United
Nations
Following
the
work sheet your teacher has given to you, use the links below to
assist you in your United Nations project.
***Remember you will
need to make a bibliography
for your project.***
Create a bibliography online.. click here.
BOOKS ON CART
Everyone's United Nations
Lands and
Peoples
World Almanac and Book of Facts
World Travel Guide
Assorted Country Books
Electronic Resources
World Book
http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Home
This site is good for general information and it
is a good place to start. This site also provides maps, flags,
music....
For access from Home:
Username: oleyvsd
Password: lynxsd
Country Reports.com
http://www.countryreports.org/
Username: ovms7
Password: ovsd7
Newspapers of the World
http://www.actualidad.com/
World Atlas
http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
A great place for maps, surrounding
countries and LANDFORMS.
GDP
Per Capita Map
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29_per_capita
Women in
Politics
http://www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org/nz/nzmain.htm
United Nations
http://www.un.org/
This site will give facts about the United
Nations as well as information about countries.
Environmental
Literacy Council
http://www.enviroliteracy.org/index.php
This is a good site to locate environmental issues
about your country.
Access
PA Power Library
Sirs Discoverer
http://www.powerlibrary.org/Interface/POWER.asp?ID=PL2615
This site contains information about
countries, cultures, environment and much more such as "FUN FACTS" or "UNIQUE FACTS."
( Hint: Look for "Culture Facts.")
Access
PA Power Library
EBSCOhost
http://www.powerlibrary.org/Interface/POWER.asp?ID=PL2615
Go into Middle Search Plus
(part of EBSCOhost) for periodical searches. The next screen will allow
you to choose
from "All Results," or "Magazines," or "Newspapers," or "Images..."
CIA
World Fact
Book
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
This site contains
information regarding country profiles, maps, and flags of the world.
CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/
National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Maps,
news articles and information, special features, and photographs are
only some of the items found at this site.
Recipe Source
http://www.recipesource.com/
(For cultural samples of your country)
Currency
Converter
http://www.xe.com/ucc/
http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/kazakhstan/index.shtml
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