facts about countries
Countries of the World - facts and graphs
Intute World Guide - good information, also has satellite images
World Fact Book 
       The CIA's website fact book
Atlapedia
       Links to country pages and maps
Yahoo Directory of Countries
       List of country websites from Yahoo

United Nations Country at a Glance
      Check out Infonation, a neat tool that lets you compare statistics from different countries

Geographia 
      This website has links to websites from a number of countries (not all countries included)
National Geographic Website
       A connection to the information at National Geographic
Embassy.org - listing and links to foreign embassies in Washington D.C.
Library of Congress Country Studies
      A detailed guide to information about countries
United Nations Infonation - compare data on two or more countries
NationMaster - make graphs to compare information about countries
Culture Quest
___Internet Public Library websites on various places
(not all countries included)
Theodora.com - information and links to some images (note: has some ads)
Allcountryinfo.org
Country Reports from Class Brain - links to various information on countries

KID FRIENDLY SEARCH ENGINES:  (type in the name of the country you are looking for)

Google Safe Search - from Awesome Library
KidsClick - The web search site designed by librarians.
Cybersleuth - Another search engine geared for students

Ask for Kids - Type a question and this web site will give you sites to look for the answer!

CLIP ART SOURCES: (note: sites marked *** are copyright friendly)

***Picts4Learning - Copyright friendly pictures for educational use
Pictures of Places - excellent spot to find travel photos
Yahoo Travel Photos - links to travel web pages featuring pictures
Places Online - clickable map with links to travel pages with pictures
Freefoto.com - beautiful photographs, mostly Europe
***Cepolina - some photos, especially European countries, copyright friendly
Cities and Landscapes - photos mostly from Asia and England
***Classroom Clip Art - Some presidents and countries here, many other kinds of pictures, copyright friendly
***Let's Go Global - collection of money, flags, maps, and national anthems. Click the arrow to download the file into your download folder.
Visual Geography - click on the continent, not all countries have pictures
Animation Factory - see Miss Bosch to login in to download pictures from here

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS:
       (note:  Many online encyclopedias only give limited free access to their site)

Encarta.com - note: the multimedia section for each country has some images
Wikipedia - note: some information may not be accurate
Britannica.com - click on the "free" section
Answers.com - pulls in information from encyclopedias and other sources
Columbian Encyclopedia
We also have the World Book Encyclopedia available in the computer lab (not online)

ONLINE MAPS:

Eduplace - outline maps to print off
Geology.com - maps and satellite images
ABC Teach - more maps
National Geographic Map Machine - customize maps (this might not work in the lab)
UT Map Collection - An online collection of maps from the University of Texas

Color the World - pick your own colors for a topographical map of the world

World Atlas Maps - good selection of maps, includes online map tests (note: lots of ads)

ONLINE GAMES:

Geospy - identify continents, countries, or states
FunBrain Where is That? - identify states or countries on maps
Test your Geograhphy Knowledge - select a country
Sheppard Software - various geography games
I Know That - more geography games, click "Maybe Later" to skip registration

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Bibme.org - online bibliography generator, see your teacher for login information

This page was last updated April 4, 2008 .